The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has expressed shock over the plane crash in Lagos on Sunday. In a release signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, Sen.Ekweremadu described the incident as “shocking and emotionally devastating”. “This is shocking beyond words, especially given the …
Governor Okorocha’s Media office reports that His Excellency has intervened on the hostility between the management of Federal University of Technology (FUTO) and its host community over land dispute. He also called on individuals and groups in the country to avoid confrontation in the face of provocations but to adopt …
His Excellency, Owelle Rochas Okorocha ordered for the demolition of houses on one side of Umezuruike st. We are being told that the street has been marked to become a dual carriage way even though the original masterplan has it designed for one lane. According to …
Today, 1st june 2012, I witnessed, first hand, one of the unfortunate down-sides of the 4th tier regime of the Owelle administration. A public/general election was conducted to elect the ‘Traditional’ ruler (Eze) of Irete Autonomous Community. In Owerri West LGA, the election was fraught with oddities, such as: 1. …
Dear readers, We value the opinion of our readers and welcome the expression of those opinions in our posts at all times. In my humble capacity as Editor, I have deemed it appropriate to address the issues raised in the post below by one of our loyal readers. Desmond wrote: …
Great Nations have had to make differing degrees of sacrifices and efforts to get to where they are today. The world powers had bought into mercantilism, plundering the wealth of other parts of the world in their effort to stabilize their countries. This could be accounted for the voyages of …
I remember the joy in Imo State when Owelle Rochas Okorocha was declared winner of the Imo State Guber Elections. I was on my way back from Onitsha and as I drove into town, I saw people running on the streets shouting for joy. The people choice for once have …
H.E. Has done very well in so short a time. However l think he is taking too many projects at the same time which the states financial resources cannot accommodate at a go. This is evident in number of rural roads graded and looks like abandoned by contractors and now taken over …
Chief Victor Umeh, National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance [APGA] has described Governor Rochas Okorocha as an asset having successfully placed the party in the region of the progressives through his wonderful achievements within one year. Chief Umeh who led other members of the National Working Committee [NWC] of the …
Earlier today, prominent Igbo leaders gathered in Owerri to fine-tune strategies for the economic and political development of the region under the banner of a new group called C-21. According to a memo signed by the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Okorocha on Media, Chinedu Offor, the leaders seek to …
Now tales by the moonlight. Once upon a time, a governor promised to be paying Imo primary school students N100 to attract them back to school, it was in the air and so much applause greeted this kindheartedness, pure water sellers in the street of owerri and environs left their hawking business …
Picking Holes: Not looking from a biased or personal point of view over the happening I want to critically look at some issues in the state. No doubt Owelle shows promise with the strides he has so far taken in his administration but then, its still promise and as Nigerians we …