By Nsikak Ekpenyong The Southeast Development Youth Stakeholders Forum (SEDYSF), a coalition of youth groups from Nigeria’s southeastern region, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint Senator Rochas Okorocha as Chairman of the Southeast Development Commission (SEDC). The youth group, in a passionate appeal, described Okorocha as the best candidate to lead the commission […]
After weeks of intense debate sessions on a broad spectrum of socio-political and economic issues, Ruth Okorocha, a 15-year-old student of Kingsway College, and Ramadan Oladipupo, a 15-year-old student of the Federal Government College, Ijanikin, have emerged as the finalists of Nigeria Info’s I Beg to Differ Student Debate Tournament. This is coming after Ruth […]
By Andrew Orolua,Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed February 6, for ruling on an application by a former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, seeking to quash the 17-count criminal charge slammed against him by the Federal Government. Okorocha is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
By Andrew Orolua At long last, former Imo State governor and Presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Rochas Okorocha, was on Monday, brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged fraudulent diversion of the sum of N2.9 billion from Imo State government account. Okorocha pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges that […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to admit former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha to bail pending the determination of a suit he instituted against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo declined to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release him on bail, DailyTimes gathered. Okorocha, Senator […]
Detained former Imo State Governor, Anayo Rochas Okorocha has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately release him on bail. Okorocha on Friday predicated his bail request on the ground that he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, […]
By Andrew Orolua Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, arrested former Imo State governor, Senator Rochas Okorocha. Though the operatives arrived at Okorocha premises in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday, they were able to effect his arrest at about 6.48pm. The senator representing Imo west had earlier declined […]
An All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha has allegedly been held hostage. Okorocha made the remark in reaction to the presence of operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in his Abuja residence. On Tuesday, EFCC operatives besieged the Imo West Senator’s residence in the Maitama area of Abuja, DailyTimes gathered. […]
Former Governor and the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district at the 9th Nigerian Senate, has claimed that he has never received a dime as salary from the National Assembly, since becoming a lawmaker, over two years ago. Okorocha said this while interacting with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council in […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha of Imo West has claimed that insecurity in Nigeria is caused by inequality and poverty. No amount of ammunition, according to Okorocha, will win a fight against insecurity if the government fails to resolve poverty and inequality in Nigeria. The former governor of Imo State spoke at the 2021 NBA -Spidel annual […]
Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo State, has blamed growing insecurity in Nigeria on injustice and a broken family structure. He called for women to be more active in governance and policymaking in order to improve the country’s situation. Okorocha made the remarks while accepting the United Business Women Association of Nigeria and Diaspora’s […]
Passengers on an Air Peace flight en route to Abuja on Sunday witnessed an altercation between Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo State, and Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, the former chairman of the South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, the state capital. According to reports, when the […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State, has expressed confidence that he will run for president in 2023 and win. Okorocha, who represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Nigerian Senate, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by a group of young people under the banner of ‘Forward […]
Senator Rochas Okorocha of Imo West claims that Nigeria’s President will be elected in 2023 from the Southeast. The country’s mood, according to Okorocha, was ripe for an Igbo president. According to DailyTimes, the former governor of Imo State made the remark while hosting a pressure party, the Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative, in Abuja […]
President Buhari Has Reportedly Summoned Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma Over Okorocha Feud. Daily Times reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to the President on Media, Buhari Sallau, who also shared […]
Rochas Okorocha, Former Imo State Governor, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sack everyone he appointed to work with him. The a former Governor of Imo State, said both the Ministers and presidential aides have failed the country. “President Muhammadu Buhari should fire the people he hired to work for the country, because they have […]
Contrary to reports in some newspapers, the Justice Benjamin Iheaka Panel of Inquiry which investigated the award of contracts in Imo State is specific on the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha. Recall that the Panel submitted its report to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday, October 5, indicting the Okorocha regime and saying it uncovered […]
: Senator Rochas Okorocha, the former Imo Governor and member representing Imo West Senatorial District has denied reports by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the commission recovered N7.9 billion from him. Recall that the Head of the Port Harcourt zone of the EFCC, Mr. Usman Imam, on Thursday said that the EFCC recovered […]
‘Gov Hope Uzodinma will cover all that Ohakim, Okorocha and Ihedioha did in just two years and Imolites will be awed within two years of his administration’ the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has said Mbaka also said that Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was sacked by the […]
Owerri – Former Imo Gov. Rochas Okorocha has felicitated Sen. Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the Supreme Court rulling declaring him the winner of the 2019 governorship election in Imo. But some stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state described the judgment as ”a rape of democracy”. The […]