Finally, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC),has on Tuesday, issued former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, a certificate of return for winning the February 23 senatorial election in Imo West. According to the Nation, the presentation came barely hours after the ninth National Assembly was inaugurated. The electoral board obeyed the directive to issue Mr Rochas his certificate … Read more
The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had yet to issue him with a Certificate of Return as the Imo West senator-elect despite court order directing the electoral umpire to do so. Okorocha in a statement issued in Owerri, the state capital, by … Read more
Shortly after Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Okorocha the Certificate of Return as Senator-Elect for Imo-West. The Immediate past Imo Governor says that he has forgiven the returning officer for the Imo West senatorial election in the 2019 general elections, Innocent … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Friday reacted to the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ruled that Rochas Okorocha be awarded his certificate of return as a senator. INEC, in a statement signed by the National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Friday, said given the … Read more
The Imo State Police has confirmed the death of three persons, who were killed when an ordnance UXO exploded at a dumpsite. The Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the incident happened at Eziorsu community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state. He said the deceased were at a scrap site in the … Read more
The Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has given his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, 24 hours ultimatum to perform proper handover to him. The governor also ordered the Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries to handover all government documents in their possession to Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and the Chief of Staff within 24 … Read more
The 2019 Imo governorship candidate of Action Alliance(AA), Uche Nwosu, yesterday said that names of dead people were found among those that voted in the March election in Imo State. Speaking in Owerri, Nwosu claimed that even the families of the dead people have confirmed the information. Among the three local government areas, Nwosu mentioned were Aboh, … Read more
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been warned to stay away from Nsu Ceramics and Tiles Industry sited in Nsu Ehime Mbano, or face the full wrath of the community. The Nsu clan,consisting of four autonomous communities, in a strongly worded communiqué issued at the end of the meeting yesterday read in part: “The … Read more
No fewer than 30 physically-challenged persons, yesterday, got skills-based training to make them self-employed, in Owerri, in Imo State, courtesy of Impact Life Medical Foundation in partnership with the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC). Coordinator of Impact Life, Mrs. Ogechi Okehielam, highlighted some of the skills which the participants were equipped to include shoemaking, bead making, … Read more
Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has appointed the chairman of his faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dan Nwafor, as the head of the governing council for Owerri Capital Development Authority, OCDA. The appointment came with less than two months to the end of Okorocha’s administration. Inaugurating the OCDA governing council and that of … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Imo State governorship candidate in the last general election, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has said Governor Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu have no political value in the state having failed to win elections despite the deployment of state resources to their advantage. Uzodinma said this in a statement issued … Read more
A total of six political parties have come together to scuttle moves being made by Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, to ensure the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issues him a Certificate of Return as Senator-elect for Imo West Senatorial District. Okorocha, had in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/296/2019 and filed before a Federal High … Read more
Despite having been quizzed some of their key officials over financial matters running into billions of Naira, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said, yesterday, that it had not raised any team to probe outgoing Ogun, Imo and Zamfara state governors over alleged graft. Media reports on Sunday had claimed that Ibekunle Amosun, … Read more
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has called for the involvement of more women in the development of the blue economy project with a view to growing the sector. Peterside also praised women in the country for their contributions and achievements in the typically male-dominated … Read more