ICPC alleges involvement of Okorocha’s aide in N74.4b contract scam

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has alleged involvement of an aide to Governor Rochas Okorocha in a N74.4 billion Imo State contract scam.

ICPC revealed in a statement yesterday that the governor’s Special Assistant, Prince Akano and former deputy governor, Jude Agbaso, were part of the scam in which a construction company allegedly got

MAN CAGED AT RELIEF MARKET FOR STEALING FOWL

The popular axiom that “everyday na for thief, but one day na for owner of the House, manifested in Owerri, the Imo state capital when a suspected thief was caught stealing chicken from a cage in Relief market, Owerri.
Relief Market, is a poplar market in Owerri Municipality where the

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

Imo govt abandons Nsu tiles and ceramic industry -Equipment looted

Who authorized the evacuation of the machinery and equipment?
Why was one million Naira paid to the youths?
What is responsible for the abandonment of the project?
Site under lock and key.
The question agitating the minds of Agbahara Nsu indigenes in Ehime Mbano LGA is whether the Owelle Rochas Okorocha led administration in Imo State has abandoned the Nsu Tiles and Ceramic Industry.

Okorocha’s Fresh N50bn Loan Request Divides Imo Lawmakers As PDP Raises Alarm On Another N15bn Bank Loan

But for the division among the Members of the Imo State House of Assembly, the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha would have been granted request of obtaining another whooping N50b loan.
According to Imotrumpeta ,the Governor had reportedly sent in a request to the members of the House for the N50bn loan approval targeted for the purposes of executing what was branded “Task Force” projects in the state.
However, when the idea was muted to members of the House, opposition to the Governor’s request

Anambra poll: ANPP, CPC withdraw from APC merger

The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Anambra State have pulled out of the All Progressive Congress (APC) merger ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state.

According to the nation newspaper report, the state Secretary of defunct ANPP, Mr. Mike Igwilo, made this known to journalists in Awka on Thursday.

Rochas Okorocha’s suspension: Umeh’s only grandstanding – Okorie

 ABUJA – NATIONAL Chairman of United Progressives Party, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie has described the purported suspension of Governor Rochas Okorocha by the leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, as a mere grandstanding by the National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh.

APGA in its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting at the weekend in Abuja had announced the suspension of governor Okorocha from the party for alleged anti-party activities.

Reacting to the suspension, Chief Okorie who was the founding father of APGA before party

Rochas Okorocha in wrong dance steps: one forward, two backward

You can’t deny him the heart to do good things for the people; he’s got it. His name is Rochas Okorocha, the governor of Imo State. What’s not sure is if that’s his nature or some way to drive his serial political ambitions. He’s touched the life of many irrespective of origin and in his two years as governor, Imo State has come smiling and sobbing. That makes it difficult to place him.

Not hidden is his high-wire political ambition: he wants to be president. He had contested before and banged. He formed his own political party and failed, he left the PDP and focused on his philanthropy; then came APGA to the rescue. They gave him a platform to contest as governor and his built-up goodwill over the years paid off. He won. Now in APGA, he’s quarrelling with APGA stalwarts as he did in the PDP. The founders and drivers of the party have become no-persons and,

PAINFUL: Girl Set Ablaze By Nurse Dies

 

The 11-year old girl that was allegedly set ablaze by a nurse in Surulere area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is dead. On Tuesday P.M.NEWS reported how the victim, Ita Bassey-Eno, was set ablaze and was in the throes of death because of the severe burns she suffered.

Her mistress, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, was alleged to have poured kerosene on her body and lit a match stick to set her ablaze after she allegedly