The development comes exactly seven days after Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, member representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency, confronted the Minister of Finance over ₦1.15 trillion in approved capital funds that remain undisbursed—with capital projects across Nigeria sitting at zero percent execution. It was Wednesday, February 25th, when Hon. Ikwechegh—a member of the House Committee on Aids and Loans—took the floor at the Appropriation Committee’s budget defence session and began firing questions that would ultimately reverberate all the way to Aso Rock. Armed with documents from his committee assignment, he…
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A New Dawn for Imo APC: Congratulations Chief Austin Onyedebelu
The Gastrol Foundation Movement, under the leadership of Hon. John Kenneth Onyekwere (AMAH), warmly congratulates Chief Austin Onyedebelu on his well-deserved emergence as the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Imo State Chapter. Your election is a clear testament to your steadfast commitment, visionary leadership, and unwavering dedication to the growth and unity of our great party. We are confident that under your guidance, the APC in Imo State will witness renewed strength, deeper cohesion, and greater political victories. As you assume this important responsibility, we wish you wisdom, courage,…
Read MoreAdams Oshiomole: The Labour Leader Died
By Babs Daramola There are moments in a nation’s life when words shock more than bullets. Not because they are violent, but because they are absurd, disconnected and offensive to reality. When Senator Adams Oshiomhole recently went on national television and declared that Nigerians are now complaining that food is becoming too cheap under President Bola Tinubu, the country did not just hear a statement; it witnessed a rupture in memory, history, and identity. This was not said by a random politician, or by an out-of-touch technocrat. This was said…
Read MoreIgbo Marginalisation: Tinubu’s Igbo Hate Continues With The Fall Of Dr. Anite-Uzoka
By Steve OsuJi The unstated policy of keeping Igbo outside the gate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government continues to manifest everyday. The policy seems to say: exclude Igbo and keep them out! The latest casualty is the cerebral Dr Doris Anite-Uzoka. She has just been downgraded from her perch as Minister of State for Finance and moved down the corridor to Budget and National Planning also as Minister of State. She was replaced by Taiwo Oladele from Ondo State. Now the Minister of Finance (the most important ministry) is…
Read MoreImo Commissioner Says Govt Attaches Great Importance To Youth, Women Empowerment
…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…
Read MoreCourt 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…
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