The Imo State, Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha has called on the Judiciary to partner with the state government to ensure a most befitting burial ceremony for late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa. Governor Okorocha made the appeal when he called on the Chief Judge of Imo State in his office recently, He …
Inspector of Police Mohammed Abubakar has been directed to proceed on a terminal leave with immediate effect. On Monday, Secretary to the Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, forwarded the directive signed by President Goodluck Jonathan over the outgoing I.G . Deputy Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Fakai who heads the …
In his desire to ensure better condition of living for the Okigwe people, the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, has re-iterated his pledge towards rapid development and ameliorating sufferings or rural dwellers in Okigwe Senatorial Zone of the State. The Speaker made the promise at …
So yesterday, you read here on IMO STATE BLOG that a lion reportedly escaped from Nekede Zoo. As funny as the report sounds, we can’t help but wonder if indeed the Nekede Zoo housed a Lion since it had been run down for years. How did the Lion escape? Where …
Members of the Imo State House of Assembly, have urged the executive arm of the State government to urgently declare a state of emergency on the state’s zoological garden, Nekede. This call was sequel to the adoption of a report by the House Committee on public Petitions, Ethics and privileges …
Earlier today, the Court of Appeal in Owerri struck out Governor Rochas Okorocha’s application to stay its July 5th 2013 judgement to reinstate HRH (Dr) Cletus Ilomuanya as the Chairman, Imo state Council of Ndi-Eze. His Excellency’s appeal was thrown out for lack of merit. A panel of three judges …
IMO STATE GOVERNMENT HO– — USE PRESS RELEASE RE: GOVERNOR T.A. ORJI SHOULD LEAVE GOVERNOR ROCHAS OKOROCHA ALONE There have been some media reports with some of them captioned “Abia unhappy with Imo over returned civil Servants.” In the referenced reports, the Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji had, through …
Gov. Rochas Okorocha has called for partnership with media practitioners as he urged journalists to be objective in the reportage of events in the state. Okorocha made the call on Monday while inspecting some road projects in the Owerri, the state capital. He said that the call was necessary because …
His Grace, Most Rev. Anthony J.V. Obinna of the Owerri Catholic Archdiocese is back in the news. While speaking at Our lady of Mt.Carmel parish in Emekuku yesterday, he warned Imolites on the need to vote wisely in the upcoming governorship elections. He said that the failure to do so will …
The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, and a frontline Contender to Okigwe Senatorial seat, Rt. Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu, says his priority if elected a senator would be to attract industries to Okigwe zone and create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the area. Speaker Uwajumogu, stated this …
The leader of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim in Nigeria, His Most Eminence, the Baba Aladura Dr Lazarus Onyeleonu has described Governor Rochas Okorocha as a blessing to the people of Eastern Nigeria and Nigerians at large, stating that His emergence in the East as governor …
Abia State Government has accused Governor Rochas Okorocha of being insensitive to the plight of his citizens especially Imo workers disengaged from Abia State Civil service. Reacting to a statement credited to Governor Okorocha on May Day in which he was said to be apologizing on behalf of Imo workers …