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Views: 632 Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha paid President Muhammadu Buhari a fresh visit on Thursday at Aso Rock villa, this time in company of former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The meeting, held behind closed […]

Imo APC: Hold Okorocha responsible for breakdown of law and order

Views: 554The Stakeholders’ Forum of Imo All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on security agencies to hold Gov. Rochas Okorocha responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state. Dr Theodore Ekechi, the […]

Imo APC tussle: Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet Buhari in Aso Rock

May 25, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2578President Muhammadu Buhari has met with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State behind closed doors and former governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Yesterday’s meeting would be the second time […]

IKEDI OHAKIM, IMO AND THE GHOST OF 2011

Views: 990To flow with this essay, reader is advised to first put on the cap of objectivism as reading without will be tantamount to wasting scarce energy reading the “nonsense” that is not. Yesterday in […]

No PVC, No Salary In Imo, Okorocha Declares

300,000 PVCs yet to be collected in Imo

Views: 415Sunday Adedoyin, the Head of Department (HOD), Voters Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Imo State, has raised the alarm that over 300,000 permanent voter’s cards (PVCs) were yet to […]

APC convention: Buhari, Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet at Villa

Views: 400 AS controversy continues to trail the ward, local government and state congresses of All Progressives Congress, APC, in many states of the federation, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, had a closed-door meeting with Governor […]

Buhari distances self from APC convention crisis

Views: 454 Okorocha, Oshiomhole meet Buhari on tussle in Imo • Court to hear suit on Enugu APC congress June 6 Restrains party from recognising Nwoye, others President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday refuted allegations that he […]

2019: Imo APC stakeholders resist Governor Okorocha

Imo APC crisis: Okorocha’s faction takes over party secretariat

Views: 416The Hilary Eke-led Imo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, executive has been forced out of the party secretariat by forces loyal to Governor Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha Okorocha’s parallel executive headed by […]

Hon. Elvis Ebirim MAKES CASE FOR MBAISE NATION FOR 2019 GUBER

Views: 484A member of Orlu Zurumee Socio-cultural Organization and a businessman Hon. Elvis Ebirim has stated that Mbaise Nation should be allowed to produce the next Imo Governor. Speaking to journalists at the All Saints Cathedral […]

Dr. Anslem Opara COMMENDS IKEDURU YOUTHS FOR SUPPORTING IHEDIOHA

Views: 3859The Ikeduru Leader of Team Ihedioha and Chairman Elders Forum of Team Ihedioha in Ikeduru L.G.A. of Imo State, Dr. Anslem Opara, have commended Ikeduru youths for their massive support during the inauguration of […]

Hon. Duru Benneth Onyekachi EYES IPAC CHAIRMAN SEAT

Views: 355The state secretary of inter party advisory committee IPAC Imo State, Hon. Duru Benneth Onyekachi, has opined that he is going to contest for Chairmanship of IPAC come August, 2018. Speaking to Journalists recently, […]

Guber aspirant promises to jumpstart Imo economy with N25bn venture capital fund

Views: 136A top aspirant to the Imo State governorship seat in the 2019 general elections, Chidi Okoro, has said if elected governor, he would jumpstart the Imo economy with a N25-billion private sector-funded venture capital […]

Gov. Okorocha speaks on leaving APC, being in coma

Views: 446Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has spoken on the rumour flying about that he was set to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The Governor vowed not to leave the party which he […]

The manipulated vote

Views: 335Two reasons the rancorous ward congresses of the All Peoples Congress (APC) are considered a political disaster for the country are: first, because the ward is the foundation, the origin, the closest to home, […]

Rochas Okorocha’s swan song

Views: 372The political rivalry in Imo State is reminiscent of a dramatic form which depicts the circumstances surrounding the fall of despots. The state has been in dire need of such a dramatic conflict, blighted […]

Battle for soul of Imo APC intensifies, as parallel executives emerge

Views: 467 Man up; put your house in order, Chris Anyanwu tells Okorocha Angry youths go on rampage in Imo community Governor Rochas Okorocha’s camp yesterday installed an acting chairman of the Imo state chapter […]

Biafra Day: Five Killed, About 500 Arrested

Views: 3848At least five people were feared killed yesterday while the police arrested more than 500 members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) in […]

