By: Sam. Onwuemeodo. Imo State Honourable Commissioner for lnformation and Strategy, Declan Mbadiwe Emelumba, a highly respected and experienced media guru and the entire Media crew of the 3R Government in the State had, on their own, chosen to make Mr. Matthew Chima Amadi, an Ngor Okpala man, the guber aspirant to watch for the 2027 governorship contest. They had made the guy a very serious aspirant to behold. A front seat contender. The aspirant to beat. And they had done all these, perhaps, unconsciously. Unknown to them. And now,…
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‘You Are A Fake Professor With Offensive Mouth and Body Odor’ Senator Ekwunife Calls Out Soludo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in Anambra, Senator Uche Ekwunife, has taken a swipe at Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, labelling him as “a smelling professor” and “the dirtiest governor in the whole of Africa.” In a video trending on social media, Ekwunife knocked the governor in response to his claim that she obtained her doctorate degree from an unaccredited and unrecognized university in the United States. The senator dismissed Soludo’s allegations and challenged him to verify her academic records across multiple Nigerian institutions. “Go to court if…
Read MoreOrlu Community Rejects Hand Over Of Old Imo Poly Premises To Catholic Church .
…Insists: Church has taken enough of their lands. The indigenes of Orlu Community, at a well attended meeting held on monday,September 8 at the Orlu Community Civic Center, expressed displeasure over what they described as the primitive and questionable acquisition of their ancestral land by the Catholic Church. Majority of those who came from the different branches of ODTU, while speaking at the meeting presided over by Mr Augustine Nwadike, as President, narrated how the community embraced the Church with open arms and consequently donated their lands…
Read MoreUnderdevelopment of Imo communities: Okafor Defends Govt, Oil Companies.
By Oby Ogbonnia The general underdevelopment being witnessed among oil producing communities in Imo State has been attributed to the communities’ order of choice of preference since the establishment of the Petroleum Industrial Act(PIA). The Commissioner for Niger Delta Affairs and Intelligence Dr Henry Okafor revealed this while interfacing with members of the Niger Delta Journalists Association in his office in Owerri recently. Fielding questions from the journalists over the state of affairs in the oil – rich communities of Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru East Local Government Areas Dr…
Read MoreState Police:I Won’t Go To Imo State Again If The Govt Is Controlling Both Police & Criminals—Achonu
In an interview with News Central TV, Achonu said he won’t go to his home state of Imo if the state government were to have full control over all police forces within the state. Achonu advocated for a multi-layered policing system. He said local government police should exist alongside state police, which would operate at the state level, while federal police would continue to operate at the national level. He cited the United States as an example, where the FBI, state police, and sheriffs coexist. In Achonu’s words: “State police?…
Read MoreABIKE MUST RESIGN Or Render Unreserved Apologies .
BY SteVe OsuJi Though the comment elicited pure, undiluted outrage one dithered in commenting about it initially. First, Igbo hating seems like a norm for Abike; a trait she cannot help. It seems to have lodge in her DNA like a shrapnel. A number of times, in her unguarded moments, her true colours would peek from the horizon like the rising sun. Second, some Yoruba elements have taken Igbo baiting, bashing and hating to a new level in the last decade. Consider the line…
Read MoreNnamdi Kanu Threatens To Approach IBA Over Judicial Infractions
The Global Defence Consortium of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has issued a stern warning to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the National Judicial Council (NJC), and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), cautioning that their continued silence over alleged judicial misconduct in Kanu’s trial will trigger international escalation. In a statement signed by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, the consortium said the petition presented at the NBA Annual Conference in Enugu called for “an immediate halt to the unlawful persecution of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu” and demanded “a transparent investigation of Justice Binta Nyako,…
Read MoreCSOs Demand Apology from Governor Uzodinma For Alleged Smear Campaign
Politics Alleged Smear Campaign Against Yakubu, CSOs Demand Apology From Uzodimma The Transparency and Accountability Rights Initiative, a coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), has issued a strong condemnation of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, accusing him of orchestrating a malicious smear campaign against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, and development advocate Dr. Chima Amadi. During a press conference held in Owerri, the coalition called the campaign a “dangerous and shameful display” designed to distract the public from the governor’s performance…
Read MorePROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: Sack Anumobi Now As Commissioner,Group Tells Uzodinma.
….Accuses him of dropping Gov’s name to do wrong In Markets. A group known as the ‘Property Owners Association’ at the Imo State International Modern Market Egbeada/Ubommiri is demanding for the immediate removal of Barr Rex Anunobi,as Commissioner of Commerce,Trade and in Investment. In a strong worded petition to the Governor of Imo state Sen.Hope Uzodinma signed by the group’s Chairman and Secretary,chief chibuike Amama and Ibe Esther C and made available to newsmen in Owerri, they alleged,said Commissioner is using the name of Gov Uzodinma to commit lots of…
Read MoreNo Controversy, Ihedioha, Right Man For Imo Governor In 2027.
…Owerri zone must rally round him. By Dave Aguocha The quest for the enviable position of a state governor is not a child’s play. This is because the road to Douglas House is infested with political undulations, bumps and political landmines. It is indeed a journey of the large-hearted, the fearless, the visionary, and above all, the experienced. The fight for Imo Douglas House is not for the neophytes because irrespective of the billions in one’s war chest, only experience can make the difference. In 2019, His…
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