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As The World Celebrate World Heart Day

Just yesterday September 29, 2014 Nigerians joined their counterparts worldwide to celebrate the World Heart Day. But while we do this, it is very important for Nigerians to look in wards into the heart disease and other related diseases which have been terrorizing and ravaging the people in the recent times. Part of the worry is because of the high rate...

Qualities The Kingmakers Must Look For In Governship Candidates

The race for the various governorship seats in the country is now gathering momentum with primary elections slated by I NEC for all political parties in October 2014. As expected gubernatorial candidates all over the country have been marketing themselves amo9ng the expected delegates and party leaders. In Imo State an army of gubernatorial aspirants numbering over thirty from all the...

Ohakim Is A Visionary Leader But Was Misunderstood

By Ugochukwu Chimezie I am not a fatalist and so do not believe that the ouster of the immediate past governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim from the Government House Owerri was pre-destined or an event meant to be decided by fate, as some are making it to appear. Ohakim has admitted making some mistakes while serving as the governor...

NEAR SUCCESS SYNDROME.

I have often heard preachers on radio calling on people to their churches or ministries to come to their churches for deliverance from a spiritual malady called near success syndrome. The near success syndrome is a postulation which believes that there are people who come to the point of their breakthrough and suddenly crash out. I have...

Dissolution of Imo PDP Exco: To Be Or Not To Be?

For a few months now, the Executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Imo state, from the state, LGAs to the Ward levels can be described as the Cat with nine lives. This is because there has been rumour upon rumours that the Executives would be dissolved having lived its full course of four years tenure in office,...

Gun Men Kidnap Imo MDG Official In Owerri

Despite efforts by the Imo State Commissioner for police and other security agencies in the state to curtail insecurity, kidnapping appears to have been resurrected again. This time the programs officer of the state Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Mrs Mbajunwa was Wednesday night kidnapped by unknown persons. Trumpeta investigation has it that the young lady was taken away from her Avu...

Sacked Imo TC Chairman Weeps During Handover

One of the serving Transition Committee Chairmen asked to leave office to seek for other political positions by Governor Rochas Okorocha drew public attention recently when he reportedly broke down in tears while making his valedictory speech. The event was at council headquarters of Oguta local government where the TC Chairman Dr Louis Obodo out of emotion broke down in...

2015 Governorship Election Rochas Shops For Successor, Wife To Get Deputy Governor

A new dimension of politicking is at the moment enveloping the All Progressive Congress, APC, Imo State Chapter as well as the camp of the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha ahead 2015 election. The centre of attraction is the race for who carries the flag of the party in 2015 governorship election should the incumbent Okorocha decides to go ahead...

Release of Timetable: Scramble For PDP Delegates’ List Begins As Aspirants Gun For Statutory, Possible Ad Hoc Delegates Candidates

By chijoke hilary Following the release of the time table for the activities of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leading to 2015 election as well as public notice of the guideline for the selection of all important delegates for the nomination of candidates, the party's aspirants have commenced plans to capture the delegates. PDP schedule and formalities for delegates...

Amiri Isu Protest Against Monarch

By onyekachi eze The monarch of Amiri-Isu Autonomous Community, in Oru East Local Government Area, Imo State, HRH Eze Barr Benard Nnanna Igbodekwe (Gedegwum) is said to be facing the sledge harmer of the populated community, necessitated by the petition leveled against him in numerous court cases of his recent activities since his oath of office in 2003. It was disclosed...