A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, granted bail in the sum of N2 million to the an Imo based Newspaper Publisher. Ejike Ogbonna. The bail conditions include providing a surety who must show proof of ownership of landed property within the court’s jurisdiction, as well as endorsement of the bail bond by a traditional ruler. Presiding Magistrate C.J. Uzoechi, who granted the bail application, noted that the matter was bailable. The case was adjourned to October 3, 2025, for hearing Ejike Ogbonna, publisher,…
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Ngozi Ogbu: Anyanwu Begs Govt, Security Agents to Ensure His Request To Effect His Release.
Following the abduction of former member of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Ngozi Ogbu by non state actors and strict condition for his release, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has pleaded with the Government of Imo state and security agencies to respect the request made by the victim who is an elder statesman as a possible means to save his life. Hon Ngozi Ogbu is a good man, peaceful, sincere, faultless and good governance campaigner. Seeing him die for committing no crime will be so devastating, worrisome and condemnable.…
Read MoreHON. ENG. AKARACHI AMADI TOURS MBAIKE FOR PROJECT INSPECTION, REASSURES CONSTITUENTS OF SPEEDY DELIVERY.
On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the Member Representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, Hon. Engr. Akarachi Amadi, along side his dedicated team, embarked on a comprehensive tour of several On-Going and completed projects across Mbaike. The silent achiever, known for his hands-on approach to leadership, personally inspected a number of projects to ensure quality delivery and adherence to timelines. During the inspection, Hon. Amadi engaged with engineers handling some of the uncompleted projects, offering constructive corrections where necessary. He emphasized the importance of maintaining high standards while charging them to intensify…
Read MoreFreedom of Expression; Dying In Imo , Nonsonkwa Alleges ,Fingers Commissioner of Information As Response.
“The fundamental human rights of Imo citizens to freely express themselves about how they are being governed is being threatened by the current administration of Sen Hope Uzodinma”. The allegation was contained in a Press Release by the International President of Nchekwa Ndi Ogbenye Foundation ( Protect The Weak International Foundation) under the leadership of a front line Activist in the state, Mazi Chinonso Uba popularly known as Nonsonkwa. The Mbaitoli-born Media executive and Activist made the assertion while responding to the recent invitation to Barr Chinedu Agu, former Secretary…
Read MoreIndoimitable Golden Age: Ex – Imo Speaker, Nwoha Celebrates 60th Birthday, As Orluzurumee, Onuegbu, KK Nwagwu Hail Him
In the tumultuous journey of life often laddened with torns and spikes, the weak and feeble-minded often fall by the wayside. So also with the luckless. But for others who tenaciously reach the golden age, to God be the glory. For the Rt Hon Barr Amaechi Nwoha, his journey of grace began 60 years ago. Born on September 15, 1965, the former speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, hails from Amaigbo in the present day Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo State. He attended Bishop Shonehan College Orlu, for…
Read MoreHold Chima Amadi Responsible If we and Our Immediate Family Members Are Harmed -Gii
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,…
Read More‘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?…
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