Imo APC crisis deepens as Gov Okorocha’s faction installs parallel chairman

Views: 345Ahead of the 2019 general elections the crisis rocking Imo State All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be worsening with each passing day. The latest in the imbroglio the Imo APC has found itself […]

Executive recklessness and thoughtlessness of Nigerian electorate

Okorocha denies dissolution of Imo LG transition C’ttee

Views: 385The Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has denied the reports on dissolution of Imo state Transition Committees of the twenty-seven local governments in the State. Okorocha The governor made this known in a […]

Imo workers get automatic promotion, as Okorocha promises ‘sleeping allowance’

Okorocha, a Drowning Man, Says Senator Anyanwu

Views: 166Senator Chris Anyanwu has described Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as a drowning man who has sown seeds of confusion and disenchantment within his own party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Anyanwu said […]

Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris

IG’s ‘Transmission’ and the Other Treacherous Tale

Views: 722…after all mispronounced and done, the IGP also partly has himself to blame. Well, maybe his consolation should be that, at least, there is now an epithet to define his reign as super cop. […]

I can’t go back to APGA—Okorocha

May 21, 2018 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 407 As court adjourns case on Imo congress till June 22 It’s shame Okorocha can’t fix roads in Ideato—Ihedioha EMBATTLED Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, dispelled speculations and rumours making the rounds […]

Heartland Hub incubator launched in Nigeria’s Imo State

May 22, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 4190A new incubator, Heartland Hub, has been launched in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria. Heartland Hub is a venture of Oluaka Institute, and aims to accelerate startups from an early […]

APC chieftains jittery over impending Parallel national Convention

May 22, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2989Delta APC Secretariat Over Leadership Tussle – Those Uncomfortable Are Free To Leave – Tony Momoh – nPDP Has Genuine Grievances — APC APC chieftains jittery over impending Parallel national Convention – Ahead of […]

2019: No room for Okorocha in APGA’

May 22, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 356Okorocha can’t be re-admitted into APGA for betraying party—BoT member .Party denies getting N3bn from Imo gov for readmission O WERRI —DESPITE feelers that Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha may be dumping his party, […]

GOV. ROCHAS, WHY WON’T APC ALLIANCE FIGHT BACK?

Views: 866Nemesis is a cosmic drama acted upon the psyche of earth dwellers in order for them to learn a big lesion in the afterlife experience. As a scholar of the great life, I am […]

THE ECLIPSE OF THE RESCUE

May 20, 2018 John MGBE 0

Views: 889To say that the governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has been humbled is merely stating the obvious. He has been boxed to a corner, by a combined force of those he had vowed […]

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Group adopts Emeka Chinedu for Ezinihitte, Ahiazu Federal Constituency Seat

May 20, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 753 A group under the aegis of Youth for Accountability, Transparency and Good Governance in Nigeria (YATGGIN), have thrown their weight on the political aspirations of Hon Emeka Chinedu, Nwarufuo aku 1 of Oboma […]

Anyanwu wasted eight years in Senate, says Okorocha

May 20, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 429Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has slammed former Senator Chris Anyanwu over her recent remarks about his administration. The Governor said Anyanwu does not have the moral justification to criticize his administration after she […]

Governor Okorocha accuses Oyegun of causing aiding opposition

May 20, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 397The Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, John Oyegun of working with his political enemies. Okorocha said this in a statement issued by his media aide, […]

Imo 2019: BARR.CHIBUZO ZIGGY AZIKE DECLARES FOR GOVERNORSHIP

May 19, 2018 John MGBE 0

Views: 1044All roads led to the Imo State Secretariat of All Peoples Grand Alliance(APGA) on Egbu road Owerri when Barrister Chibuzo Ziggy Azike declared his intention to run for the governorship race in the 2019 poll. He is running under the platform […]

Court injunction: Imo APC holds State Congress

May 19, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 419…as Hilary Eke emerges Chairman Following the reported court injunction obtained by Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha’s camp stopping the state congress, of the All Progreeives Congress, APC, The Heartlander was told that the […]

No APC ward, LG congress held in Imo

May 17, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 529CERTAIN chieftains of the All Progressives Congress,(APC) from Imo state on Tuesday stormed the national secretariat of the party to reinforce the position of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha that ward and local government […]

Youths protest against Okorocha

May 16, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 135A group of placard-carrying youths yesterday besieged the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja to protest against Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha. The protesters demanded an end to the governor’s […]

