News Digest

By Onyekachi Eze  The leadership and administrative sagacity of the Chairman, Management Committee of the Imo Transport Company, ITC, Hon Emeka Aririguzo has further been...

A former Vice Chairman of Owerri West LGA, Imo State, Hon (Chief) Chiemena Abara (KABARA) has disclosed that the present rot in Imo State,...

  Members of Association of Good Governance Imo State Chapter have brought a law-suit to disqualify the Imo State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Hope Uzodinma from vying for and occupying the position of governor of Imo State. In suit number HAM/53/2019 filed in the Imo State High Court Ahiazu Mbaise Judicial Division, the group among other things, is alleging that there is a Warrant of Arrest issued by the Grade 1 Area Court Kubwa Abuja for the arrest of the senator for alleged issuance of a dud cheque to some persons by the senator which the police is yet to execute. Further in the suit, the plaintiffs are alleging that the senator embezzled $12.5 million contract sum meant for a Federal Government dredging contract and was indicted by a Presidential Investigative Panel over the contract. Other are that the senator who is sued as the 1st Defendant, attempted to bribe a judge of an Abuja High Court including other series of allegations of code of conduct and financial crimes. The plaintiffs are claiming that if elected governor, the senator would embezzle resources for the development of Imo State and also that the alleged questionable character of the senator would scare away investors from the state. The group is therefore praying the court to declare that the senator is not a fit-and-proper person to be governor of the state and for an order on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the name of the senator as a governorship candidate. Other prayers are for an order compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the allegations of financial crimes against the senator and for the police to arrest the senator and arraign him in the said Abuja Area Court as ordered by the Area Court. Recently, when the case came up for hearing, the court ordered that the suit be published in the newspapers as a proper mode of service on the defendants. INEC, the Nigeria Police and EFCC are also defendants in the suit. After the publications, the defendants have limited time to file their defence and then judgment may follow.

  By Tochi Onyeubi The Peoples Democratic Party has declared that there is no room for political hijackers in the state. Addressing Journalists Tuesday, the Publicity Secretary...

    By Okey Alozie A mild drama is said to have played out in a Catholic Church at Imo Housing Estate Umuguma, New Owerri, Imo State...

The new executive of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, is optimistic that the victory party of...

  Amb.Uju Onwudiwe, member representing Njaba State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, has implored Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, Imo State governor, to...

    The member representing Owerri Federal Constituency and 2019 Owerri Zone Senatorial hopeful, Rt. Hon. Ezenwa Onyewuchi has noted with anger, the wanton destruction of...

  By Okey Alozie Governor of Imo State His Excellency Owelle Rochas Okorocha has continued to do wonders in Imo Schools in line with his Rescue...

Engr. Emma Ndiokwere, Orlu - A concerned citizen As I was reading my Sunday newspapers in the morning of March 1st, 2015 I stumbled upon...