Tag: Imo
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Breaking: Herdsmen caught with sack of bullets in Imo
Herdsmen have been caught by the people of Obudi Agwa Autonomous Community in Oguta Local Government Area, with one of them carrying a sack of bullets. The traditional ruler of the community, Eze Ignatius Asor, confirmed this to Vanguard in Owerri, saying his people were living in fear. He said the suspect was handed over…
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Court Stops INEC From Issuing Certificate Of Return To Okorocha
The Federal High Court sitting in Owerri has ordered that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) should not issue a Certificate of Return to Rochas Okorocha as a senator-elect for Imo West. The court, in a suit filed by Hon. Jones Onyeriri, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Senatorial candidate for Imo West, ordered that the status quo…
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Photo News: Rochas Okorocha Unveils Buhari Statue In Owerri
Governor Rochas okorocha of Imo state has unveiled the statue of the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. This is coming less 2 weeks to his handover to the New administration. The president who was scheduled for an official visit to the state on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, had to postponed it because of his trip…
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Okorocha Leases Out Govt Hospitals To Religious Bodies, Security Agencies
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, leased out some of the state-owned hospitals to religious bodies, and security agencies with Pastor Lazarus Muoka’s Lord Chosen among the beneficiaries. Muoka was given the abandoned Ohaji/Egbema General Hospital to manage for 25 years with a monthly payment of N100,000 to the state government. Same applies to the Anglican diocese…
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Breaking: Buhari Rejects Ministerial Nominations From Imo, Ondo, Ogun
More information leaked on Friday over the new cabinet list being compiled by President Muhammadu Buhari. It will be recalled that Buhari earlier gave a hint that he would be reshuffling his cabinet. Politically, Governors are expected to nominate those who should be Ministers from their states. Some of criteria considered before submitting such names…
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A-56-year-old man wrongfully imprisoned for 27 years regains freedom in Imo
— Clinton Kalu, a native of Ndinwafor in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State says I feel like a newly born baby As Clinton Kalu, a native of Ndinwafor in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, walked out from the Port Harcourt Maximum Prison, his smile and openness betrayed the pain he had been…
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2019: APC Imo State Candidate Omitted As INEC Publishes List of Guber Candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday released the list of governorship candidates in Imo State missing out the name of the candidate representing the ruling All Progressives Congress. The electoral umpire published 67 governorship candidates and their respective running mates at its office in Owerri, the state capital. When Punch correspondent visited INEC’s office…
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Imo: Okorochas Accuses Oshiomhole of Blackmail
— Says Oshiomhole has put himself on trial by declaring war through his action Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Monday faulted the All Progressive Congress National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole’s apology to the Roman Catholic Church in the state. Former Edo State governor Oshiomhole, who distanced the APC from Okorocha’s alleged disrespect for the Roman…
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2019: APC NWC Drops Okorocha’s In law, Adopts Hope Uzodinma As Imo Guber Candidate
The National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has adopted Sen. Hope Uzodinma as the governorship candidate of the party for Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the final decision on the issue was taken during a meeting of the NWC held Wednesday in Abuja. Accordingly, the party has concluded all arrangements…
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There’ll Be Catastrophe In Imo If My Son-in-law Fails To Succeed Me – Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has called on the National working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, led by Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, to submit the name of his son in-law, Mr, Uche Nwosu, to the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the APC governorship primaries in the state Okorocha made the appeal…
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Okorochas’ Inlaw Loses As Court Affirms Uzodinma As Imo APC Guber Candidate
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday recognized Senator Hope Uzodinma as the candidate of the party for the 2019 Imo governorship election. The court, which was presided over by Justice O.A Musa said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must also recognize only Uzodinma as the governorship candidate in the 2019 election. Justice O.…
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Okorochas Vows To Sacrifice His Life For Son-in-law To Become Next Governor
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, on Monday declared that he will do everything possible to ensure that his son-in-law and former Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, becomes the next governor of the state. He said this during the swearing ceremony of Mark Uchendu, as the new Secretary to the Government of the state, nine…