The Imo State government has bowed to pressure following the backlash that greeted a sign post indicating the popular Assumpta Avenue was being renamed after Pres.Muhammadu Buhari. A statement was issued on Wednesday regretting all inconveniences by the error of wrongly installing the street sign. A statement from the …
With his own re-election bid out of the way, Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano is speaking with a lot of authority and “louding his voice”. Describing APGA as the Igbo philosophy and identity, Obiano bragged that what happened on November 18 when APGA swept the entire poll in Anambra State …
Another lovely statue has been erected in front of the popular Assumpta Cathedral in Owerri, Imo state. This is a great work of art no doubt but personally, I think the catholic cathedral was a beautiful landmark by itself without the added extras in recent years. I remember with nostalgia …
Mr Frank Nneji, Founder and CEO of the ABC (Associated Bus Company) Transport Company, took a big step today as he announced his intention to contest in the 2019 Imo Governorship election. Nneji will join the race under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). A native …
Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon Acho Ihim has issued a statement debunking the purported endorsement of Hon.Uche Nwosu ahead of the 2019 Governorship election. In a statement made available to IMO STATE BLOG on Sunday, Rt.Hon Ihim stated that at no time did the elected …
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state was conferred with an Honourary Doctorate degree on Saturday from the Adekunle Ajasin University in Ondo state. Okorocha was awarded D. Litt (Honoraris Causa). Also at the convocation ceremony was the Ondo state governor, Arakunrin (Dr) Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu -SAN and his deputy, Barr Alfred …
Details are still sketchy on what led to the fire break at Newton Hotel, Owerri on Saturday.
The Imo State government has replied critics on the creation of the new ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment. In a statement made available to IMO STATE BLOG, the office of the Governor stated that at the end of the day, the achievements of the new Ministry of Happiness and …
About this Commissioner for Happiness, I doubt if she is capable of providing any such happiness to anybody. In 2014, Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State invited me on his entourage to the wedding of the second daughter of Governor Rochas Okorocha in Owerri. After a very riotous ceremony, we …
In this interview with the BBC, Mrs.Ogechi Ololo defends her nomination by Governor Rochas Okorocha to head the new Ministry of Happiness and Purpose fulfilment. She says she believes her ministry has a lot to offer.
The member representing Owerri Municipal at the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Lugard Osuji, has resigned his position as Majority Leader . In the interest of the Imo State House of Assembly, I Lugard Osuji have this morning resigned my position as the Majority Leader of the House. I …
Resignation letters are flying all over the place at the Imo State House of Assembly. Earlier on Tuesday, with the exception of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, all the principal officers resigned from their positions. Below is a letter from the Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Kennedy Ibeh The Chief Whip, …