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Imo 2019: RT. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha’s Dream, Vision and Mission

April 11, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 318The Christian Holy Writ admonishes that people must calculate very well the cost of building a house before commencing its construction. In business, commerce and industry, entrepreneurs undertake feasibility studies of their area of […]

Politics of Endorsement versus Politics of Enslavement

April 11, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 902Two things are involved! One thing is the endorsement and the other thing is the enslavement. The system is for a slave-dealer to deploy all means to permeate the very fabric and fibre of […]

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Before they Crucify PDP for another Mistake

April 4, 2018 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 1362Imo governorship election 2015 has come and gone but the memories of it are still fresh in our minds especially the ugly consequences of the unprecedented hardship and suffering the people of Imo State […]

Keke, Bus & Taxi Operators embrace Ihedioha Campaign train

April 4, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 548Taxi, Bus, Keke, and Okada Riders Welfare Association, Imo State Chapter has been reassured of adequate welfare schemes by Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Imo […]

Independence Ogunewe and Ararume in law dead

Condolences as Mysterious Deaths hit Senator Ararume

April 4, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 735This is actually not the best of times for a former Senator of the Federal Republic, Chief Ifeanyi Ararume as the grim reaper has paid visits to his immediate family and campaign organization. Just […]

Uche Nwosu will perform Better than me- Governor Okorocha

April 1, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 454As Deputy Governor‘s Kinsmen Endorse Uche Nwosu, Imo Chief Of Staff for Governor Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has expressed confidence that the incoming governor of Imo State, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu will […]

Imo PDP Leadership (1999-2019) now good and set for Victory

March 30, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 929It remains a thing of great pride for the Imo PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) since its formation over twenty years ago, it has remained the choice brand political party in Nigeria. The status of […]

Imo APC Women endorse Ugwumba Uche Nwosu for Governor

March 30, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 504Imo APC Women leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress from across the 305 political wards in the State and the 27 LGAs have been led by the State Woman leader of the Party […]

Chief Dennis Okwu House of Assembly bid backed by God – Amonu

March 28, 2018 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 814Chief Dennis Okwu decision to represent Ikeduru in the Imo House of Assembly is one backed by Almighty God, this was stated by a politician of note and businessman from Ikeduru LGA of Imo […]

Imo needs a credible person as Governor – Nze Dan Uzodinma

March 22, 2018 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 1473Nze Dan Uzodinma a business man and a titled Nze from Ezedibia Emekuku in Owerri North L.G.A. of Imo State has stated that Imo State needs a credible person with experience and a person […]

Chief Ugo C Ugo gives Kudos to Dr Paschal Obi, PS IMSG

March 22, 2018 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 1092Chief Ugo C Ugo gives Kudos to Dr Paschal Obi, Commend His Role In Imo State Government A politician and public opinion analyst based in Owerri Imo State, Chief Ugo C. Ugo has described […]

Okorocha’s Urban Renewal Is Working – Archbishop Ibemere

March 22, 2018 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 141The Archbishop of Sabbath Community Church Aboha-Ohii in Owerri West L.G.A of Imo State Archbishop Andrew Ibemere has stated that the Urban Renewal programme of Governor Rochas is yielding fruits. Speaking to journalist recently, […]

Prince Eze Madumere says Only God can stop my gubernatorial ambition

March 16, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 516Prince Eze Madumere, yesterday, reassured Imolites that only God can stop him from becoming the next governor of the Imo state. Madumere said this, while addressing a section of leaders from the local government […]

2019 Governorship: Imo Widows for Ugwumba Uche Nwosu

March 16, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 547We the Imo widows of Imo State of Nigeria most humbly, respectfully, passionately and honourably appeal to you our brother, son and current husband, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu FCAI MNITP (The Chief of Staff to […]

Team Ihedioha Says All Odds Favour Emeka Ihedioha 2019

March 16, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 745The think-tank identified as Team Ihedioha assembled for the organization and administration of the gubernatorial campaign of His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha for the office of the Executive governor of Imo State in […]

Imo 2019 – All Eyes on Sir Jude Ejiogu former SSG

March 15, 2018 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 691Imolites, you could recall that this article was published a week after Sir Jude Ejiogu was relieved of his position as SSG. Today, he is a guber candidate in APC. No one can stop […]

SACRILEGE IN MOLESTING ARCHBISHOP Anthony Obinna

March 14, 2018 Ogu Bundu NWADIKE 0

Views: 1724It took me this long to react to the ugly incident of some politicians molesting Archbishop Anthony Obinna because of I hate to eat raw yam just as I love to chew well my […]