Suspected kidnap kingpin arrested in students’ hostel

In Imo Police take over APC secretariat

Views: 507Nigeria Police Force (Concise News) Officers of the Nigerian Police Force have taken over the Imo state All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat. This is coming after hoodlums allegedly set the secretariat on fire on […]

OPINION: BANNING CODEINE IN APC

Views: 245Following a codeine-propelled high drug addiction problem, the Federal Government in a swift reaction, banned the production and importation of codeine containing cough syrup. The syrup usually taken by millions of youths who mix […]

Oyegun, NWC Sabotaging APC Congresses, Says Okorocha |The Republican News

May 15, 2018 The Editor 1

Views: 2741Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha Party to gov: Your comments uncharitable Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has linked the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its congresses to a plot […]

APC congress: Ohakim hits Okorocha, says governor a failure, fraud

Views: 503Ikedi Ohakim, former Governor of Imo State, has described the current Governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha as a failure. Ohakim made the remark while reacting to the outcome of the Congresses of the […]

Imo APC congress: What Okorocha told supporters

Views: 590Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has insisted on a fresh date for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress. The governor, while addressing his loyalists, announced that there would be no LG congress in […]

Okorocha loses again as APC holds LG congress in Imo

Views: 137Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha’s attempt to stop the local government congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, failed, as the party went ahead with the exercise. Executives of the party were returned […]

2019: Atiku Promises to Run Lean Government

Views: 571Atiku…a man to watch out for Bassey Inyang in Calabar Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that if elected president of Nigeria in 2019, he will run a lean government, a policy […]

2019: Not Too Young To Run bill promoter to contest for Imo governorship election

Views: 491Not Too Young To Run bill promoter to contest for Imo governorship election Breaking: US first lady Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery, hospitalized Abia poly reopens as unions call off strike – The race […]

Why I Joined APC – Sen Uzodimma

May 12, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 449Ranking Senator representing Imo West and formerly of PDP, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, recently dumped the PDP and declared for the ruling APC. His move elicited mixed reactions. His supporters enthusiastically hailed his move, applauding […]

Okorocha commends Oyegun for cancelling Imo APC LG congresses

May 12, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 511The Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has commended the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun for cancelling the conduct of the Local Government Congresses of the Party in the State, […]

Imo deputy governor salutes ‘true nation-builders’

Aftermath of APC ward congress: Fresh plot to impeach Imo deputy gov uncovered

May 10, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 421A fresh plot to impeach Imo Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, by the state Assembly is allegedly being instigated by Governor Rochas Okorocha. Governor Okorocha and his group had accused the deputy governor of […]

APC convention: Ex-Governor Oshiomhole declares chairmanship ambition today

May 10, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 434The immediate past governor of Edo State, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, will today declare his ambition to run for the national chairmanship of All Progressives Congress, APC. The former governor is favoured to replace the […]

More trouble for APC

May 9, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 223Like an ill-wind, last weekend’s ward congress is threatening the bond and cohesion of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In many of its state chapters, things are falling apart, as party faithful bicker […]

Senators take over Imo APC structure

Views: 462An alliance of two serving Senators of the All Progressive Congress (APC); two former Senators; the Imo Deputy Governor and other key stakeholders of the party last Saturday, thoroughly overwhelmed Governor Rochas Okorocha of […]

Battle for Imo: Okorocha, deputy’s war escalates

Views: 460TENSION yesterday continued to build up in Imo State, after the ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, as commissioners appointed by Governor Rochas Okorocha insisted that the congresses should […]

APC NWC to decide today on Ekiti governorship primary

Views: 412The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has identified those who disrupted Saturday’s governorship primary election in Ekiti state, vowing to deal with them and the aspirants they are affiliated to, after deliberating on […]

Stakeholders meeting in Anambra embarrassing, say Moghalu, others

Views: 430George Moghalu No ward congress, members insist National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) George Moghalu, has described the violence that trailed the stakeholders meeting in Awka, the Anambra State capital at the […]

APC Leaders To Osinbajo: Steer Clear of Party Affairs In Imo

Views: 432Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State have advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo not to meddle with the internal affairs of the party in the state, adding that they had credible […]

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Imo Commissioners want ward congress rescheduled

