Category: FEATURES

A widow, Mrs. Ann Nnabuife-Onyewuchi, has raised a desperate alarm over alleged threats to her life and that of her two young children, accusing individuals she described as her late husband’s “powerful relatives” of orchestrating a sustained campaign to dispossess her of all she owns. Mrs. Nnabuife, wife of a United States-based Nigerian, the late Mr. Emmanuel Onwuasoeze Nnabuife of Umunam Nta village in Umunam Atta Autonomous Community, Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, told newsmen that since her husband’s death in 2023, she has faced intimidation, violence, and…

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Okigwe South: Ogwuegbu Urges Zone To Consolidate With Chike Okafor ..Says: Experience counts in NASS My dear good people of Okigwe South, distinguished elders, respected leaders, and our hardworking women and youths, I bring you warm greetings and sincere solidarity, with gratitude for your steadfast support, prayers, and commitment to the progress of our constituency. As we continue to chart a  course for a better Okigwe South, it is pertinent for us to reflect on the record of service that has brought us this far, and also choose leaders who…

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-Says, it  may give Tinubu needed  Strength Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Monday  described the decision by some opposition figures to insist on zoning the presidency to Southern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 elections as “self-defeating” and “intellectually dishonest,” warning that competence and national unity should take precedence over regional considerations. A statement by his spokesperson, Olusola Sanni, Atiku cautioned opposition political actors against the position that the 2027 presidential ticket must be zoned exclusively to the South. The statement from Atiku coincided with an Arise TV interview by…

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..Urge other S/E govs to emulate him South East Former Councillors Forum, has applauded Gov Alex Otti of Abia State,over what it described as his rare gesture of the payment of all unpaid statutory entitlements of all sets of former councillors in the state. The body which spoke in a statement issued by its coordinator, and secretary respectively, Hon Chinedu Opara and Hon David Uka, noted that the governor’s action has gone down in history, as the very first time in the region under the present democracy,  that a governor…

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Since the present democratic dispensation, Owerri west LGA, like other local government areas in Imo state, has always sent representatives to the state House of Assembly with the expectation of improved life for the people of the constituency. The reality on ground today is that Owerri west LGA is one of the council areas in dire need of quality representation. Quality representation is synonymous with quality leadership, hence the clamour in the constituency for a genuine leader that would surely attract democracy dividends to the people – a selfless leader…

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– Kwankwaso Explains Why He Left Atiku In ADC Former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said his decision to leave the African Democratic Congress, ADC, alongside Mr Peter Obi, was not borne out of any rift with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Kwankwaso said they exited the party after identifying what he described as unresolved internal issues that could affect the ADC’s ability to field candidates in future elections. Speaking on Monday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, Kwankwaso said politics required flexibility and strategic…

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…Another man killed at Okolochi, next day  …Youths, vigilante, hunters comb bushes in Eziobodo,Emeabiam areas. Tension is said to has gripped Ihiagwa community in Owerri  West LGA of  Imo State following the alleged murder of a Vigilante member on Friday, April 23, by suspected Fulani herdsmen.  The ugly event had sparked reprisal attack on Hausa traders and motorcycle riders in the area. At about 5:30 p.m,same day, pandemonium broke out at the popular Nkwo-Ukwu Ihiagwa (Market) as a group of youths from Nkaramochie  village, Ihiagwa, invaded the market and other…

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By Ebenezer Ojor Orluzurumee, the apex socio-cultural organization for the twelve local government areas of Orlu Zone, says its support for any candidate  from Owerri Zone who will succeed Governor Hope Uzodinma, will be anchored on competence and ability of such a candidate to sustain the developmental strides of the governor across the three zones of  Imo State. In a press statement issued at its  meeting yesterday,  the President General ,PG of Orluzurumee Worldwide, Rt Hon Ugochukwu Nzekwe  noted that Okigwe Zone has demonstrated a disposition to support Owerri Zone…

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By Christie Unanka, Enugu The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been thrown into fresh crisis following open confrontarion beteeen Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and the party’s National Deputy Chairman, (South), Chief Ben Nwonye. The GAZETTE gathered that Governor Uzodinma during the last APC’s stakeholders meeting in Abuja openly accused Chief Nwonye of blocking his chances of securing tickets for his political allies, vowing to stage a withdrawal method from APC should the insult from party leaders against him continues. Earlier, a statement signed by the APC Publicity Secretary…

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