2019 Guber: Araraume and the battle against “Familocracy”
Scholars in the field of politics, with major concern methods of government, should endeavour to include in their curriculum, a subject to be known as "Familiocracy"
Imo State, South East part of Nigeria, can unarguably provide relevant materials for a case study of the latest pattern of government in the country. Familiocracy, in a very subjective interpretation can simply mean...
“Run for 2019 Guber Race, Imo Technocrats Urge Multinet Group CEO, Uzoma Obiyo”
Private sector groups under the aegis of Imo Business Technocrats (IBT) on Saturday beckoned on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multinet Group Limited, Dr Uzoma Obiyo, to consider contesting for the post of the Executive Governor of Imo State, stating that he is well positioned for the office which would be vacant in 2019.
IBT in a request to...
Drama, As Suspended Senator Invades Chamber With Thugs, Mace Missing
There was a mild drama at the senate on Wednesday after Ovie Omo-Agege, suspended senator from Delta state, stormed the senate with suspected thugs, carting away the mace.
He was said to have sneaked in through one of the glass barricades within the national assembly before the mace was seized with the support of the men who accompanied him.
Security operatives...
Hope Rises For Ahiazu People As Andrew Amaechi Declares Interest
By Onyekachi Eze
People of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo State can now have a cause to heave sigh of relief, as a humanist, from Obodo Ahiara, Amb. Andrew Onyedikachi Amaechi has assured of better days ahead.
Although Andrew is said to have carved a niche for himself, through acts of humanity and philanthropy for ages, he has sworn to...
Disabled Citizens Shut Down Govt House Over Multiple Taxation
By Okey Alozie
Physically challenged citizens of Imo State on Wednesday shutdown People’s House as the Imo State Government House, Owerri has been named, over alleged revenue collection and high vehicle branding charges perpetuated by Ministry of Transport led by the Commissioner, Hon Laz Okafornayanwu.
The disabled people, according to our reporter, stormed the Government House, in the early hours of...
Omeudo Support Group Backs Uju Reps Ambition As Maduagwu Inaugurates Oguta Chapter
Tunji Adedeji
Omeudo Support Group ,a political support group cut across socio -political divide working for the actualization of Engr. Kingsley Uju Federal House of Representative aspiration has inaugurated its Oguta chapters, Ward to Local Government Area officials in Imo State.
The group, which held its inauguration ceremony on Sunday at the country home of Senator Alhaji Umar Maduagwu in Oguta...
Okorocha’s Senate Bid Unsettles Uzodinma’s APC Move
The reported decision of the Senator representing Orlu zone, Senator Hope Uzodinma to pitch tent with APC is hanging in the balance as the move has been put on hold.
This newspaper last week reported of a hot romance between Uzodinma and the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, signaling the Senator’s possible move to APC with his followers from...
Tension in Imo APC Over Release of Congress Dates .As Okorocha Meets Rescue Mission Stakeholders in Govt Houses
A new wave of uncertainty is reigning in the Imo State chapter of APC as the national secretariat in Abuja has released time table for congresses and convention of the party.
In the programme of events released to the public ward congresses holds on Wednesday 2nd May 2018, while LGA and State Congress are scheduled for Saturday May 5th and...
APC Restoration Group Raises The Alarm Again, Says Uche Nwosu’s Guber Ambition, Tenure Elongation For Okorocha .TOE Ekechi: Okorocha’s Son in- Law Succeeding Him is a Slap on...
The opposition mounted against the emergence of Chief Uche Nwosu, the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okorocha as they would successor is growing daily with members of the APC raising further alarm that it amounts to tenure elongation for the number one citizen of the State.
In a renewed zeal to kick against Nwosu’s...