Views: 387Imo State Commissioners have called for the rescheduling of the botched All Progressive Congress (APC) ward congress election originally slated for Saturday, May 5. This was contained in a six paragraph communique issued by […]

Botched Ekiti Guber Primary: APC May Disqualify Aspirants

Views: 438The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it may consider wielding the big stick on those responsible for the disruption of its Ekiti State governorship primary held last Saturday. The governorship primary was aborted […]

Marching to 2019 with weapon of great destruction

Views: 829Last week, Ngozi Muogbo had a rough time with frustration. As early as 5am, she was at the voter registration centre close to her in Lagos. The first problem was that even at that […]

Stay Clear Of Imo, APC Leaders Warn Osinbajo

Views: 62Arising from an emergency meeting in Abuja on Monday, All Progressive Congress’ (APC) leaders in Imo State said they had credible information that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was putting pressure on APC national leadership […]

PERSPECTIVES TO IHEDIOHA’S CONSOLIDATION TOUR OF HIS STRUCTURE AT OHAJI EGBEMA

May 7, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 933Dateline, Monday, April 30, 2018. Mission, commencement of grassroots consolidation tour of Ihedioha political structure in 305 wards of Imo State. Vision, paving the way to Douglas House in 2019. Venue, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government […]

APC Congress: Rochas begs Buhari to cancel Imo results

Views: 402CHAIRMNAN of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha rushed to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, on Sunday to appealed to the President […]

Okorocha briefs Buhari on Imo congress, says primitive politics must stop

Views: 374Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo states, says the “funny politics” witnessed at Saturday’s ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the country must stop. Delta, Imo and Oyo were some of the […]

Okorocha battles for survival in Imo

Views: 218Party members burn LG secretariat Parallel congresses in states Okorocha battles for survival in Imo Amaechi, senator at loggerheads APC to aggrieved members: Seek redress through appeal panels The fallout of Saturday’s ward congresses […]

Ward Congresses In Imo, Successful – APC

Views: 512Following the alarm raised by Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, that the materials especially the result sheets for the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congresses in the state could not be […]

Governor Okorocha orders arrest of APC congress committee for missing materials

Views: 139Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has directed the State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, to arrest and prosecute all members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Committee that conducted the Saturday ward congress in […]

Imo Deputy Governor Madumere Rejoicing After Winning Rochas Yesterday

Views: 565Imo State Deputy Governor Prince Eze Madumere, Sen Ben Uwajumogu of Okigwe Zone, Fmr Imo SSG Sir Jude Ejiogu and Sen Ifeanyi Araraume ( Agu Isiebu ) seen relishing their […] Imo State Deputy […]

Imo APC Ward Congress: Rochas Okorocha Releases Statement After He Was Shut Out – Politics – Nairaland

Views: 596PRESS RELEASE RE: APC WARD CONGRESS IN IMO This is to inform the general public that the materials especially the result sheets for the conduct of the APC Ward Congresses in the State have […]

Imo Dep. Gov, Madumere; others attacked by thugs

Views: 200Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, has given a graphic account of how he and other top notchers of All Progressives Congress, APC, were attacked by hired thugs within the premises of the […]

Violence Disrupts APC Ward Congress In Oyo, Imo – Channels Television

Views: 411Violence has erupted at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-Ado, Oyo State. The incident occurred on Saturday before the APC ward congress. It is not clear what caused the issue, […]

Violence, confusion as APC holds ward congresses

Views: 477•Free-for-all in Oyo, Ondo, Imo, Adamawa exercise suspended •Fayemi, Oni, Ojudu fume over poll distruption, postponement •Protests, intrigues in Rivers, parallel congresses in Ebonyi OUR CORRESPONDENTS The All Progressives Congress on Saturday held its […]

2019: APC may lose South East again – Imo APC stakeholders

Views: 371All Progressives Congress (APC) is likely to lose the South East geopolitical zone again in the 2019 general election. This was the position of Imo State APC Stakeholders forum during a protest visit to […]

Violence, missing result sheets in Imo

Views: 608The All Progressive Congress (APC) ward congress held yesterday in Imo state was fraught with crises. From the outset, factions of the APC in Imo state disagreed over congress committee officials sent from Abuja […]

BREAKING!! Imo State Apc Congress A Bloody Disaster, Rochas Okorocha Firmly Defeated By Sen Ararume(Photo)

