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Leaders, gladiators and game changers that emerged victorious in the 2018 primaries II

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2018 0

SENATOR HOPE UZODINMA: The charismatic Chairman Senate Committee on Customs has certainly proved more than a match for his motley of opponents in the APC Imo State governorship primaries to the extent that he decisively defeated the sponsored aspirant of Governor Rochas Okorocha. Having being

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Imo APC guber primary: Nwosu faction accuses Justice Musa of bias

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2018 0

The legal battle between Senator Hope Uzodinma and Uche Nwosu over who won the Imo State’s All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship primary after two governorship primaries were held in state took an ugly turn on Tuesday as the trial court judge, Justice Othman Musa was accused of being bias. Both Uzodinma and Nwosu had filed […]

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Imo traditional rulers sue for abolition of Osu caste system

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2018 0

Traditional rulers in Ikeduru Local Government Area in Imo have expressed their willingness to abolish the Osu caste system in their communities if there is a law to that effect. The traditional rulers spoke through the Chairman of Ikeduru Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Marcel Egemonu, the Ebi of Ebikoro, during their council meeting held […]

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UNAA Owerri celebrates UNN founder’s day

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2018 0

The University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA) Owerri branch, on Sunday, celebrated University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) founders’ day at Chief Iwuanyanwu Glass House, Orji road, in Owerri, Imo state. The event which started October 3, at Princess Alexandra Auditorium UNN campus with a lecture given by the governor of Enugu state, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi […]

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Ihedioha receives Grassroots Employers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2018 0

The Imo State PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, earlier today received the leadership of Grassroots Employers for Ihedioha, led by the State Coordinator, Chief Samuel Agwu Okoro. The group is a Support Group of Chief Ihedioha, working assiduously on their own to ensure that the members of the public are […]

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Obowo LG chairman repairs federal road

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2018 0

The executive chairman of Obowo Local Government Area (L.G.A) in Imo state, Hon. Chief Okezie Paschal, has curbed the tension and robbery in Obowo L.G.A as he repaired the bad road at Umuariam Erico junction, (Umuahia-Owerri Federal Road) in Obowo. The chairman, who used generating set to empty the river-like water at the Erico spot/junction […]

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Imo APC Guber Primary: Court orders INEC to recognise Uzodimma

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2018 0

An Abuja High Court has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting the name of any other person other than Senator Hope Uzodimma as winner of the Imo State governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which held on October 1, 2018. Justice O. A. Musa who gave the order on Tuesday, […]

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14 Imo APGA governorship aspirants opt for consensus candidate

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2018 0

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ABC transport, Mr Frank Nneji, and 13 other governorship aspirants in Imo on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), have agreed to adopt a consensus candidate. Other aspirants are: Dr Ikedi Ohakim, a former governor of the state and Mr Uche Onyeagocha, former member, House of Representatives, […]

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Breaking: Ohakim emerges Accord Party candidate for Imo guber

Ihesiulo Grace 8 October 2018 0

Former Imo state governor Chief Ikedi Ohakim has just emerged as the candidate of Accord Party (AP) for the 2019 governorship election in the state. Daily Times was reliably informed that Ohakim has been under pressure by the leadership of Accord party to fly their flag in the coming election in recognition of his track […]

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Female aspirant rejects Imo PDP governorship primary, calls for cancellation

Ihesiulo Grace 3 October 2018 0

A female governorship aspirant in Imo state, Irene Ottih has rejected the results of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governorship primaries in Imo state over her exclusion from the contest and called the cancellation of the primary. Ottih declared that she duly purchased and submitted her nomination and expression of interest forms but was not […]

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APC holds primaries in Lagos, Imo States today

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2018 0

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the postponement of its governorship primary election which was earlier scheduled to hold on Sunday to Monday (today) over ‘logistic’ constraints in both Lagos and Imo States. The National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday while inaugurating 21-member National

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Citing illegality, court nullifies impeachment of Imo Deputy Gov Madumere

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2018 0

It was jubilation galore on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when Justice Benjamin Iheaka of Owerri High Court nuffied the impeachment of the state Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere. The state House of Assembly last July impeached Madumere on six counts ranging from negligence of duty, gross misconduct, among others. The state lawmakers […]

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2019: PDP screens Govs Ugwuanyi, Umahi, Ikpeazu, others

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2018 0

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has screened its three governors in the south east and seven others from Imo state ahead of its forthcoming governorship primaries. The Governors who were screened at the zonal headquarters of the party in Enugu at the weekend by the governorship screening committee assigned from the national secretariat included Ifeanyi […]

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Community banishes IPOB member over crime, homosexuality

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2018 0

Elders of Amosu community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State have ostracized and banished one of their sons, Prince Faith for allegedly joining the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to terrorize and engage in violent agitations. The community was said to have clamped down on Faith not just for his activities with the […]

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Mother, nurse, others in hot soup over sale of 4-month-old baby

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2018 0

…Baby sold for N550, 000 by three- man gang …I sold my baby to give him better life, mother insists A three- man gang that specialises in the trafficking and sales of children in Imo State have met their waterloo after attempting to sell a four- month old baby for N550, 000. Investigations revelaed that […]

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IPOB sit-at-home order: Partial compliance recorded, failed in Imo, Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2018 0

…Banks, markets defy charge The sit-at-home order issued by the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), recorded partial compliance on Friday as some people obeyed the order while some went about their normal businesses in the south-east. Commercial banks, markets and business outlets in Umuahia, the Abia capital, opened for business, defying the sit-at-home order by

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Imo 2019: My Guber ambition not based on zoning – Ololo

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2018 0

Imo state APC governorship aspirant, Chuks Ololo, has said that he is not in the race to become the next governor of the state based on the zoning arrangement, which favours indigenes of Owerri zone. Ololo, who picked his expression of interest and nomination form for the race at the APC National secretariat yesterday in […]

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Imo APC disowns Sen. Hope Uzodinma

Ihesiulo Grace 10 September 2018 0

The leadership of the Imo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday said the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial zone, Senator Hope Uzodinma is not a member of the party. The State Chairman of the party, Mr. Daniel Nwafor, told journalists in a press conference at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, that the […]

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2019: Imo Guber aspirant rejects ‘Direct Primary’

Ihesiulo Grace 7 September 2018 0

An All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship aspirant in Imo State, Chima Anozie, has urged his supporters to disregard the reports that the State chapter of the party has adopted indirect primary as the mode to elect its flag bearers in the 2019 general elections. Anozie, who briefed the media after obtaining his expression of interest […]

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Imo guber race: Ararume, Izunaso in closed door meeting With APGA chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2018 0

Ahead of the 2019 governorship election in Imo state, a leading aspirant, Ifeanyi Ararume and immediate-past national organising secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Izunaso, yesterday, held a meeting with the national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. Victor Oye in Abuja. The two politicians who are currently engaged in running battle