By Ifeanyi Ndukwe Chief Hon. Mrs. Ruby Emele is the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Imo State. A native of Isiala Mbano Local Government Area. She is a refined politician who has remained outstanding among other politicians in the state, with her style of politics. Hon. Ruby Emele has always mixed politicking with kindness and philanthropy, hence her name has remained a household one in Isiala Mbano in particular and Imo State at large. Regardless of her high position, she doesn’t segregate, she treats everyone the same…
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Place of Imo Journalists In Uzodinma’s Era
By Henry Ekpe By the end of November, Senator Hope Uzodinma would have completed his first term as the Governor of Imo State, yet he has not met Journalists based in Imo State in any interactive session. He had several times met with Journalists from outside Imo State, but he has not deemed it necessary to have an interface with the Media Men based in the State he has operated in for nearly four years now. Whatever is the reason, I cannot fathom, but certainly this was not how I…
Read MoreInsensitivity Of Political Class And Self Imposed Leaders In Nigeria
(Fact Check Of Actions Of Tinubu’s Government So Far) At swearing in ceremony of the present government of Alhaji, Senator, Chief, Comrade, Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our president didn’t miss words in announcing to Nigerians that his government wouldn’t waste additional hour in scrapping the fuel subsidy regime that has pouched so much hole in the revenue bag of this nation. Nigerians received the news with mixed feelings. While some praised Mr New president for hitting the ground running from the first minute of his taking over as the president,…
Read MoreOCDA GM-Nzewodo’s Integrity Is Impeccable Despite Baseless Allegations, Falsehood From Nameless, Faceless Group
By Unegbu Victor-Wallace It was Winston Churchill who said, “You have enemies? Good.That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” The recent attempt by a nameless and faceless group parading as concerned imolites to smear the towering image of the General Manager of OCDA, Hon Frank Nzewodo is nothing but baseless, and an fruitless attempt to use falsehood to soil the enviable image of Hon. Frank Nzewodo. The baseless and unfounded allegation from these nameless group published in the front page of a local tabloid alluding that Hon.…
Read MoreEjiogu: Desirability Of Leadership With Clear Vision
By Ebenezer Ojor Development, peace and progress do not come by sheer happenstance. They are usually products of deliberate policies and painstakingly designed approaches, if you like, strategies. And these cannot materialise without committed and knowledgeable leadership. The unprecedented economic turnaround and rapid industrialization witnessed in China and parts of Southeast Asia, especially, the Asian Tigers -Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore -during the last century, are attributable to conscious efforts by the leaders of the region. In China, Mao Zedong or “Chairman Mao” is widely seen as one…
Read MoreFIGHTING OURSELVES AS IGBOS
Why are we always good in fighting within ourselves? Is there any spell cast upon this tribe called Igbo? Go to Abidjan they are going to court, dragging the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Angola the same is happening. We are competing against ourselves while our our enemies are competing every day to be our superiors. Go to Guinea Igbo Associations there are fighting for the position of Eze Ndigbo. Go to Sierra Leone they are fighting because of which state will produce the Igbo Chairman. Go to main…
Read MoreOne-Incumbent Governor And 16 Incoming Governors Existing In Imo
…So Who Amongst Them Is “Next Governor”? By Frank Nwaete At the 2019 GENERAL ELECTION, IMO STATE had the highest number of GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATES with SEVENTY-ONE (71)! Followed closely by RIVERS STATE with FIFTY-FOUR (54) CANDIDATES! Ahead of the Saturday NOVEMBER 11, 2023 IMO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION, the number of Candidates is SEVENTEEN (17)! They include Incumbent Governor, SEN HOPE ODIDIKA UZODIMMA (APC), SEN SAMDADDY ANYANWU (PDP), SEN ATHAN NNEJI ACHONU (AGU OTU AKA)/IKENGA JOSEPH IKECHUKWU UKAEGBU (LABOUR PARTY), GEN JACK- LINCOLN OGUNEWE (ACTION ALLIANCE), CHIEF UCHE BEN ODUNZEH (NNPP),…
Read MoreDr M.I. Okpara
By Christopher C. Ulasi Doctor Micheal Okpara governed the nine states which made up eastern Nigeria from 1959 to 1966. When the military coup of 1966 terminated his governorship on January 16, 1966 the only property he owned was an old bungalow he had in his village Umuahia Abia State. When the Biafra war ended in January 1970 he desired to study Economics in an American University but he could not raise the fees. In 1974 after he had gone back to brush up his medical knowledge and was in…
Read MoreRev Fr Edeh, Founder Of Madonna University
Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Edeh is one of the powerful and influential Reverend Fathers in Nigeria and in the world. He began Catholic Prayer Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Elele, Rivers State long before. His Ministry at Elele span over 4 decades and still standing till today. He has contributed so much to humanity but you don’t get to see him make noise about it or make political statements. Many people outside catholic do not even know that such a priest exists. His impacts to the society is unprecedented yet you…
Read MoreObi, Africa’s New Face Of Democracy
By Amanze Obi The electoral authorities in Sierra Leone have just commented on Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. The focus was on Mr Peter Obi, who flew the flag of the Labour Party in that election. Just a few days ago, the chairman of the country’s Political Parties Regulations Commission (PPRC), Abdulai Bangura, urged politicians participating in the country’s ongoing elections to borrow a leaf from Mr Peter Obi of Nigeria. He told his countrymen and women that Obi held so much promise in the February 25 presidential election in Nigeria.…
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