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Ihedioha Wins Imo Governorship Election
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has been declared the winner of Imo State governorship election. Ihedioha, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared governor-elect by the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Francis Ogbonnaya Otunta, […] More
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Imo APC Moves to Expel Okorocha
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 9-man disciplinary committee of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC has recommended the expulsion of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, for his anti-party engagements. In a letter signed by the committee chairman Matthew Omeghara and secretary Kevin Ugwu, […] More
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Okorocha Sacks Son-In-Law, SSG, 11 others
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has, in a dramatic way terminated the appointments of 13 members of his cabinet including his Son-In-Law, Uche Nwosu, his Chief of Staff, whom he has been positioning to succeed him in office. Chief Press Secretary to […] More
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Ikedi Ohakim In EFCC Net
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State over allegations of illegal appropriation of wealth. Although the anti graft agency was yet to begin questioning of Ohakim as at the time of filing this report, […] More
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in Big StoryBaptist Church Building Collapses During Convention
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Members of the Nigerian Baptist Church may have learnt how to praise and worship God in a new way. About four hours after it declared its 102nd annual national convention opened in Obinze, Port Harcourt Road, in Imo State, on Saturday, April 18, […] More
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in PoliticsINEC Declares Imo Election Inconclusive
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. The Returning Officer in Imo State, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive, due to the number of cancelled votes which stood at 144,715 in relation to the margin […] More
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Tension Mounts in Owerri
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INEC officials and journalists were on Sunday held hostage at the commission’s office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Tension mounted as news filtered in that a group of protesters believed to be supporters of the APC were advancing towards INEC office from […] More
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in Election 2015Tension Mounts in Owerri
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow INEC officials and journalists were on Sunday held hostage at the commission’s office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Tension mounted as news filtered in that a group of protesters believed to be supporters of the APC were advancing towards INEC office from […] More
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in Election 2015, NewsMassive Protest in Owerri
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have surrounded the INEC state headquarters in Owerri, Imo State. They are protesting the inconclusive nature of the presidential and national assembly elections in the state. More
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Voters Detained in Imo
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow An unknown number of voters were detained in an emergency cell in Ogboko, hometown of Governor Rochas Okorocha in Ideato South Local Government Area of the state as elections proceeded on Saturday. Voting went on normally in the area but Okorocha complained that […] More
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Imo: Late Arrival of Materials Slow Process
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Election materials arrived late in most polling stations in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. In Umuokara Iheanakwe ward, election materials and officials arrived at about 10:30 am. Accreditation soon got underway but the card reader machine slowed down the process. More
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in Election 2015Situation Report by Gabriel ADA, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Imo State
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow What have been the challenges so far? The initial challenges we had was basically the fact that the materials that came had a lot of mix up that necessitated us to do sorting. We have concluded that sorting and we have distributed the […] More