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Women Groups Reject Nwebonyi’s Disrespect Toward Ezekwesili, Demand For Apology

  A coalition of over 350 women groups has condemned the behaviour of Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi during a Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges hearing on March 25, 2025. They called for a formal apology from both Senator Nwebonyi and the Senate Committee for the disrespect shown to Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, a renowned leader and advocate for women’s rights. The coalition...

Imo Waste Management Agency Law Repealed, As Lawmakers Pass Law To Establish Eastern Waste Management Incorporated 

..."It's For The Interest Of Imolites   -Onyemaechi   By Onyekachi Eze  The Imo State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to repeal the Imo State Waste Management Agency law No.5 of 2020. The House also enacted  a law to establish the Eastern Waste Management Incorporated to address the waste management challenges in Imo State by instituting a reliable waste management...

Imo Assembly Commends Gov Uzodimma On Presentation Of Staff Of Office To 63 Traditional Rulers Recommended By The House And Urged Him To Create More Autonomous Communities

By Onyekachi Eze Lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly (10th House) have hailed the Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma for the successful presentation of Staff of Office to 63 Traditional Rulers recommended by the House. The commendation also urged the number one Imolite to create more autonomous Communities in the state. This was part of the resolutions...

Be Proactive And Apply Innovative Measures    -Elezienya Charges Traditional Medicine Practitioners.  

….Promises To Address Their Complaints   By Innocent Osuoha.     The Hon Commissioner for Science, Technology, Innovation and Engineering Services,Imo State, Rt. Hon. Engr. Ikenna Elezieanya has charged  members of South East Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (SETRAMPA), Imo State Chapter, to apply scientific and innovative measures in the practice of traditional medicine. Engr Elezieanya who gave the charge in his office at the...

Imo Pensioners Threatened With Compulsory Healthcare Insurance Scheme.

No Register, No Pension, No Gratuity.     Pensioners in Imo State are undergoing another round of excruciating verification exercise under the guise of IMO STATE AND LOCAL  PENSIONERS HEALTHCARE INSURANCE PROGRAMME.    For close to three weeks now branch  Chairmen of various chapters of the Nigerian Union Pensioners have been forcing their members to go get enrolled with a threat...

Umuoyima Community Protest Government Take Over Of Old Ogbosisi

... Insists The Land Belongs To The Community Not Government  ... As OCDA Bulldozes Shops, Stalls Send Occupants Parking . Umuoyima autonomous community in Owerri Municipal Council has staged a peaceful demonstration to register their displeasure and disapproval to the move by Imo State Government to take over the land situated at Wetheral road. Speaking to newsmen at the site ,Chairman Elders...

Igwejiuba-Francis Ugorji Joins The Rebuild Imo Movement

..Extols Ihedioha's Leadership Qualities The Rebuild Imo Movement, the most populous political force in Eastern Nigeria, continues to bolster its ranks with the addition of Igwejiuba-Francis Ubasineke Ugorji, a renowned business strategist and philanthropist. Igwejiuba-Francis, a native of Irete in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, brings a wealth of expertise in business expansion, supply chain management, and...

Food Security: Imo Assembly Okays Motion For Distribution Of High-Yield Seedlings To Imo Farmers

By Onyekachi Eze  Members of the Imo State House of Assembly have apparently shown concern over the welfare of residents by backing a step for the Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma to direct the relevant Ministries to distribute free good seedlings to farmers. This was made through a motion presented by the Member for Obowo State Constituency, Rt. Hon. Kennedy Ibeh. Ibeh moved...

Uncertainty Over Life Of Schoolboy Shot In New Owerri

Tension has engulfed the World Bank area of Owerri, Imo State capital, following a shocking incident in which a homeowner allegedly shot a schoolboy who entered his compound to retrieve a football. The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, is currently battling for his life at the Imo Specialists Hospital, Umuguma in Owerri West Local Government Area According to eyewitness accounts, the...

Tinubu Swears In Ibas As Rivers State Sole Administrator, Sim Fubara Leaves Govt  House

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd) as the new Sole Administrator of Rivers State. The swearing in ceremony, which took place on Wednesday at the State House, Abuja was witnessed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi and many others. Recall  that...