Ikeduru State Constituency 2019: Chief Okwu – Sweet Apple Joins Race

March 5, 2018 The Editor 0

Views: 975A renowned Business Mogul and Chief Executive officer of Sweet Apple Services Limited, Chief Dennis Ejikeme Okwu, has formally declared his intention to contest the election into Imo State House of Assembly to Represent […]

Governor Okorocha’s Urban Renewal Programme for Orlu Kicks Off

February 1, 2018 John MGBE 0

Views: 375At last, Governor Okorocha’s promise to Orlu populace during his Thanksgiving Mass at Holy Trinity Cathedral immediately after his victory in the 2015 Governorship election that “Orlu Will Wear a New Look” has finally […]

Okorocha, Keke Operators and the Opposition in Imo State

October 2, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 1202Opposition is the beauty of democracy. Effective opposition is what makes a sitting democratic government to be on its toes. This is because without opposition, a government may be executing anti-people policies without knowing. […]

Governor Rochas Okorocha and the N650m Pension Thieves

September 26, 2017 Kenneth Uwadi 0

Views: 1122We all know that this talk of arresting persons over pension fund fraud by the Governor Rochas Okorocha administration is just a ruse. The bar clock ticked. Jane stubbed out her cigarette, lit another and […]

PDP, HURIWA Condemn Growing Attacks on Journalists in Imo and Kaduna

September 24, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 1262The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State Chapter and a Pro-democracy and non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) have raised the alarm at the growing suppression of media rights in Imo […]

We all Live in Fear

September 18, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 1144In the words of Edmund Burke, “No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear”. Shakespeare enthuses, “His flight was madness; when our actions do not, […]

What I told Governor Rochas Okorocha Early this Year

September 12, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 1033This article was published early this year with the title, “Okorocha, Why the Demolitions in Owerri? For the reason of refreshing the minds of my readers, i have decided to republish it to authenticate […]

The Influence of Gov. Rochas on Imo Commissioner of Police – Part 1

September 9, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 1038The crescent demolition of Eke-Ukwu Owerri has elicited many reactions from the general public and the reactions have been misunderstood by those who play politics with everything. Few are of the view of the […]

Mr. Chris Okey Ezike Commissioner of Police in Imo State

Imo State Police Commissioner Threatens to Arrest Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha and Others.

September 1, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 1084A formal petition seeking for the removal of Mr. Chris Okey Ezike as the Imo State Commissioner of Police, and dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force is loading. Meanwhile, let me inform the reading […]

IMO PDP – Dramatization of Political Infighting?

August 31, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 407Robert H. Schuller once said that, “Never make a negative decision in the low time, and never make your most important decision when you are in your worst mood.” In consideration of this maxim, […]

IMOLITES, This is not Ordinary

August 28, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 666In my term, anyone who risks his conscience is a coward. I am free when I anchor my entire life on the function of conscience. He whose conscience is dead is a man from […]

Okorocha, Demolition Of Properties And Relocation Of Ekeukwu Owerri Market

August 28, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 871I have carefully listened to various arguments regarding the on-going demolition of properties in Owerri, the Imo state capital. I have also watched with keen interest the imbroglio that has erupted in the State […]

Gov Rochas, has Imo State Government paid You?

August 8, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 435According to one of the fables of the great philosopher Aesop, he narrated a story of the lion and the boar. He said one hot and thirsty day in the height of the summer […]

Governor Rochas may outsmart Imolites.

August 1, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 522Where is wisdom in too many words? The Bible is of the verdict that in the multitude of words, sin is not far. I ask again, where is wisdom in too many words? Too […]

Deaf and dumb block Imo Government House

July 31, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 529Scores of deaf and dumb persons today, blocked the entrance to Imo State Government House, that the government has abandoned them to suffer. Their grievances as listed in their banners during their protest, for […]

Gov. ROCHAS OKOROCHA and the BURDEN of HONESTY

July 24, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 614As a matter of fact, one of the major problems that have hitherto bedeviled Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s admintration could be lack of transparency and accountability. Accountability should be the watchword of any government that […]

Imo and the Anger of the Unknown Servant (Part 1)

July 23, 2017 Kenneth Uwadi 0

Views: 1464One of the Ten Commandments is “thou shall not steal” But some people are stealing Imo state monies with impunity and keeping the toiling masses in excruciating poverty in the midst of stupendous oil […]

Plot to put Imo Social Crusader Comrade Kenneth Uwadi out of Circulation

July 18, 2017 Kenneth Uwadi 0

Views: 1637I wish to inform the media, trade union activists locally and internationally, organizations and individuals in Imo State, student and youth members of the JTVC, activists across the federation and the general public that […]

