Imo State Archives - Page 2 of 6

Feb

19

2024

Repair Ihiagwa Road Before Rainy Season – Residents Plead With Gov Uzodinma

Column, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsHope Uzodinma, Imo State, Lifestyle, Metro

...Another abandonment will speak doom and more hardship in the state. By Cyril Aririguzo, KSM Residents of Nekede and Ihiagwa communities in Owerri West local government area of Imo State have urged the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to come to their rescue by completing the remaining part of the road along the Nekede-lhiagwa-FUTO ack gate axis which was abandoned by the government half way. Addressing newsmen in Owerri recently, a member of the community and Chieftain of All Peoples Congress (APC) Hon (Dr.) Chiedo Ohamere feels they have been abandoned by the government for too long. He…

Nov

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

As INEC releases final results of Imo Guber Race, Hope Uzodinma wins in all 27 LGAs.

Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, INEC, Nigeria, Politics

After the results of the recently finished election were collated, governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner in 27 local government areas on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. The State Collation Centre in the state capital of Owerri is where the results are now being collated. The election was conducted in Owerri on Sunday at around 2:30 a.m., with Prof. Abayomi Fashina, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti, acting as the state Returning Officer for INEC. Among the eighteen parties fielding candidates for the election, the APC, represented by Uzodimma, the…

Nov

12

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Polls in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states: Alleged Manipulation, Violence, Mare Exercise

NewsDino Melaye, Hope Uzodinma, Imo State, Politics

Reports Curled from Daily Post. All Rights Reserved. Residents of Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states, on Saturday, filed out to cast their ballot during the off-season governorship elections amid violence and alleged manipulation of the system. DAILY POST reports that about 5,169,692 eligible voters collected their Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC, for the election. The exercise, which was held in 10,470 polling units across the three states, was, however, marred by thuggery and cries of manipulation. Before Saturday, INEC had alerted Nigerians that the exercise would not be held in two polling units in Bayelsa and 38 in Imo. This may…

Nov

09

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa Off Season Elections, Why Expect Fairness, Peace, When ‘Snatch It And Run With It’ Is In The Saddle?

Column, Opinion, Politics2023, Bayelsa, Chris Nwaokobia, Imo State, Kogi State, Next Level, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics, Security

I'm beginning to believe that we suffer from gross selective amnesia as a nation. I have read befuddling wistfulness manifest in many commentaries about possible free, fair, and credible polls in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo. And I wonder who did it. Are you not aware that the morning tells largely what the day will be like? With the electoral larceny of February and March 2023 and the attendant judicial summersaults, tell me who believes in the sanctity and sanity of the electoral process anymore? Who will wait for a sullied, stained, tainted, and corrupt umpire—in this case, Mahmood Yakubu's INEC—to…

Nov

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Workers declare strike on Wednesday in protest to Ajaero’s attack

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsHope Uzodinma, Imo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Opinion, Police, Politics

In response to their President Joe Ajaero's beating and kidnapping, organized labor, which is made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, has announced plans for a statewide strike. At a press conference on Friday, the strike that is set for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was announced. The joint union leaders have presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government, which includes the immediate removal of the Imo State Commissioner of Police, the Area Commander, and other officials for their alleged involvement in the brutalization and humiliation of Ajaero and other workers. Tommy Okon, the…