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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Buhari will go after ‘missing’ $20billion | APC as an issue with Rivers REC | Mimiko, not Olanusi, should be impeached, APC says | More stories

Buhari says he’ll go after the ‘missing’ $20billion. Leadership Ihedioha isn’t pleased with the guber result. Vanguard Ishaku and Ikpeazu are the new governors in town. Leadership Inaugural induction has begun for Senator, House of Reps elect. Vanguard Yes, GEJ lost but he’s still working. Punch Election Tribunals have their work cut out for them.... Read More

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After suffering a ‘campaign of calumny’, Okorocha says he’s governor of PDP, APGA and APC

by Azubuike Azikiwe After winning the governorship election of Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says he is the governor of everyone, including those in the opposition parties. Okorocha stated this on Saturday, April 25, while speaking at a thanksgiving service held at the Government House Chapel, Owerri. He said: “I dedicate my victory at the... Read More

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Why PDP Senator and family members were arrested during Imo election yesterday

by Azubuike Azikiwe During the governorship election rerun in Oru East LGA in Imo state, a Senator of the Peoples Democratic Party and his family members were arrested. Senator Hope Uzodinma was arrested by a joint team of policemen and soldiers, alongside his uncle and elder sister over alleged electoral malpractices. The trio were accused... Read More

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Gov. Okorocha declared winner in Imo

by Ranti Joseph In the Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Imo state, incumbent governor Rochas Okorocha, has emerged winner in the state. Okorocha, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) won in 20 out of the 23 Local Government areas in the state where the supplementary election was held, polling a total of 31,326... Read More

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Today’s Daily Brief: Imo REC under fire over fresh PVC distribution, Rep calls for evacuation of Nigerians from S’Africa, Ndume wants APC to zone Senate presidency to Borno, and more

There was renewed call Thursday for the immediate redeployment of the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Dr. Gabriel Ada by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other stakeholders in the state before the governorship rerun election scheduled for April 25. The REC has also come under fire for insisting that registered voters who have... Read More

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We hear this PDP youth leader was killed in Imo (Viewer Discretion)

by Azubuike Azikiwe A Peoples Democratic Party youth leader, Ugonna Omereonye was reportedly assassinated on Friday, April 10, hours before the governorship election on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports say that he was assassinated because of a certain mobilization money given to Akatta youths, which was in his possession. He was said to have been on his way... Read More

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#NigeriaDecides: Okorocha wants reports of ballot box snatching investigated

by Ranti Joseph Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has called for judicial inquiry into reported cases of ballot box snatching and violence during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. Okorocha made the call after voting at his Ekenta Ogboko Ward 002 in Ideato South Local Government Area. According to him,... Read More

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That was how ballot box snatchers killed themselves in Imo

by Ranti Joseph Doing the devil’s work doesn’t really pay after all… hoodlums snatching ballot boxes met their death while trying to escape. No fewer than three persons are dead and scores wounded in a ghastly motor accident in Imo State Saturday as elections were going on across the state. The incident happened at Okwele... Read More

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Kenneth Uwadi: We say enough to the government of thieves in Imo

by Kenneth Uwadi They have looted over 175 billion Naira LGA funds. They refused to give us democracy at the LGA levels so what moral right do they have to ask us to vote for them again? It was normal news report in a popular Owerri based newspaper; the type we are used to... Read More

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Muhammadu Buhari now has an Igbo name and it’s called ‘God’s portion’

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has been given a new name- ‘Okechukwu’, which means ‘God’s portion’ in the Igbo language. You can now address him as ‘Muhammadu Okechukwu Buhari’- hopefully, he’d answer. The name was given to Buhari by the Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday,... Read More

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Opinion: Okorocha’s gov’t is an embarrassment to Imolites, if not a disaster (Part 2)

by Kenneth Uwadi The Imo State House of Assembly under the leadership of Benjamin Uwajumogu connived with Ali Baba , aided and abetted gross financial impropriety in Imo state and that is why I am calling all of them thieves including Luke Chukwu from my constituency who took part in the looting of Adapalm and... Read More

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Opinion: Okorocha’s gov’t is an embarrassment to Imolites, if not a disaster (Part 1)

by Kenneth Uwadi This man sees Imo state funds as some unfortunate but richly-endowed whale washed ashore by sea waves, which he can outsmart everyone and freely rush onto with sharp knives and large basins to cut and cart away as much as he could, before the fish totally rots away. I wept last week because... Read More

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Err, is the ruling party dieting? || Okorocha says PDP has lost some weight

by Azubuike Azikiwe In this election season, a lot of metaphors, idioms and wordplay has been employed by politicians. The latest person to register his contribution is Rochas Okorocha, who says the Peoples Democratic Party has “lost some weight”. Okorocha’s statement was in response to the opposition of the PDP governors to the use of... Read More

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February 20, 2015

Opinion: Olusegun Obasanjo is gift that keeps giving sh_t

by Adekoya Boladale Far different from the Obasanjo of old who served with Late Murtala Mohammed, the Obasanjo of 1999 was a man changed by the iron bars of the prison. If there was any goodwill Obasanjo worked hard to achieve before 1999 he forfeited it there after. For those of us not privileged to... Read More

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January 12, 2015

Buhari will never Islamise Nigeria – Gov. Okorocha assures

by Azubuike Azikiwe On Monday, January 12, the Presidential Campaign train of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC) moved to Owerri, in Imo state. The campaign train had previously visited Port-Harcourt, Cross River, Imo, Delta, Bayelsa, Abia , Ebonyi, Anambra, and Enugu states. The APC Presidential Candidate Muhammadu Buhari, alongside his running mate Professor Yemi Osinbajo,... Read More