ISOPADEC and the thieving cabal in Imo

July 15, 2017 Kenneth Uwadi 0

Views: 802ISOPADEC has gone moribund because funds belonging to the commission have grown wings at the detriment of the oil producing areas who are under developed. There was heavy rain on Tuesday in Egbema. The […]

Governor Rochas Okorocha bans Ndieze from speaking English in Public

July 12, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 563Governor Rochas Okorocha has banned ‘ndieze’ traditional rulers in the State from speaking English at functions and in conducting affairs at their palaces and directed that they must talk in Igbo at functions and […]

Owerri peoples assembly imo state equity charter

Echoes of 2019 and Orlu political hegemony

July 10, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 702Undoubtedly, the echoes of the 2019 political drumbeat are getting increasingly louder as Nigerians begin to warm up for the next election cycle. Nowhere is the echo more strident than in Orlu Senatorial Zone […]

The Dearth of Political Activism in Imo State and the New ING Initiative

July 8, 2017 Mazi Johnpaul NWADIKE 0

Views: 734Why We Must Be Activists* As Delivered by Nwadike Ifesinachi Johnpaul (Mazi Johnpaul) on 07/07/2017 On the ING Lecture Series Platform. Let me begin by submitting my immense gratitude to the ING Lecture Series […]

Nnamdi Kanu’s Visit To Owerri

July 7, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 446According to eyewitness, the encounter that happened at the Douglas Road Owerri ,where multitudes of crowd convened to welcome Nnamdi Kanu the sessecionist and Biafra Agitator. A lot of version if the same story […]

National Industrial Court overrules Imo State Government

July 6, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 359National Industrial Court sitting in Owerri, has described the slashing of pensioners’ monthly stipend by Imo State Government as illegal. The court also ruled that the form issued by Imo State Government and compelling […]

3 Million-Man-March [PRESS RELEASE]

July 4, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 672GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE SUBJECT: 3MILLION-MAN-MARCH SOLIDARITY RALLY FOR PRESIDENT BUHARI & GOVERNOR OKOROCHA HOLDS IN OWERRI – AS ANTI-OKOROCHA RALLY DID NOT TAKE PLACE MONDAY BECAUSE NOBODY CAME OUT Unprecedented crowd […]

ALATIA – The Abandoned and forgotten Community in Imo State

July 3, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 445It was not until Engr. Okechukwu Chinomnso, the President General of ALATIA DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, approached and briefed me about his Community, I never imagined or believed that a Community known as ALATIA […]

AGBASO cannot jostle for APGA National Chairmanship – Chief Erivo

July 3, 2017 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 350Condemns Removal of CRS from WAEC syllabus A Frontline politician and stakeholder of APGA in Imo State, Chief Frank Erivo, has opined that it is very wrong for Chief Martin Agbaso of the people’s […]

Quit Notice to IGBOS by AREWA Youths Uncalled for and Unconstitional – Hon. OWUAMANAM

July 3, 2017 Cyril ARIRIGUZO 0

Views: 433A former House member that represented Ihitte- Uboma state constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly and currently the state chairman of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Imo State, Hon. Greg Owuamanam has stated […]

IMO Youths Millionaires

July 1, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 1451Promise Made Promise Fulfilled. Today Friday,The Talk And Do Governor of IMO State,Owelle Dr Rochas Okorocha,fulfilled his promise of making IMO Youths millionaires by issuing cheques to them. The youths who are 305 in […]

Why One Million-Man March is organised against my Govt — Rochas Okorocha

June 29, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 976Owerri— Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, alleged that one-million-man march is being organised for July 3 against his administration because it ”does not share money” The governor, who reacted through a release […]

IKWUM and OGOMCRACY in IMO Government

June 26, 2017 Prof. Protus Nathan UZORMA 0

Views: 335This article was published some years ago, and is now repeated with a new topic. Though Imo government has since made some little adjustment but the philosophy of IKWUM AND OGOMCRACY have not changed. […]

OWERRI ZONE as pawn on the Imo Politics Chessboard

June 24, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 433“I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other. So because you are lukewarm – neither hot nor cold – I am going to […]

On Imo Equity, I stand

June 24, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 453You may lay claim to the politically correctedness of the move but not the morally correctedness of it. No God fearing man from Orlu will support any son or daughter of Orlu extraction aspiring […]

Chief Kelechi Nwagwu Ex-Speaker IMHA Leads One Million-man March against Imo Government

June 22, 2017 The Editor 0

Views: 4720Finishing touches are now being put in place for the proposed one million-man peaceful march against the administration of Chief Rochas Okorocha, for his alleged misrule. The protagonist of the protest march and former […]

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