The sudden cancellation of the Imo re-run elections for selected constituencies and Okigwe senatorial zone, scheduled for February 20, 2016, took everybody by surprise. This is more so as the various political parties contending for the vacant positions had gone round campaigning for the support of the electorate, and indeed …
On Friday, Imo state welcomed National Assembly Principal Officers, Members of Federal Executive Council, Members of State Houses of Assembly, Commissioners among others from South East and South South extraction all gathered at the Imo Concorde Hotels to interact with professionals from both geo-political regions with a view to canvassing more suitable …
God in His infinite mercy has placed Okigwe zone in a unique and very important position to produce the only Senator from Igboland on the platform of the APC, the party ruling Nigeria today. The implication is that our Okigwe zone APC Senator will occupy far more sensitive and elevated …
News on Capt.Iheanacho’s N25.8bn Lagos Refinery project went viral after it was featured here on IMO STATE BLOG yesterday. Our concerns did not go unnoticed as the Former Interior Minister, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho issued a response last night. The Imo state Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance party (APGA) in the last …
The Government of Imo State, yesterday, sealed up a petrol station opposite Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC,) located along Akwakuma, Orlu Road, Owerri because of lack of approval and for destroying social infrastructure. Deputy Governor of Imo, Prince Eze Madumere accompanied by the General Manager of Owerri Capital Development Authority …
A 49-year-old Nigerian man, Muhammadu Igomigoh, who worked as a security guard, shot his ex-wife, 44-year-old Nnenna Ogbonna, a licensed nurse and then killed himself during an argument at their home in Middle River, Baltimore USA on Tuesday February 16th. Nnenna graduated from Owerri Girls’ secondary school with the class of ’88. …
A former Interior Minister and Executive Chairman, Genesis Shipping Worldwide, Capt Emmanuel Iheanacho, is to float a refinery in Lagos to boost local participation in crude oil lifting, it has been learnt. The parcel of land for the facility, it was gathered, was bought from the Onisiwo Family of Irede, …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the elections which were scheduled to hold today, February 20th. The decision was reached after a major protest by concerned Imo indigenes at the INEC office in Owerri on Friday. A new date will be announced.
Governor Rochas Okorocha has commended the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase for changing the face of the Police Force within his short period in office, and asked him to sustain the momentum. Governor Okorocha spoke when the Inspector-General who came to the state on one day working visit …
My good people of Okigwe Senatorial Zone, Isiala Mbano, Owerri West and Oru East Local Governments, tomorrow you return to the polls for the rerun elections to elect your representatives who will represent your interests in the Senate and the State House of Assembly for the next four years. Its …
Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress party in the Okigwe re-run elections, Rt.Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu held his final campaign rally in Ehime Mbano on Thursday. Uwajumogu will be thrashing it out on the election ‘battle field’ with Chief Athan Achonu of the Peoples’ Democratic Party. In this post, we …
This is the audio broadcast by Governor Rochas Okorocha earlier today, February 18th ahead of the Imo North re-run elections taking place on Saturday. Click to listen 🙂