BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court Upholds Okorocha's Victory

"the use of card reader is merely a guideline alien to the electoral act, and cannot constitute the basis to invalidate an election.”

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the victory of Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha who was the candidate of the All

Activist Samuelson Iwuoha Opens Up On Prison Experience

Activist and former media aide to outgoing Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha who is recuperating after a nightmarish experience in prison detention has opened up on the hell he went through and what the future holds for him in the world of activism.
In an exclusive interview he granted our reporter in Owerri, Iwuoha said that he underwent severe

I Have Passion To Serve Ndi Imo -Anumudu

Barrister Humphrey Anumudu

A leading governorship aspirant in Imo State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief (Barr) Humphrey Anumudu, has said that his consistent struggle for the governorship seat was borne out of passion to serve the State. Imotrumpeta reports.

 Barr Anumudu, who stated this in a Hot FM Spot-light programme recently, said that he saw that things were not going on well in the administration of Imo State, and regretted that since 1998 he declared his interest to governor the State, nobody has done those things he

PDP Blasts Okorocha ,Says He’s Jittery About Losing At The S/Court

Threats to Jonathan: PDP blasts Okorocha
Says he’s jittery about losing at the S/Court.
Press Release on October 27, 2013. on its facebook page signed by Chief Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary, the PDP.

"The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dressed down Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha, for attempting to hoodwink the Supreme Court and divert its attention from the substance

Journalists Barred From Covering Imo Deputy Governor’s 2nd marriage -

 The first wife who currently lives in the United States, was said to have separated from Prince Madumere over allegations of Homosexuality involving him and the former transition committee chairman of Njaba LGA of the state.
The marriage produced two children(a boy and a girl).

It was a total blackout for journalists and cameramen who came to cover the traditional marriage between the deputy governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere and his new but second wife, Barr. Miss Adaego Nosiri on Tuesday as they were barred from covering the event.

No kidnap attempt on Ohakim –Aides

The purported kidnap attempt on the former Governor of Imo State, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim as reported in some social media has been described as false.

In their separate reactions, the aides of the former Governor, Dr. Kelechi Okpaleke and Dr. Ethelbert Okere told Nigerian Horn yesterday that the news is very far from the truth.
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They maintained that there were no kidnap attempt on Dr. Ohakim at his Burma retreat country home

S’East Monarchs To Okorocha, “we shall ask questions if anything happens to Ilomuanya”



Eze Cletus Ilomuanya

The seeming taciturn approach of Governor Rochas Okorocha towards complying with the Court of Appeal judgment which returned HRH Eze (Dr) Cletus Ilomuanya as Chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, may have drawn the anger of traditional rulers from the South East Zone with the Monarchs warning that they will not only storm Owerri, the Imo State Capital in large numbers should anything untoward happen to Eze Ilomuanya but will also invoke the wrath of their ancestors on Ilomuanya’s perceived aggressors.

Group Asks Imo Assembly to Impeach Okorocha for Abuse of Office

With the alleged bribery scandal rocking the Imo State Government, which has led to the impeachment moves against the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Jude Agbaso, a group noted for its activism for good governance, Save Imo, has petitioned the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly to immediately commence impeachment moves against the state Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, for abuse of office.

A three-page petition accompanied with a sworn affidavit of facts sworn to at the High Court Registry, Owerri and signed by the coordinator of the group, Mr. Ebubeagu Godwin Ekenulo, urged the assembly

Imo govt. to cancel scholarships of indecently dressed students, says Okorocha

Sag or expose the sensitive part of your body and lose your scholarship award. Those were the the words of the Imo State  governorOwelle Rochas Okorocha

Owerri, March 1, 2013 (NAN) Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Friday said he would withdraw the scholarship from any student of Imo origin in tertiary institutions reported by the school authority to be indecently dressed.

The governor gave the warning in Owerri while addressing members of the newly appointed Government Liaison Officers.

IMO, WORK BEGINS IN 6 ROADS ,GETS NDDC ATTENTION

Imo State,the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced the construction of six road projects in the State. In a news publication on the organisation's website, 
the roads include Osina internal roads in Ideato North, Umunakara road in Nkwere, Amaudochukwu-Amachikere-Amaegbu road and Umuhu-Okaba-Ihitenasia road in Orsu Local Government Areas.

Others are the Amiyi Mission road in Amiyi-Akah and Umunaka road in Nkwere Local Government Areas

The soul of Imo State Rochas in Soup, FG moves to freeze Imo LG Account

The unending feud between the Imo state government and the elected councilors and chairmen may be taking another dimension as plans bt the frderal government to freeze the Imo Local Government account appears to be the next option. Investigations by the Nigerian Horn newspaper revealed that the visit by the leaders of

Protest in Owerri as man allegedly kills lover

OWERRI — Economic and social activities were, Wednesday, disrupted for hours in Owerri, Imo State capital, following the peaceful protest by scores of Umuonyeche villagers, over the death of their daughter, Rita Ogbonna, who was allegedly killed by her male friend, Ikay (surname withheld) alias Zabi, from Amawom village.

ISIEC: OKOROCHA’S GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL RACKETEERING AND THE FLEECING OF IMO PUBLIC

Gov.Rochas Okorocha

Racketeering is simply organized crime. Official racketeering is therefore a criminal abuse of office.
Imo is bedeviled with very high unemployment and underemployment rate, simply because Imo remains basically a rural state with no industrial sector. Consequently, on the average, over 90% of tertiary institution graduates in the State never return back to the State to reside after their National Youth Service. This is mostly responsible for the vanishing Igbo Language because these 90% eventually reside and try to irk out a living in the industrial Southwest and North central. Eventually meaning that they marry and raise their children in these geographical areas of the nation not Igbo speaking.
However, this article focuses on the 10% of tertiary institution