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December 27, 2014

I specialise in sleeping with men… and cutting off their manhood – Prostitute confesses (PICTURED)

by Temitope Onitiju 23-year-old Uche Agunta, is a prostitute, who has been arrested for cutting off male organs for rituals. Agunta was apprehended by the Imo State Police Command, when she tried using a razor blade to cut off their private organs of a 38-year-old man’s manhood. While speaking to The Sun, she explained... Read More

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December 22, 2014

FirstBank Savings Bonanza is a promise kept

by Jewel Stephen The FirstBank 3rd monthly and 1st quarterly Savings Bonanza raffle draw took place at the All Seasons Hotel in Owerri, Imo State on the 11th of December 2014. It was an awesome event with FirstBank putting smiles on their customer’s faces by fulfilling their promise of appreciating numerous customers for saving with them especially during... Read More

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December 19, 2014

Rochas says ndi Igbo are better off with @APCNigeria

by Azubuike Azikiwe Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has stated that Igbo people are better off with the All Progressives Congress. Okorocha urged ndi Igbo to work with team spirit and unity of purpose as to reposition the zone at the main stream in Nigeria polity. The governor made the utterances while receiving Ohanaeze... Read More

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December 14, 2014

Opinion: Imo State – Rochas to Ihedioha is going from frying pan to fire

by Kenneth Uwadi The point should be noted that the Rochas Okorocha led government of Imo State does not deserve to stay a day longer in power, let alone stay till 2015, not with the ‘miserable 20,000 naira a month’ called salary he pays to some selected Imo youths who are placed as casuals. Casual... Read More

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December 13, 2014

7 things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. It is with immense regret we announce that Christmas has been cancelled…..at least in Sierra Leone. The spread of the Ebola virus disease may be over in Nigeria, but the good folks of Sierra Leone are still grappling with the virus. Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia to become the country worst affected... Read More

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December 12, 2014

Plan B: Rochas picks up Imo state governorship ticket

by Azubuike Azikiwe Hours after losing his bid to win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha has the governorship ticket of his state. Okorocha reportedly picked up the ticket to run for re-election at night on Thursday, December 11. His son-in-law and Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning,... Read More

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December 6, 2014

“Free education, ending poverty and insecurity” – Presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha makes lofty promises

by Azubuike Azikiwe Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo state has pledged to provide free education to all Nigerians, provided he is elected as president in 2015. While addressing Sokoto state delegates that will represent the All Progressives Congress at the December 10 national convention, the presidential aspirant said: “I have done it in my... Read More

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November 21, 2014

Irate students brutalize female teacher with machetes

by Azubuike Azikiwe A female teacher at Obosima Secondary Technical School, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, has been attacked with machetes by some male students of the college. The teacher, Mrs. Mary-Ann Oguezuonu, who is a nursing mother, was attacked for reprimanding a JSS2 female student for wearing a skimpy uniform. Oguezuonu had reportedly threatened... Read More

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November 6, 2014

Ikedi Ohakim, former Imo governor and his fierce-looking dogs (LOOK)

by Azubuike Azikiwe Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State, certainly has a thing for ferocious looking burly dogs. A photo has surfaced, of Ohakim having a play time with four of his monstrous dogs. The businessman was grinning from ear to ear, with his two Boerboel dogs, an Alsatian German Shepherd dog and a Caucasian shepherd dog.

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October 28, 2014

Opinion: The Rochas Okorocha you don’t know is inept and incompetent

by Kenneth Uwadi Since May 29th, 2011, Imo State and her people have been witnessing ‘ Abracadabra’ in governance, lawlessness, insecurity, kidnapping , negative and half hazard polices, deceit and the more you look the less you see, showmanship, lies and falsification, lack of procedure and total neglect to lay down procedure and heavy debt... Read More

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October 20, 2014

“They had sex with me one after the other” – 11-year-old girl gang raped in Imo

by Azubuike Azikiwe An 11-year-old girl has been gang raped in Ehume community in Obowo local council area of Imo State. The victim, Ngozi hails from Amaiyi, Ihitte Uboma local government area, but resides in Ehume with her parents. On the day of the incident, the girl’s parents had sent her to buy foodstuff from Onuimo Rescue... Read More

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October 6, 2014

Kenneth Uwadi: How Okorocha has looted Imo dry

by Kenneth Uwadi Officially and publicly, Governor Okorocha has not announced his intention to remain in power beyond May 2015, his terminal period as Governor under the military imposed 1999 constitution. Notwithstanding his ostrich game on this issue, all key economic and political features and manipulations going on under the regime clearly point only in... Read More

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October 6, 2014

No shaking GEJ, Imo’s APGA is behind you

by Azubuike Azikiwe The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Imo State, has declared its support for the President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in next year’s general elections. Party chairman in Imo state, Peter Ezeobi, made this announcement in Owerri yesterday at a rally to organise support. Ezeobi said the party is preparing and gathering... Read More

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September 21, 2014

Adams Oshiomhole is set to join the presidential race

by Ben Akhigbe Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole, is set to join the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential ticket race. Already vying for the ticket are former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar; Senator Bukola Saraki; Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso; Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha; and former military Head of State, Rtd Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.... Read More

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September 4, 2014

“We are raped and robbed by our sons everyday” || Some mothers in Imo state are fed up

by Azubike Azikiwe A group of women from Mgbishii, a rural community in Ohaji/Egbema LGA in Imo State, say they are being raped by their sons on a daily basis. The mothers lamented to Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Dr. Anthony Obinna, at the Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral, Owerri. They said, “We... Read More

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