His Excellency, the Executive governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has commended the people of Imo State, especially members of all political parties and their governorship candidates that could have participated in the botched debate organized by the catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. Owelle further noted that it is a good development for Imo people that are supporters of the political parties met for such a function and there was no record of fracas and nobody was wounded, which means, Imolites have came to appreciate the fact that beyond politics,…
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PDP is a stigma in Imo-Ogbeama
National President of All Progressives Congress APC Youth Vanguard, Prince Chibuike Ogbeama has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Imo State, as stigma, saying any reasonable person a associating with the party is characterized as disgraceful. Speaking with journalists in Omuma in Oru East LGA, during the inauguration of Senator Osita Izunaso’s campaign coordinators, the APC youth vanguard leader said with what APC led government had done in the state, PDP would find it difficult to win any election in the state. He added that even Senator Hope Uzodinma’s…
Read MoreFree Education: IMSU Students Storm Govt House On Solidarity Visit To Okorocha
…Give him best governor of the year award Students of the Imo state University, Owerri, Friday (today) stormed Government House, Owerri, in solidarity with Governor Rochas Okorocha for giving them free education which he has sustained since he came in as governor, adding that the free education has worked effectively well contrary to the wrong impression the opponents of the government have been giving about the free education in the state. The students who had come in their thousands and took every space in and around the Government House had…
Read MoreSABONGARI MAYHEM: Boko Haram Insurgents Again Invade Kano Suburb, Kill, Maim Igbo, Families For Rejecting Islam
…As many run away from Kano for good Many Igbo Families are said to be running away again in droves from Kano state as a result of a renewed religious war against them. The Boko Haram Insurgents have again invaded Christian families in the Sabongari suburb of Kano state in Northern Nigeria. It was gathered that scores of families were again attacked on Friday,March 13,2015 in Sabongari area of Kano state. Report from the Nigerian Police had confirmed the tragic incident where many homes were attacked and family members butchered…
Read MoreOkorocha pledges N10m to church
…As Bishop lauds Ikemba Okigwe The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Anayo Okorocha in continuation of his sensitization tour of churches has supported on- going projects embarked upon by the Catholic Church in Okigwe Diocese with the sum of Ten Million Naira. Governor Okorocha was accompanied to the church service by his wife, Nncoma Nkechi Okorocha, state executive members and honourable members of the state Assembly and other political appointees made the pledge at St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral on Sunday June 1, 2014. Enumerating his projects across the 27 Local…
Read MoreBoko Haram Insurgents Attack Igbo Man, Family Over Refusal To Join Islam
An Abia state Indigene and Electrician by profession, Julius Orji and his family have reportedly been brutally attacked by hoodlums suspected to be members of the Boko Haram. The unfortunate gruesome attack happened at Mr Orji’s residence in the midnight at a suburb in Sabongari town in Kano State,Northern Nigeria on June 8, 20214. Correspondent report revealed that Mr Julius Orji who hails from Ovom 1, in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia state was attacked with his family, for not joining the Muslim religion which the Boko Haram sect…
Read MoreDelta State Boils Over Communal Clash …Many Feared Dead …As Teenager, Mathew Risks Death For Refusing To Join War
Palpable fear has enveloped the residents of Agbor, in Delta State, Nigeria, over a clash of communal land. What appeared like a generational battle is said to have been the lot of the present generation, as two communities, Umunede and Emoho have revived the land issues that was layed to rest few years ago. It was a bloody weekend, Friday December 27, 2013, as the two waring communities of Umunede and Emoho layed a manslaughter over claims to right of ownership of the land in their common boundary. Trouble was…
Read MoreMan,18, escapes death for refusing to serve deity …Family banished, house burnt
There are strong indications that the refusal of Ugonna Benneth Uzohuo of Oleme Ajafulem in Ofeahia Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, to serve the community’s Arusi Ogidi deity following his selection as chief priest, prompted the people of community to descend on him by burning his family house and banishing the entire family. His ordeal was said to have started on May 11, 2010, the day his community’s deity, Arusi Ogidi, chose him to be its priest. That particular announcement marked the beginning of…
Read MoreBarbarism: 22 year -old man refuses to serve deity, escapes from community
Mr Felis What appeared a baberic and unbelievable inhuman act was recorded last weekend, December 29, 2012 in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, as a twenty two year old man was forced out of his fatherland for not serving a deity. The victim identified as Felis Innocent, who hails from Ivue in Uromi Edo State, Nigeria, and a Primary 4 school dropout has reportedly left his original abode uncelebrated, when he declined to serve the village deity, served by his late father, Mr. Felis. Information gathered by…
Read MoreOrlu Zone Gang Up Against Owerri Over 2027 Imo Guber
Some powerful forces in Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone ) are putting up a fierce and formidable resistance against the proposed power shift to Owerri zone in 2027. This implies that the impending responsibility for Owerri Zone to produce Imo State’s next governor in 2027, in accordance with the Imo Charter of Equity, faces stern opposition from select political leaders and influential figures in Orlu zone. This charter, devised by the Imo State Council of Elders, is structured to cyclically rotate the governorship seat among the three geopolitical zones—Orlu,…
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