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Ahiara Diocese Palaver; Bishopric Dispute Turns Bizness For Okpalaeke’s Allies

By amaechi kingsley The last may not have been heard on the dispute between the people of Ahiara and Bishop Okpeleke for an indigenous Bishop at the Diocese as Ahiara Diocesan Priests and Laity have advised parishioners and Catholic faithful to debunk any document given to them to sign in support for the installation of Most Rev. Peter Okpaleke...

Ministry of Land Workers In Soup, As Police Drag 3 To Court

Perhaps piqued by the alleged shoddy deals involving some staff of the Imo State Ministry of Lands, Survey and Urban Development Over Land Speculation, the Imo state commissioner of police has dragged three staff of the ministry to court. In a suit number OW/43C/2014 before her Lordship Justice Mrs Isiguzo of Owerri Magistrate Court 1 between the Imo state Commissioner...

2015 Guber Imo Youths In Lagos Insist On Charter of Equity, Backs Owerri Zone

Youths of Imo State Origin resident in Lagos State have lent their support on the Imo Charter of Equity saying that they will only but support a Governorship candidate of the Owerri zone extraction. Rising from their meeting held at the Hall of the National Stadium in Lagos, the youths unanimously said, “That Imo youths in Lagos state insist that...

BABA-NA-BABA ON 2015 VIBES Will Ekiti Guber Result Affect Next Imo Elections? (2)

The second leg of this work will look at Okorocha's achievements so far vis-à-vis his intention to have a second missionary journey come 2015. Last week I tried to compare and contrast the recently concluded Ekiti governorship election and its possible effect in the next governorship election in Imo. That write-up generated reactions which will be stated later. However, irrespective of...

Doro Charly Boy: Okorocha, Imo Government And The Ghost “Abuja Politicians”

When Nigerian Pop artiste Don Jazzy came up with a popular and reigning music that is at the moment creating waves and topping the chart in the music DoroCharley Boy industry, he never knew that the title, Dorobucci, which effusively dominated the lyrics with Dorothis and Dorothat will have a share in Imo. Though, the actual meaning of Dorobucci...

The Ekiti Blackmail

By Ethelbert Okere So much has been written on the recently held governorship election in Ekiti state in which the incumbent governor, Dr. KayodeFayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was defeated by Mr. Ayo Fayose, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).It is no longer news that the outcome of the election was a big...

Owerri West Assembly Seat I Am The Best, Says Ikonne of APC Begins consultation

The race for Owerri West Assembly seat has taken a new dimension with the intention of Hon Victor Onyewuchi (Ikonne) aspiring to represent the area in the Imo State House of Assembly on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Ikonne, recently kicked off his consultations by embarking on a tour of all the wards in Owerri West...

Turkey Trip Divides Imo Assembly As Members Accuse Leadership of Divide and Rule Tactics

The ripples caused by the decision of the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha to take a good number of Imolites to Turkey for what the government branded Trade Mission has affected the state legislature. It would be recalled that Okorocha and 171 others comprising Commissioners, political appointees, CGC officials, keke operators and other categories of artisans left the state...

Heartland FC: New General Manager Makes Changes, Ramson Goes, Bethel Enters

By innocent osuoha Even when everything is prone to “change”, the only thing that is constant is change itself. It is on this premise that certain changes have been going on in the administrative and technical hierarchy of Imo State’s darling football club, the Heartland football club. First to receive the changing “bullet” from his sick bed was Chief Fan...

CANNON LAW; BISHOP OKPALEKE BELONGS TO ULAKWO NOT AHIARA AHIARA DIOCESE NEEDS A BISHOP

Rev Fr. Ekechukwu Austin Benedict 08028900287 The voice of the people they say is the voice of God, What caused the problem lingering in Ahiara Diocese? What wrong has Mbaise Nation committed by asking for an indigenous Bishop? Ahiara Diocese is facing a serious challenge of having a legitimate substantive Bishop, Ahiara Diocesan Priests and Laity have agreed that it...