Category: POLITICS

In keeping with his rebuild Imo agenda, a total of 120 new classroom blocks has been enlisted for construction while 140 dilapidate schools will receive facelift in a couple of weeks from now. Also 45 new boreholes will be drilled in schools where the need for water is higher. These and more are parts of the projects lined up for the 100 days in office of His Excellency, Governor Emeka Ihedioha. Briefing Newsmen about these forthcoming projects of the state government in his office, weekend, the state chairman, Imo State…

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Elders of Orlu Senatorial zone of Imo State, under the aegis of Orlu Elders Council have called on Governor Emeka Ihedioha to probe and prosecute the immediate past Governor of the State, Chief Rochas Okorocha. In a 3-page address read by the Chairman of the Council, Professor Francis Dike SAN, during a courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona, the group accused the former Governor of leaving a legacy of Garnishee Orders and indescribable looting of the state treasury. The group lauded the Imo State…

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Elder statesman and fiery critic, Ndaa Bob Njemanze says Governor Emeka Ihedioha’s 27 stadiums project and construction of local government secretariats are not in tune with expectations of beleaguered Imo people at this point in time in the state. Njemanze who spoke to Nigeria Newspoint on vexed issues of governance in Imo weekend also advised Governor Ihedioha to be careful with those banner peels that derailed the outgone Rochas Okorocha administration in the state. The Owerri Nehi-Ise-born member of the 2014 Political Reform Conference of then President Goodluck Jonathan made…

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The National leadership of the Action Alliance (AA), has welcomed in good fate, the eventual disqualification of Uche Nwosu, as the flag-bearer of the party in the March 9, 2019, governorship election in Imo State. In a release signed by the National Chairman of AA, Kenneth Udeze and National Secretary, dated August 22, 2019,addressed to Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, the National Chairman of Action Peoples Party (APP), who obtained the court judgment disqualifying Uche Nwosu, as candidate, the AA leaders stated that they were conveying their unalloyed acceptance of the…

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The member representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency in the green-chamber-National Assembly(Federal House ofRepresentatives), Rt. Hon. Henry Nwawuba, has assured people of the federal constituency of his desire in bringing more dividends of democracy to the people by attracting infrastructural development in the federal constituency, using the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The Mbaike federal lawmaker,Rt.Hon.Nwawuba, while making the disclosure at Nwaorieubi, headquarters of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state, on Thursday, August,22,2019,during the occasion of ‘Book-Presentation’ to primary schools in the LGA,facilitated by former council chairman in the area,…

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The Imo State Honourable Commissioner for Education, Professor Viola Onwuliri has stated that it is now compulsory for teachers to teach students with Igbo language in the schools at the eastern states, so that they could communicate effectively with their mother tongue than the borrowed languages. Prof. Onwuliri made this known during a one-day seminar on the use of Igbo language in teaching at the secondary schools organized by the State Education Management Board, SEMB, weekend at Owerri, where she said that Igbo language is a good communication channel both…

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Orluzurume Youth Assembly, one of the foremost pan-sociocultural youth bodies in Imo state has elected new executives to steer the body to a greater height. The new executives include, prince Arthur Madumere who was elected President while Kingsley Kelechi Chukwuonye is to assist him as the Vice President, others include Ugwumba Desmond, Secretary, MaryAnn Odozor – Treasurer, Don Uba – PRO, DuruobishirikeKelechi – Organising secretary, Ositadimma Stanley – Director of Welfare, Ogbonna Collins – Deputy PRO, Raymond Festus Chika – Assitant secretary, Anusionwu Henry – Financial secretary,IfeanyiOsuala- Chief whip, Viola…

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Prince MacDonald Enwere from Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State has been appointed Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to the recently appointed Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Uche Onyeagucha. Prince Enwere who hails from the Enwere Royal family of Mgbala Ohekelem, Ngor Okpala LGA attended the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife where he obtained Bachelor of Science (B.Sc Hons) and has remained renowned media practitioner, Newspaper Columnist and prolific writer. Enwere who is a recipient of the prestigious United Nations UN, Award of Distinction as a prolific writer…

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Upon receipt of petitions from the public alleging that Staff of Offices were being issued to certain Monarchs in a particular hotel in the state, reports from Imo State House of Assembly committee on Autonomous Communities and Community Government Council (CGC) headed by member representing Ideato North State Constituency, Hon. (Barr) Arthur Egwim confirmed that upon investigations to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the exercise, the committee, discovered that what the SGI only issued were letters of Recognition to Eze-elects recently recommended by the House as well as replacement…

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The Imo state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has given the immediate past Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha up to midnight of Tuesday June 4, 2019 to do a proper handover to his government. Ihedioha spoke at the Government House in Owerri, during the swearing into office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeaguocha and Chief of Staff, Chris Okewulonu. The governor afterwards ordered the Permanent Secretary, and Head of Service, under Okorocha, to quickly prepare all the necessary documents and hand them over to the SSG, and Chief…

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