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A Tribute to a Literary Icon – Achebe

    Dear Chinua Achebe You are so dear To deprived souls You loved us dearly And so were we you purified and softened our hearts and minds with your literary wares you who had turned down golds and silvers for national love and renaissance. You are dead and alive I revere you my rolemodel . Rest in perfect peace.   Iroko Dear!   By Ikenna. 

Now that Jude Agbaso is Gone. Is it Uhuru?

  At last, my prediction and insistence that the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso will be impeached has come to pass. However, does this guarantee Governor Okorocha the needed peace of mind to concentrate on the Herculean task of Leading Imo State? Will Jude Agbaso’s removal restore confidence among the now fractious policy formulators of the Okorocha...

IMO APGA CRISIS POLICE DETAIN PARTY CHAIRMAN

  It has been revealed that following the appointment of the former State Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Imo State Chapter, Prince C.C Nwaka as a Government appointee, his Deputy, Chief John Iwuala was supposed to emerge as the state Chairman according to the party’s constitution. But contrary to the constitution the state Governor appointed Prince Marshal...

N458m BRIBERY SCANDAL WHY I SHUNNED THE 7-MAN JUDICIAL PANEL- Jude Agbaso AS PANEL RETIRE FOR VERDICT

  By Innocent Onyeukwu Embattled Imo State Deputy Governor, Sir Jude Agbaso, yesterday, told the 7-Man Judicial Panel of Inquiry investigating allegations of graft against him, that he will not honour the invitation of the panel because of the pendency of two law suits in the courts of the land challenging his impeachment by the Imo State House of Assembly.  Agbaso,...

PDP URGES OKOROCHA TO RESIGN Says he has squandered N100b LG fund

  The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has been urged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resign from office as the best option to save himself from shame since he has lost direction and ideas on how to pilot the affairs of the state. The party also accused him of crippling the Local Government Areas in the...

Imo Deputy Governorship Position Agbaso Sacked, At Last Madumere Steps In Uche Nwosu Tipped As Chief of Staff

    A great landmark was recorded in the political history of Imo State as the state legislature yesterday made real its threat to impeach the embattled Deputy Governor, Sir Jude Agbaso.   Agbaso, the younger brother of APGA leader and frontline politician in the state, Martin Agbaso, has been witnessing turbulent session in recent times after the House of Assembly Ad hoc...

EFCC Invades Imo Again Wants Agbaso, Com Finance, AG in Awaiting List

    For shooting itself on the foot, by the self indicting process of accusing the former Deputy Governor, Sir Jude Agbaso of taking bribe, the Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration has invited the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC into Imo State again.   The first time the EFCC invaded Imo and carted away some top officials of the Government, the Okorocha administration...

Court Disappoints Agbaso …Says He Was Given Fair Hearing, Denied Jurisdiction

    The hope of the embattled Imo State Deputy Governor, Sir Jude Agbaso to stop his impeachment processes by the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) and press for another investigation on the alleged bribery by other government agencies was yesterday shatter when the Hon Justice Florence Duruohaigwe dismissed his suit when she held that the applicant Sir Agbaso’s fundamental...

MBAITOLU/IKEDURU REPS SEAT PROF IWU’S DAUGHTER, LOSES BID TO STOP BETHEL AMADI AGAIN

  The Federal High Court in Owerri on Wednesday March 27, 2013 dismissed the suit filed by Mrs. Ijeoma Nwafor seeking to nullify the January 8, 2010 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary for the Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru House of Representatives seat won by Hon. Bethel Amadi. The suit which had Hon. Bethel Amadi, the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission...

Battle for Imo LGAs We Cannot Surrender Our Mandate For Okorocha, Says ALGON .Accuses Imo Governor of Incriminating Silence on 100% Upfront of 3km Awarded for N1.5bn.

  Despite losing out in the recent battle for who takes over control of affairs in the 27 LGAs of the state, elected Chairman under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, has declared that it is not yet uhuru for Governor Okorocha and the newly appointed Sole Administrators, SOLADs.   In a statement made available to Imo...