Not sure if this is good news or bad news to our visitors this Christmas. Governor Rochas Okorocha is putting the strippers out of business in Imo State. On Wednesday, he ordered the immediate closure of strip clubs describing their existence as “strange and devilish” and also debased Igbo culture. …
Recently, former Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme celebrated his 80th Birthday. The ceremony marking this anniversary was held at Okpara Square in Enugu Metropolis. The occasion was reported to have attracted personalities from all walks of life. However, it was reported in last week’s story in Punch Newspaper and …
OPEN LETTER TO DR KELECHI OKPALAEKE Dear Dr. Okpalaeke, I have been reading your write-ups published on Imostateblog.com moderated by the assiduous Ms. Joi John, where you constantly criticize Governor Rochas Okorocha for doing this and not doing that. I respect your constitutional rights under freedom of expression to …
As humans, we are slaves to our memory. Our future, whether good or bad, is usually shaped by our experiences and these experiences are the product of our memories. Some school of psychology believe that we are better off suppressing bad and traumatic experiences, hence graduates of these school of …
A van driver Chima Amobi from Nkumeato was killed this morning by an army officer at Isinweke, Ihitte-Uboma LGA, Imo state, Nigeria because he refused to give him N20. What a country!!! The villagers are presently on the streets in protest. Of course you can trust that the soldiers have zoomed …
Kechi Okwuchi was just 16 when she witnessed the most horrific event in her life while aboard the ill-fated Sosoliso plane in 2005. The plane had departed from Abuja for Port-harcourt with 110 passengers. 60 of these passengers were students of the Loyola Jesuit college. When tragedy struck, everyone else …
Your Excellency, I am writing you this letter because all other efforts made not just by my humble self but also by the teeming Imo youths who are students of the Imo College of Advanced Professional Studies (ICAPS) to reach you and solicit your intervention in the affairs of our …
Not too long ago, Imolites were described as primitive and uncivilized. To add salt to an injury, the then PDP led government of Imo State further said that both women and men of Imo extraction had no gait as they walked Muga-mugali, a Statement credited to the former Governor that …
· Retired Imo State primary school teachers have yet to receive a penny of their pension since January 2012. · ASUU – Imo State University Chapter are on the brink of an industrial action and their primary grievance being the non – implementation of their previously obtained collective bargaining agreement. …
“Rescue Mission”, two powerful words coined together purely for propaganda purposes. However, in order to achieve the propaganda objective of Imo Rescue Mission, another propaganda that Imo needed Rescue had to be sold to the people of Imo State. Normally, the need for a Rescue Mission arises when there are objectively …
The corpse of a 110-year-old woman, Madam Victoria Oguzie from Umuomara in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, has been reported missing from the mortuary it was deposited by the family three weeks ago. A family source told Leadership that family members had gone to retrieve the corpse …
‘Igbo domination of Nigeria is only a matter of time’– Charles Onyeama, a prominent igbo lawyer and member of the Central Legislative Council, 1945. (Pg. 204 ‘Ethnic Politics In Kenya and Nigeria’ by Godfrey Mwakikagile). ‘It would appear that the God of Africa has created the Igbo nation to lead the …