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Contrary to the statements and posturing of the Imo State government and its officials that the frightening insecurity and attendant challenges in the state have been nipped in the bud, the terrifying menace has continued unabated. Residents of Akokwa, in Ideato North Local Government Area of the state are said to be presently living in…
–Parents, Guardians Accuse Govt, Media Of Complicity Parents and guardians of secondary and primary students in Imo State have decried the nosedive in academic, mental, moral and sporting standard of their children and wards occasioned by the unprecedented eruption of schools at every nook and cranny of the State. The parents accused both the government…
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A member of the silver medal-winning Flying Eagles team to Saudi Arabia in 1989, Mike Onyemachara, reportedly died on Thursday, May 4, 2023. He was reported to be in good health when his wife left for work and kids left for school only for them to return and see that the food served to him…
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The organized labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday directed workers in Imo State to withdraw their services across the state from Tuesday night. The PUNCH reports that the two unions said the decision followed the disruption of Monday’s Workers’ Day celebration supposedly by agents of the state government. In…
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To boost spirituality in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the sponsorship of a record 1,000 pilgrims to Israel and Jordan this year. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, disclosed this in a statement issued, yesterday, in Owerri. Emelumba said the approval has already been given to the Imo State Pilgrims’ Board…
– says :APC candidate Ihezuo lied on oath The Labour Party candidate for Orlu State constituency, Comrade Precious Nwadike, has approached the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Owerri, in a bid to reclaim his mandate, which he alleged was stolen by the All Progressive Congress APC, candidate who he said was not qualified to contest…
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The Human Rights Writers Association has asked the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, to step down from the state’s governorship race, over the killing of five policemen and a couple by unknown gunmen on Friday. It was reported that some unidentified gunmen had, on Friday morning, opened fire on five policemen, who were eating at…
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The Imo State Elders’ Council has endorsed Sen Hope Uzodinma’s second term ambition for Governor of the state. The elders also adopted a Charter of Equity for the rotation of key political offices among the three senatorial zones which includes the position of the governor, deputy governor and speaker of house of assembly. In a…
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Governor of Imo State, Sen Hope Uzodinma has commended the people of the state for trooping out to vote massively for the All Progressives Congress in the House of Assembly election held on Saturday. The governor said the victory of the ruling APC at the polls was a significant attestation to the achievement of his…
There was panic in Imo State on Wednesday following the disappearance of three young men after an Imo wedding. The men identified as Alaefula Chimuru, Madu Promise, and Victor Chibuike did not return to their homes in Owerri after they left a wedding ceremony at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state on Sunday….
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Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) officials, on Thursday, met with the Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs in Imo State, Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji, to discuss plans for protecting company’s assets and mitigating security challenges at their operations in Imo State. Led by the GM for Security, Mr. Bob Buss, and the Project…
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The challenges facing the Imo Youths in Imo State are innumerable and pathetic, but we can stop them if the Imo State Government begins to accommodate the youths in her government. I want to re-echo the voice of Prof Eyo Ita in 1934 (as the National Leader of the Nigerian Youth Movement, NYM) who then…
On this auspicious occasion of Iri ji Mbaise, I felicitate with the good people of Mbaise Nation (Aboh, Ahiazu and Ezinihite) at home and in diaspora as I bring goodwill message in solidarity. The development of Mbaise, as well as other component parts of our dear Imo State, is of paramount importance to our industrialization…
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Imo State government may have concluded plans to set up an Imo vigilante outfit to replace Ebubeagu which citizens have roundly condemned because of their method of operation and too many killings associated with them. Speaking with newsmen weekend, the Chief Political Adviser/Head of Political Affairs Bureau, Barr. Enyinnaya Onuegbu, said Governor Hope Uzodimma planned…
Gov Hope Uzodinma is happy over President Muhammadu Buhari’s nod to his requests during my meeting with him yesterday; vis-a-vis the conversion of Federal Medical Center (FMC) Owerri into a Teaching Hospital for the approved Medical School for Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). Mr. President also promised to look into lifting the suspension on…
