2019: Olu Owerri endorses Ihedioha, Onyewuchi for governor, Senate

Prominent leaders of Owerri zone under the aegis of Olu Owerri, a socio-cultural organization pushing for the economic and political upliftment of the zone, Sunday, unanimously endorsed the governorship and Imo East (Owerri zone) senatorial candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha for the 2019 general elections and Hon. Ezenwa Onyewuchi. The event which took place at Ugwu Ekwema, Egbu Road Owerri had leaders and executive officers of the group drawn from the nine local government areas of the zone in attendance including…

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Imo indigenes in South Africa endorse Bruno

Indigenes of Imo State in South Africa have endorsed the candidacy of Sir Bruno Oparaocha as the next Governor of the state. Addressing newsmen after a dinner in support of the governorship hopeful, the chairman of the group Chief Bright Isiguzo enthused that Bruno is the right man needed at this time in the state to reorder its battered economy. Chief Isiguzo lamented on the decline of education in the state insisting that before the coming of the present government pupils and students were doing well in both external and…

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2019 Guber: Owerri Zone shouldsupport Ohakim-Okere

The people of Owerri zone and entire Imolites have been urged to support the governorship candidate of the Accord Party and former governor Chief Ikedi Ohakim to restore equity and stability in our polity. Making this appeal in chat with Nigeria Newspoint in Owerri, a political leader from Owerri zone, Chief Christopher Okere expressed the view that it is in the interest of the people of Owerri zone to sacrifice the next four years by supporting Chief Ohakim who will in turn support the people of the zone in 2023.…

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Case against Buhari’s suspension of CJN, Onnoghen

President Muhammadu Buhari’s announcement of the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen has continued to draw comments from within and outside the shores of Nigeria. President Buhari had on Friday last week, announced the suspension of the CJN, reportedly relying on an order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal regarded in some quarters as “an auxiliary judicial panel that addresses assets filings of public officials” rather than a regular or full- fledged court. Prior to his suspension Friday, Justice Onnoghen was dragged to the Code of…

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Reps: I’ll give quality representation -Echendu

Hon. Kingsley Echendu, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Isu/Njaba/Nkwerre/Nwangele Federal constituency for the 2019 reps race is a man of great leadership qualities, credible sources have revealed. Sources say the PDP king makers in the area have resolved to consolidate the party’s over 15-year land lordship of the federal constituency trhough Echendu’s candidate. According to reliable sources, Hon. Echendu has commanded overwhelming support and endorsement from across board more than any other party’s candidate, as both socio-cultural, religious and pressure groups have drummed support for him. Many who…

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Orluzurumee Youths dismiss illegal suspension of president, sec.

Orluzurumee Youth Assembly has dismissed what it described as the purported suspension of its National President, Comrade Darlington Uzoahia and the National Secretary, Comrade Ebere Okeke by “a faceless, illegal and unexisting “Board of Trustees (BoT)”. In a press release signed by Comrade Okeke, the national secretary of Orluzurumee Youth Assembly, a copy of which was made available to Nigeria Newspoint, the organization maintained that “Comrade Darlington Uzoahia (Dynamic) and Comrade Ebere Okeke remain the National President and National Secretary of Orluzurumee Youth Assembly and no individual or group of…

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Governorship: INEC can’t defend APC’s victory in Osun

It was a political earthquake today in Abuja as the Independent National Electoral Commission closed its submission before the Osun Election Petition Tribunal without calling a single witness and with a clearly disturbed countenance. At the resumed hearing today in Abuja, the commission throughout its counsel Adesina Agbede rose in disquiet to apply to close his case to the other consternation of even APC and Gboyega Oyetola’s legal team. The counsel had staked his reputation yesterday when he promised the tribunal that the witnesses would testify at today’s proceedings. The…

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Imo Assembly: I’ll transform Okigwe into mega-city- Onyechere

As 2019 General Election is fast approaching the Candidate of Action Alliance (AA) for Okigwe Local Government State House of Assembly in Imo State Hon. Adaora Onyechere has reassured the people of Okigwe Constituency her determination to transform Okigwe into Mega City if being elected. Hon. Adaora while addressing journalists in Owerri took time to explain why she decided to run for the race and at the same time highlighted why she is the best for the plum job, pointing out that the provision of infrastructural development especially on the…

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Man sacks wife over decision to vote for Buhari

A husband, Abdullahi Yadau, has divorced his wife, Hafsat Suleiman, over political differences between them in Kanem Local Government Area of Plateau state. Yadau told the BBC Hausa service that he pronounced the divorce on his wife in the presence of her parents after she insisted on voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming presidential election, while he was supporting Atiku Abubakar of the PDP. He said in previous elections he and wife had supported Buhari, “but the president has disappointed me to the extent that I hate him…

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Why I want to govern Imo State in 2019 – Mbah

An American trained computer programmer, Mr. Tony Mbah has stated that he is jostling to govern the State in 2019 not to be addressed as “His Excellency” but to reposition and relaunch her into the mainstream of development geared towards making the state the hub of most economic vibrant area for investment in Nigeria. Mr. Mbah, an IBM software and hardware analyst disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, according to him, he feels ashamed that Imo State that parades the best brains in the country including the globe at…

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