Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday in Enugu identified disunity as the major thing holding back the political advancement of the Igbo, disclosing that even the governors in the South-East are not at peace with one another. Okorocha, who spoke at the opening of the International Colloquium on the Igbo Question in …
On Monday, Pres.Goodluck Jonathan was in Anambra to perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the 2nd Niger Bridge. Governors from Delta, Abia, Ebonyi and Anambra were present. Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu was represented by his Deputy. Is Governor Okorocha’s absence at the ceremony a big deal?
This is what The Sun is reporting: As preparations for the 2015 general elections intensify, Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha and his former Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development and currently chairman of Imo State Housing cooperation, Prince Charles Onuoha may be heading for a collision over the gubernatorial ticket …
A group, under the umbrella of Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria, NCSN, has called on governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to apologise for the action of some women who participated in an exercise tagged ‘Imo Women Sweep out Jonathan and PDP.’ The exercise was recently carried out after President …
The fuel scarcity across the country is disturbing. The long queues at the Filling stations are back. In most parts, a litre sells between N150 and N300 against the official price of N97. Some stations in Owerri are selling for N160 per litre of petrol. How much is a litre …
Governor Rochas Okorocha has recalled the Commissioner of Woman Affairs, Lady Mma Onyechere from suspension. The Honourable Commisioner was placed on an indefinite suspension mid February following an alleged incident we prefer not to revisit. The recall was announced on Tuesday.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State Monday sacked the general manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Mr. Iheanyi Abaekwume. Abaekwume’s sack was made kwown in a release signed by the governor’s senior special assistant media, Mr. Sam Onwuemedo, and broadcast on the state-owned Orient FM radio station. …
The Imo State Government has concluded plans to relocate about 5,000 shoemakers, of its indigenes resident in Aba, Abia State back to Owerri to run the state-owned shoe industry. The state’s Commissioner for Industry and Non-Formal Sector, Mrs. Ugochi Nnana Okoro, announced this at a media briefing in Owerri, the …
On Sunday March 2nd, a Wake-keeping ceremony will be held in honour of late Prince Noel Tochukwu who was shot to death early this month. The event will take place at the Hero’s Lounge, Concord Extension New Owerri. Time 5pm-7:30pm. Meanwhile, friends in Houston will hold a wake-keeping for Unegbu today, …
I want to say I am sorry to all those who were offended over the picture of former CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi that I posted last night with some pretty lady. Honestly, it wasn’t meant to ridicule the CBN governor. I was just doing it for humour, want to …
In this interview with Thisday, Governor Rochas Okorocha, responded to allegations that he was elected in error by the PDP, as well as other issues after the PDP rally in Owerri, the state capital. Chuks Okocha presents the excerpt PDP has alleged that you won the governorship by default. Is …
The Federal University of Technology (FUTO), Owerri, is to access over N2.6 billion allocation from the Federal Government for the execution of capital projects in the institution. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Chigozie Asiabaka, disclosed this on Wednesday at the 32nd matriculation ceremony for the 2013/2014 academic session …