Category: FEATURED

…Says: Owerri’s representatives in NASS, bench warmers …Plans to build Police post in Emeabiam The immediate past First Lady of Ondo State, Dr Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has expressed intent to run for Owerri senatorial seat in Imo, come 2027. The former Ondo State first lady who made this known yesterday, during a chat with section of Newspaper Publishers and newsmen in Owerri, reiterated her resolve to continue to show interest in issues affecting Imo State as a daughter of Emeabiam in Owerri West LGA. She decried the poor state of schools…

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  There was joy and jubilation among primary school pupils and secondary school students in Owerre Nkwoji Community  in  Nkwerre LGA ,Imo state as a non-governmental organisation, The Nnodim Education Foundation donated free quality school bags, exercise books, pens and pencils to over 200 students. The Catholic priest of St Thomas Aquinas Parish, Owerre Nkwoji, Rev.Fr. Jude Thaddeus Erigha commended the donor and Founder of The Nnodim Education Foundation, Mrs Loretta Nwafor, for establishing the NGO in memory of her late father, Mr Emmanuel Nnodim Alaoma who he said was…

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…Journalists: It’s new ploy to intimidate the Media,free speech in the state. As is now prevalent in Imo state ,using the police and sundry security operatives to harass, intimidate and suppress free speech , the state Commissioner for Commerce and Investment, Barr Rex Anunobi who, incidentally is a Lawyer, has written a petition to the Imo State Police Command against the Publisher of Newspoint Newspapers, Elder Lambert Ojukwu over a recent report published in the newspaper. A police invitation dated September 29, 2025 and signed by DCP T.A. Dashuwar, Deputy…

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  …Backs oil/gas companies having offices in state  An illustrious son of Ngwoma Obube, Owerri North LGA, Engr Maxwell Chinedu Ekeocha has extolled the concerted efforts of Governor Hope Uzodinma in shoring up the economy of Imo State. Engr Ekeocha, has over 23 years experience , spanning across the oil and gas sector with Shell Petroleum Development Company and currently with Renaissance Africa Energy Limited. Engr Ekeocha while addressing newsmen in Owerri weekend, said: “I feel gladdened by the directive of the executive governor of Imo State, Distinguished Senator Hope…

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…Cites personal reasons The Labour Party candidate during the 2023 Imo State House of Assembly,IMHA seat for Nwangele state constituency, Chief Edith Nwosu ( Ikukuoma )has resigned her membership of the party . In a resignation letter she personally signed, and made available to Nigeria Newspoint, Chief Nwosu expressed gratitude to the party for the opportunity given to her, saying that it was something she never took for granted. Nwosu who cited personal reasons for parting ways with the party, further described her candidature as the party’s flagbearer for Nwangele…

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…Visits Nigeria Newspoint office for partnership By Williams Odunze The Leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Owerri Municipal Council chapter has paid a familiarization visit to Nigeria Newspoint seeking partnership with the media outfit. The group led by its LGA Chairman, Comrade Chinedu Mbah who said that the reason behind the visit is in recognition of the Newspaper’ outstanding status in the business of dissemination of information to the public. He maintained that the media outfit is one of the leading tabloids with wider outreach in terms of information…

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  Representatives of the Fathers of Faith in Igboland, have appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in furtherance of the renewed hope agenda and pursuit of national unity, peace, and peaceful co-existence in the nation”. The plea was made in an open letter to the President, signed by the group’s Chairman, Most Rev. Dr. David O. C. Onuoha, Secretary General, Most Rev. Dr. Chibuzoe Raphael Opoko, the Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, and two others. The clerics said: “The matter of our son,…

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The representative for the Ideato Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has asserted that the departure of his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would significantly impair the party’s viability in Imo State. Ugochinyere made this statement during a press conference held in Owerri on Thursday, following the tragic killing of approximately 26 individuals in the Arondizuogu communities within his constituency two weeks prior. As the sole national lawmaker from Imo State affiliated with the PDP, Ugochinyere expressed his discontent with certain individuals in…

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Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum and Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimnma, will, on September 30, this year, present his latest book on the APC’s leadership of Nigeria over the past 10 years. The book, A Decade of Impactful Progressive Governance in Nigeria, was authored by the governor to provide insight into the achievements and challenges of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) since it came to power in 2015. As an insider, Uzodinma leveraged his position as PGF Chairman to chronicle the events before and after the ascension…

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