RE: WHITHER EMEKA IHEDIOHA
In his essay, see Nigerian Horn May 21-22, 2012, page 9 Ngozi Akamdiocha evoked a quote from Teddy Roosevelt in discussing the ‘man in the arena’ whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does...
FUTO AIRPORT SHOW
It is no longer gossip that students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) do not have good toilet facilities in their hostels which have made them device ways of answering the call of nature with out bordering the school authorities.
As dynamic student of repute they have invented means like short-put where students use nylon and big papers...
Tension in Ekeonunwa Market As Govt plans Relocation of Ekeukwu to Aba road
Palpable tension and fear gripped traders at Eke Ukwu Owerre Market yesterday as unconfirmed reports filtered in that there were plans by the Imo state Government to relocate the Ekeukwu Owerri Market from its present location inOwerriMunicipality to Egbu orAba road.
The fear, our reporter learnt, forced the traders to lock their shops in the morning due to the alleged...
INSECURITY IN IMO! ZEEK MARTINS BLASTS OKOROCHA
Anthony Anyanwu.
One time Special Adviser on Security to Imo State Government, High Chief Zeek Martins Nnadozie has scored Owelle Rochas Okorocha’s administration zero in the area of security, saying that it is unfortunate.
Chief Nnadozie in an interview said that one of the greatest mistakes of the present administration is to dismantle and redeploy all the police officers it...
ICAPS chases away Statesman Newspaper workers with dogs
Confusion erupted at the premises of the Imo Newspaper yesterday morning when men of the newly established Imo College of Advanced Professional studies, ICAPS, chased away staff of the publishing firm from their office blocks.
An eye witness account revealed that trouble started for the Imo Newspaper workers who publish Statesman Newspapers, a government owned tabloid in Owerri when they...
PDP South East Zonal chair blasts Okorocha – Over Refusal to reinstate sacked Chairmen.
Imo state government has been lashed/cautioned over its executive lawlessness and recklessness against the constitution of the country. This caution was handed down by the South – East Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) Rt. (Col) Austin Akobundu, who paid a solidarity visit to the Imo state chapter of the party over theAppeal Courtvictory of the 27 Council...
OKOROCHA DECLARES 3 DAY HOLIDAY IN IMO LGAs.
The staffers of the Twenty Seven Local Government Areas inImoStatehave been asked to proceed on 3 day holiday, beginning from yesterday, Wednesday, July 18 to Friday July 20, 2012.
According to a release signed by the Imo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jerry Okolie, the LGA Staff were directed to proceed to their various communities for...
..Appeal Court judgement ..Rochas men Bow to pressure ..As elected Chairmen, Councillors take over LGAs ..TC Chairmen on the run ..PDP reacts
Imo state became a theatre of political drama, yesterday as elected Local Government Chairmen and Councillors went berserk and forced their way back to their respective offices at the various local government a4reas of the state. This development signifies the fact that Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has eventually succumbed to pressure put on him by the sacked...
BOMBSHELL 692 CIVIL SERVANTS TO GO – Over Fourth Tier govt in Imo.
By Innocent Onyeukwu.
Startling revelations emerged yesterday that the Imo State Government may have concluded plans to retire 692 Civil Servants from the 7,075 strong workforce of the State.
This measure is aimed at reducing the sum of N577, 948, 372.37 million naira, being monies for the monthly emoluments coughed out by the State government for Imo workers.
Imo Trumpeta learnt that...
RE-INSTATED LGA CHAIRMEN VS OKOROCHA: MATTER ARISING
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For some time now, the attention of keen followers of political events in Imo state has shifted to the seeming imbroglio between the reinstated 27 elected council chairmen and the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Since after the Appeal Court decision in Owerri ruled that the removal of the embattled chairmen from office June last year, was illegal unconstitutional...
