…Hosts NASSI Imo State Entrepreneurship, Skills Acquisition and Social Responsibilities Commissioner Prof Chinonye Love Moses says Imo State government under Senator Hope Uzodinma attaches great importance to Youth and Women Empowerment through Skills Acquisition. Prof Chinonye Love Moses who was speaking when the National Deputy President of the Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industries Elder Emenike Onu and some Members of the Imo State Executive of NASSI paid her a courtesy visit in her office in Owerri. Prof Mrs Love Moses said that because of the Governor’s love to develop…
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Court Acquits Abba Kyari, Dismisses 23-count assets declaration Charge in blow to NDLEA
In a major legal victory for the embattled former “Super Cop,” a Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, of all charges related to the alleged non-declaration of assets. The judgment, delivered Thursday by Justice James Omotosho, brings an end to the 23-count charge filed against Kyari by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Prosecution Fails to Prove Case Justice Omotosho, in a detailed ruling, held that the NDLEA failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish its case against…
Read MoreDibiagwu: An Exemplary Of Impressive Representation
History was again made in the Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West Federal Constituency of Imo State as the member representing this part of the Nigerian federation in the green chambers at Abuja who is no less a person than Hon Eugene Okechukwu Dibiagwu deemed it fit to reward some of his lieutanants who helped him to climb the ladder and arrive at the top of the enviable position of being counted as one of the successful candidates after the tough and rigorous contest of that political office. There is an adage that says…
Read MorePower Without Influence: The Imo Paradox From Okorocha To Uzodinma
By Uwadiegwu Ahumaraeze When the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged in 2013 as Nigeria’s new political powerhouse, expectations were high across the country. Those expectations were even greater in Imo State, which proudly stood as the only APC-controlled state in the South-East, when the party won the historic 2015 Nigerian presidential election that brought Muhammadu Buhari to power. At the center of that optimism was Rochas Okorocha, then governor of Imo State and the lone APC governor in the region. By political calculation, Okorocha was widely regarded as the de…
Read MoreImo CP Drags EFCC Staff, Ugwuegbulam, 2 Others To Court Over Alleged Assault, Damages
…Offenses committed inside Police officer’s office …Matter adj. March 10. The Imo Police Command has charged a Lawyer and staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, one Samuel Ugwuegbulam and two others said to be his siblings, to an Owerri Magistrate Court over alleged assault on Engr Nlem Kelechi right inside an office at the Imo Police Headquarters ,Owerri. This is even as the 1st defendant in the said matter, Samuel Ugwuegbulam, is said to have not appeared in court yet. The said EFCC staff, Ugwuegbulam and the …
Read MoreMazi Okechukwu C. Okechukwu Calls, Pleads Imo Apga Faithful To Participate For Recommencement Of Membership Registration And Revalidation Exercise
…Urges Ndi Imo to obtain their PVC,now. Mazi Okechukwu C. Okechukwu has called and plead with the All Progressive Grand Alliance ,APGA faithful in Imo State to take full participation for the ongoing exercise in the party, nationwide recommencement of membership registration and revalidation exercise in all the 8,809 Ward’s in Nigeria. Mazi Okechukwu continued to call all existing members and well-meaning Ndi Imo who desire to be part of a progressive movement to take advantage of this great opportunity. He encourages the Imo state APGA faithful and Imolites in…
Read MoreProfile Of Very Rev. Fr. Raphael Chima Ofoegbu, Ph.D.
By Afam Echi Introduction: When it is said that the Catholic Church, as a monolithic organization, owes its success and stability to the sound education and competence of its human resources, the evidence can be found in many of her priests. Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Raphael Chima Ofoegbu stands out as a striking exemplar of such dedication and achievement. Born in Enugu on August 3, 1971, he hails from Umuike, Umuotobuoche, Umuorii, Uratta, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. He has demonstrated unwavering commitment to personal growth, ecclesiastical…
Read MoreIMO 2027: APP IS UNSTOPPABLE – NJESI
…As Party writes INEC, Fixes Congresses Mar 24–28 The newly appointed Imo state Chairman of the Interim Caretaker Committee of the Action People’s Party ,APP, Hon. Ernest Njesi has assured party faithful that he will lead the party to a landslide victory come 2027. Njesi made the assertion while reacting to his recent appointment as chairman of the Interim Caretaker Committee of the party in the state. He said, “there is nobody in Imo today that does not know that APP is the party to beat and with the calibre…
Read More2027: Ideato Youths, Stakeholders Intensify Pressure On Ngoforo To Contest.
…Cite courage, integrity, reasons he should represent constituency. Youth groups and political stakeholders across Ideato North and Ideato South Local Government Areas have continued to intensify pressure on Mazi Franklin Ngoforo, the Executive Director of Civic Action for Democracy and lead plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit seeking delisting of the Action Peoples Party from INEC’s register, to contest for the Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency seat in the 2027 general elections. The groundswell of support for a potential Ngoforo candidacy has been building steadily since he filed the historic suit…
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