Tag: Imo State
Imo’s local parliament moves to fix bride price
The Traditional Parliament in Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, on Thursday in Owerri passed its first resolution on the harmonisation…
Nigerian Governor Blames Leaders For Insecurity
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday in Abuja came down hard on Nigerian leaders…
Court stops Governor Okorocha again
An Owerri High Court on Tuesday restrained Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state from dissolving the 27 local government councils…
Speaker’s Aide Murdered
Security operatives have an uphill task unravelling killers of one of the aides to the Speaker, Imo State House of…
Sacked elected council officials resume in Imo
With policemen providing security, the sacked local council chairmen in Imo resumed duty on Wednesday as directed by the Court…
Nigerian governor urged to obey the court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, on Tuesday in Abuja called on…
Imo state workers suspend strike
Workers in the Nigerian eastern state of Imo have suspended the strike they commenced on Wednesday following the agreement reached…
Imo State Agog For Ihuoma Cup As Gov Okorocha Declares Tourney Open
This year’s edition of the Annual Imo State Majority Leader’s Football Championship, tagged ‘Ihuoma Unity Cup 2012’ will kick off…
Rochas Does Not Need This Needless Distraction —Peter Claver Oparah
Since he came to power as Imo State governor through a widely acclaimed popular mandate, I have written just two…
Nigeria’s Maya Crowned
Twenty three-year old Miss Maya Nwokeji from Imo State, Nigeria, has won the coveted crown as Miss Integration Africa 2011,…
3 Fraudsters Arrested
Police detectives attached to Ajah Divisional Headquarters have arrested three men who always trick housegirls in Ajah, Lagos, southwest Nigeria…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Security Beefed Up As Imo Elects Governor
Polling has started amid tight security in some parts of Imo state, to elect the governor after irregularities marred a…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
No Stopping Imo Governorship Election
The absence of Justice Bilikisu Aliyu from her duty post at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on Thursday stalled…
INEC Slates Imo Polls for 6 May to Resolve Impasse
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed 6 May to hold what it calls supplementary election to resolve the…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Governorship Election: INEC Orders Rerun In Imo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said the winner of the gubernatorial in Imo State between the incumbent Governor Ikedi…
Ohakim Vouch For Jonathan
Governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, has urged Nigerians not to toy with their fate by playing to the gallery…
Okafor For Burial Today
Funeral rites for the deceased former Super Eagles defender, Uche Okafor will begin today in his home state of Imo…
Shock As Eagles’ Star, Okafor Dies
Reports from America this afternoon say former Super Eagles’ defender, Uche Okafor is dead. P.M.Sports gathered that Okafor, 43, who…
…Ndubuoke ’ll Succeed — Uchegbulam
Imo State FA chairman Amanze Uchegbulam is optimistic the current management of Heartland FC, Owerri headed by Fan Ndubuoke will…
Imo Monarchs Endorse Ohakim
Traditional rulers in Imo State, under the aegis of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, after their third quarterly meeting…
Duruiheoma Emerges Imo PDP Chairman
With the conclusion of the PDP Congresses that kicked off on 29 October with ward congress, the election of the…
Nigeria’s Poor Healthcare System Revisited -Acho Orabuchi
Since I wrote “Poor healthcare system: Nigeria ’s moral indifference” in 2005 detailing staggering inadequacies in healthcare system in Nigeria…
Court Discharges Injunction On Imo PDP Congress
An Imo High Court in Ikeduru Local Government Area, Imo State, presided by Justice T.N. Nzeukwu Wednesday discharged the injunction…
FG Will Make South-East No Go Areas For Criminals -Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has concluded his two day visit to Imo State with promise that he will ensure that…
‘Ararume, Next Gov Of Imo’
Mazi Temple Ogueri Onyeukwu, an aspirant for a House of Representatives seat under the Alliance for Good Governance has declared…
Gulder Ultimate Search Starts Saturday
For the next 21 days, millions of television viewers across Nigeria and Africa will be treated to exciting moments of…
I’m Not Behind Disruption of South East Political Conference -Jonathan
President Jonathan has strongly denied speculation in some quarters that he is responsible for the disruption of Igbo political stakeholders…
I Come To Effect Change —Imo Aspirant
An aspirant to the Imo State House of Assembly under the platform of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Okigwe Local…
The Collapse Of Varsity Education In The South-East
Everyone knows that education is in shambles all over Nigeria. However, the state of university education in the South-East region…
Cross River, Ebonyi, Bayelsa Top Crime Rate In Nigeria —Survey
A recent national crime and safety survey conducted by CLEEN Foundation with support from Macarthur Foundation has revealed that Cross-River…