Views: 470IF YOU CAN’T LAST 2MINS OR WATERYSPERM, TRY BITTERKOLA + WATERMELON SEED (Every Man Needs This!) THANK ME LATER As shared by Oru Express 2 hrs · IMO STATE APC CONGRESS A BLOODY DISASTER, […]

No restructuring, no voting

Views: 388A reliable source has told me what he believes is the reason the National Assembly has yet to pass the 2018 budget. Our lawmakers, he said, have been expecting chunks of money they would […]

Oyegun Shuns APC Ward Congress as Violence, Protest Mar Nationwide Exercise

Views: 446Protest, boycott, and parallel voting marred a number of congresses held countrywide yesterday by the ruling All Progressives Congress to elect new ward executives for the party. APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was […]

Imo looks to APGA for salvation in 2019

Views: 500The prospects of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2019 governorship election in Imo State keep looking brighter as more and more citizens of the state bet on the party as the […]

Narrow escape for Imo deputy governor, other top politicians as ward congress turns violent

Views: 315Narrow escape for Imo deputy governor, other top politicians as ward congress turns violent Updated: APC governorship primaries in Ekiti ends in violence, exercise suspended indefinitely (photos) – The APC ward congress in Imo […]

APC Congress, Imo Deputy governor escapes attack

Views: 372…There was swap in congress committee – Okorocha’s son-in-law Imo state Deputy governor, Prince Eze Madumere, yesterday, escaped attack by thugs at the All Progress Congress, APC, state secretariat. This was as Governor Rochas […]

Violence Disrupts APC Ward Congress In Oyo, Imo

Views: 338Violence has erupted at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oke-Ado, Oyo State. The incident which occurred on Saturday during the APC ward congress is not clear what caused the issue, […]

APC: Battle lines drawn in Lagos, Imo, Kaduna, Delta, Rivers

Views: 386•As congresses hold today The battle for the control of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC commences today with congresses holding across the country with pitch battles in many states. APC Supporters on the […]

2019: Only vocal minority is against Buhari – Senator Uwajumogu

Imo Ward Congress Fall Out: Imo Deputy Governor, Uwajumogu Others Escape Death

Views: 380There was attempt on the life of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, Senator Uwajumogu and others Saturday, by armed dangerous looking thugs numbering over 200 but for the intervention of […]

APC Congresses: Chairmanship aspirant stabbed to death

Views: 424A chairmanship aspirant in yesterday’s ward congresses of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State was stabbed to death moment before the exercise got under way. Pockets of violence were also recorded […]

Skills acquisition: ‘Training of youths, women a priority of Buhari’s administration’

May 1, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 651Jos – Mr Lawrence Kyuka, the National Coordinator, Basic Skills Acquisition and Vocational Training Programme in Nigeria, says training of youths and women on vocational skills remains top priority of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. […]

Imo indigenes tackle Okorocha over community levy

Views: 434Politicians and major stakeholders in Imo State have reportedly accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of trying to extort the 637 autonomous communities by ordering the traditional rulers to raise the sum of N6 million each […]

Okorocha’s illegal tax

Views: 1119It has been reported once again by the newspapers, including the Vanguard, that Mr. Anayo “Rochas” Okorocha has imposed a local tax of N3000 per adult in Imo State as what he called “Community […]

Our support for Buhari will open doors for Ndigbo in APC, 2023 — Uzodimma

Views: 568The declaration of Sen. Hope Uzodimma (Imo West) for the All Progressive Congress (APC) has set Imo State agog as many stakeholders were rallying round him in solidarity for saying at the declaration ceremony […]

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PDP distances itself from Imo LG election, says it’s unconstitutional

Views: 552The Imo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has said that it won’t be part of the July 14 proposed Local Government Areas and Councillorship elections in the state. PDP claimed that the […]

Imo monarchs endorse Buhari for 2019

Views: 591AHEAD of 2019 presidential election, over 200 Southeast traditional rulers from Imo state, yesterday, backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari The monarchs reached the decision in a meeting, which […]

Learning from 2015 mistakes will help take over Imo—APGA

Views: 604…as more aspirants join race for APGA gov, NASS tickets Confusion trails Imo LG polls. AHEAD of Imo 2019 gubernatorial election, chieftains of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state said their […]

Imo cannot remain in the bondage of family ties – Emeka Ihedioha