It is now an established legal fact that lands and properties belonging to both the government and individuals were either illegally acquired or misappropriated in the past as identified by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry. The commission’s report has been accepted by the government and Gazetted. In compliance with the above, today I inaugurated…
Over a period of time now, we have witnessed the untoward hardship occasioned by the artificial scarcity created by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Petroleum Tanker Driver’s Association wherein citizens have been subjected to the harsh treatment of purchasing Petroleum products at ridiculous price. My administration would not fold arms…
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Thank goodness, September 9, 2021 has come and gone. For Imo people, it was a day shrouded with uncertainty. A day two decrees were issued. A day conflicting informations and directives were issued. First, it began with the good news? That the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, will be visiting…
Following the highly successful PRESIDENTIAL WORKING VISIT to Imo State, within the first 24hrs of the return of HE President Mohammadu Buhari ( Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces) to Abuja, Imo State has received, in quick successions, two Federal Ministers who have arrived Imo State to begin what promises to be a windfall of…
Imo State has remained, despite all the politically motivated orchestrations of crises and now even more than ever before, the cynosure of all eyes. On Thursday, 9th September, 2021, the President and Commander-In-Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces pays an official/working visit to Imo State. Considering the enormous political cum economic benefits acruable to the State…
1. Nobody has your interest at heart. 2. Everyone is after his own interest. 3. Engagement with politicians is like sleeping with tigers. You must always be vigilant and have your eyes wide open. 4. In any Political equation, there is always someone that is being used. If you can’t find one, then it is…
It was not expected. Virtually caught everyone unawares. Like the northern harmattan, it bloodied the noses of Imolites except, of course, the men and women of means. The strike action embarked upon by the Imo State branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, in connivance with the Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, was…
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There was panic in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Wednesday, when residents started scooping diesel from a tanker that fell on the Control Post Roundabout in front of the Assumpta Archdiocese Catholic Cathedral. Officials of the state government, fire service, Federal Road Safety Corps and the police responded to the scene. The team, led…
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State is swimming against the tide. His decision to go against the position of southern governors on open grazing is damnable. It is a miscalculation. It is an albatross that will always come round to haunt him. No doubt, Uzodinma is looking at politics. But the issue at stake cannot…
PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IMO STATE August 29, 2021 Press Statement Imo PDP Has No Hands In The Fake News On Governor Uzodinma, Fulani Settlers And Free Marriage The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State hereby vehemently dissociates itself, its leaders, members and media operatives from having hands in the controversial newspaper banner headline: “Shocking:…
EPIC PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT SIEVING THE NOISE FROM THE FACTS The Imo State Government, Southeast of Nigeria, has since 2006 enacted a comprehensive and pertinently viable law that has proved to be potent and effective in the management, control and enforcement of order on Cattle Grazing activities in the State. The law is known and called…
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ELITIST COMPROMISE AND THE DIRTY DECEITFUL POLITICS OF IMO OPPOSITION ELEMENTS: ANOTHER CALL FOR REASON AND CAUTION: THE OPEN GRAZING BILL CHARADE; THE SCAREMONGERING PASTIME; THE FEIGNED IPOB’S BIAFRA SUPPORT ANTICS; ET AL AS CASE STUDIES Stanford Arinze Nwokedi The bane of today’s generation of Imo and Nigerian polity is the deliberate and calculated mischievous…
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Government of Imo State Press Release IMO GOVERNMENT URGES OIL MARKETERS TO END STRIKE …Uzodimma clarifies comment on open grazing Imo State Government has urged striking oil marketers and tanker drivers to suspend their actions and follow due process in resolving whatever issue they may have with the government. Government sees their action as illegal…
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This is beyond politics as it is an emergency and humanitarian crisis. This is Amauzari Town in our Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo State as at Friday 27 August 2021. Flood and erosion has ravaged the peaceful community displacing many people, destroying houses, property, farms and animals. Imo State Government Federal Government Agencies like NEMA…
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PRESS RELEASE ln the past few days , following the strike embarked upon by Petrol dealers or marketers in the state, we had read and heard stories, including innuendos and insinuations, to the effect that , the government Senator Rochas Okorocha superintended demolished a petrol station and for which the dealers in the state had…
