What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, thatdark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. New Living Translation (©2007) Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If …
By now, one had expected that the Imo State government under the leadership of Owelle Rochas Okorocha would have become battle-weary. But that has not been the situation. The regime at Douglas House in Owerri seems to court political wars many of which are unnecessary. Its penchant for political …
Respite came the way of the Imo State government yesterday as aHigh Court sitting in Owerri struck out the suit brought before it by the embattled 27 locan government council bosses fighting to retain their offices. But then, the political battle continues to rage as both sides have promised to fight until …
President Jonathan is following a well laid out program of under developing the South East till 2020. This issue of 2nd River Niger bridge has been a campaign issue since 2003 election. When former President Obasanjo flagged off his South East campaign at Okpara Square in Enugu; he had …
Last week in Owerri, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, inaugurated the board of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Convention Centre. The board of the ultra-modern edifice is chaired by Nigeria’s former ambassador to the United States, Prof. George Obiozor, while its director general and chief executive officer, CEO, …
Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives is in many respects the pearl of Imo State. Apart from being the highest political office holder from the state and second in the entire South East geo-political zone, his astronomical, consistent rise in politics, open-mindedness, liberal political ideology evident …
Educate me properly on the facts of an issue and allow me the opportunity to form my God given opinion on the matter. Stop feeding me with half truths and falsehoods to sway my views. As a human being endowed with faculty to reason, allow me the exercise of my independent ability …
For any rural state in Nigeria, development is a matter of funds availability. Eighty percent (80) of the rural state in Nigeria are at least Ninety five (95) percent depend on allocation from the Federation. This is why it is absolutely imperative that a proper and professional management of funds …
Keen followers of political events would have been startled by the recent re-entry into the nation’s contemporary politics of maverick politician, Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe. In a very well publicized media chat, Nzeribe who has been politically docile for sometime now, took liberty to offer opinion on sundry national issues. …
Tension enveloped the state as the Speaker Imo House of Assembly further adjourned the House plenary sitting meant for today 22nd August 2012 to next Wednesday 29th August 2012, citing threat of breakdown of law and order. This development however is not far from the resistance by the Imo APGA …
Imo State is one of the 36 States of Nigeria with Owerri as its capital and largest city. The State came into existence in 1976 along with other new States created under the leadership of the late military ruler of Nigeria, Murtala Muhammad, having been previously part of East-Central State. …
The Imo State Law No. 4 of 1981 made during the regime of Late Chief Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe in Imo State provided for five temporary campuses for Imo State University at the then existing five senatorial zones in the old Imo State. College of Business Administration and Legal Studies were …