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Aug

08

2021

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Uzodinma criticizes, mocks Imo Pensioners Uzodinma Must Stop Mocking imo pensioners… PDP

POLITICSDictatorship, imo state government, Unpaid Imo pensioners

In the past ten months, pensioners in Imo State have protested five times. It means every other month, they flood the streets of Owerri to press for the payment of their pensions. In each of the outings, the response of the regime of Chief Hope Uzodinma has been the same: brutalize them and describe them as hired impostors. It was in the bid to levy untold violence on some protesters, this time poor widows engaged as road sweepers and left unpaid for a year, that the Punch Correspondent in Imo was attacked and pummeled by Uzodinma's security operatives. His offence…

Jul

29

2021

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Imolites bemoan Uzodinma ‘s Silence, As Human Heads Litter Orlu

Odditydeath, Governor Hope Uzodinma, Human Heads, imo state government, insecurity

Imolites bemoan Uzodinma 's Silent, As Human Heads Litter Orlu By Collins Opurozor The insecurity in Imo State has reached a shocking height. At the break of each dawn throughout this week, residents of Orlu have continued to wake up to decapitated human heads displayed in public places. Today, it was at Orie Okporo in Orlu that yet another head, fleshly cut off body and dripping with blood, was dropped on a table and left to the full glare of the public. If the protection of lives and property is still the primary purpose of political governance, Chief Hope Uzodinma…

Jul

26

2021

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Shun political bigotry, support Governor Uzodinma, Media Consultant, Fidel Onyeneke tells Imolites

NEWS, POLITICSChief Fidel Onyeneke, Governor Hope Uzodinma, Growth and development, imo state government, Political inclination, The Media

Shun political bigotry, support Governor Uzodinma, Media Consultant, Fidel Onyeneke tells Imolites Media Relations Consultant, Chief Dr. Fidel Onyeneke has appealed to Imo people to rally round the government of Senator Hope Uzodinma, irrespective of political inclinations and differences, in the interest of peace, unity and development of the State. Chief Onyeneke made the appeal in Owerri, on Saturday, while speaking to Journalists after attending the Imo state stakeholders' meeting. He said that what should be paramount in the minds of the people was a peaceful coexistence and infrastructural growth of Imo rather than issues that would divide the indigenes…

Jul

11

2021

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Minister Flags Off Scaling Up Of NHGSFP In Imo *Says Millions Of Vulnerable Pupils Will Benefit

NATIONAL NEWSHumanitarian Affairs, imo state government, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Sadiya Umar Farouq

Mr Ralph Obi, Director of Planning, Research and Statistics in the ministry, during the official flagging of NHGSFP in Imo State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the scaling up of National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Imo would enable more children benefit. The minister made this known at a stakeholders' meeting for the flag off of the Enumeration of Beneficiaries and Scaling Up of the National Home Grown School Feeding programme held at the Imo Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) office on Thursday. Farouq noted that over nine million pupils…

Jun

27

2021

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N4b FG Grant: PDP hits Uzodinma hard, demands account of N3b

POLITICS#People'sDemocraticParty, all progressives Congress, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, N4b FG Grant

Sen. Hope Uzodinma, the Executive Governor of Imo State. The People's Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo state has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of deliberately peddling falsehoods and trying to score cheap political points with grant released by Federal Government to Imo youths. In a reaction at the weekend, the leading opposition party in the state through its Director-General of News Media, Collins Opurozor, clarified that the Federal Government has released N4 billion to Imo youths as post-Covid-19 stimulus. According to him. "It is supposed to be N500, 000 per applicant. But now Uzodinma has reduced it to N250, and the…

Jun

25

2021

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FG LOAN: Outrage In Imo Over Uzodinma’s False Claims Has Uzodinma’s Regime Broken Beyond Repair? Figure it Out Yourself!

NEWSCOVID-19, Federal Government Loan, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Outrage, post-Covid-19 stimulus

Angry Imo workers and pensioners protesting at imo Government house over salaries arrears. By Emma Ndukwu "The reality is that the regime of Uzodinma has broken down beyond repair, and it is headed to its terminus." Imo people have taken a swipe at Governor Hope Uzodinma for claiming credit for the N4 billion loan released to the youths of the state by the Federal Government. In various reactions trending online, the people of the state have continued to blast Uzodinma for peddling falsehoods and trying to score cheap political points with money that is not his own. Angry Imo workers…

Jun

18

2021

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Uzodinma And Imo Local Governments: The Untold Story *An Eye Opener…

OPINIONdemocracy, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state Some say democracy in Nigeria is fledgling. It is still learning to fly. Others say our democracy is wobbling. It is still learning to walk. Yet, some others insist that the country's democratic path is troubled. Many thorns and spines are on its way. Everyone seems to agree that the democratic aspirations of the country are yet unfulfilled. To be sure, the local government system is one mechanism put in place to expand the democratic space and spread its values in Nigeria. The stifling of this system in most states of the country, among…

May

11

2021

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Imo NUJ Condemns Invasion, Arrest Of Newspaper Vendors, Distributors

CRIMEarrest, imo state government, Newspaper, Nigeria police, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Vendor

Comr. Chris Akaraonye, the chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council. The leadership of and members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Imo State Council has condemned with bitterness, the unwarranted invasion and arrest of Newspaper Vendors in Owerri, the State's capital, yesterday. This is contained in a press statement, jointly signed by Comr. Chris Akaraonye and Comr. Juliet Dim, the chairman and Secretary of the Union, respectively, and issued to Famous Reporters, today, Tuesday. It would be recalled that Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police, yesterday, Monday, arrested not…

May

10

2021

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Restrain From Beating Drums Of War… Imo CAN Boss Urges Politicians…*Says Crisis Not A Noun

RELIGIONChristian Association of Nigeria, crisis, imo state government, Unknown gunmen insurgency

Bishop Eches Divine Eches The chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) Imo State Chapter, Bishop Eches Divine Eches has urged politicians to restrain from beating drums that would instigate war among the people, saying that no nation can grow amid crisis. Bishop Eches who stressed that no place all over the world has been named 'crisis' lamented that Crisis, as it were, is no respecter of anyone, as he reiterated his unflinching believe in God's ability to restore peace and tranquility in the State and Nigeria in general despite all odds. He advised politicians to eschew any form of…

Apr

30

2021

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Imo NUJ condemns attack on Gov. Uzodimma Country Home

NEWS, POLITICSattack, Governor Hope Uzodinma, imo state government, Nigeria Union of Journalists

NUJ Chairman Chief Chris Akaraonye The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Imo Council has condemned in its entirety the attack on the country home of the Imo State Governor, Sen Hope Uzodimma by unknown persons. The Chairman of the union Chief Chris Akaraonye who condemned the act said the attack on the governor was one too many in attacks that had bedeviled the state in the recent past. Chief Akaraonye, in a Press Release issued to Media houses in the state, called on the state government to engage all machineries necessary to bring the perpetrators of the crime to book…