Imo State Governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha has promised to run an all-inclusive government that will lead to cooperation between all the arms of government in the state. Ihedioha, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, made the pledge shortly after receiving his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at a ceremony…
PDP Supporters Protest in Owerri
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, protesting the outcome of the governorship election in Imo State, went on the rampage in Owerri, the state capital on Monday. PDP supporters, who displayed placards demanding that Governor Rochas Okorocha should vacate Government House for their candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, stopped and harassed motorists on Okigwe Road. The…
Tension Mounts in Owerri
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 the Asumta Cathedral end of Owerri – Port Harcourt Road. Security officials…
Tension Mounts in Owerri
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 the Asumta Cathedral end of Owerri – Port Harcourt Road. Security officials…
Massive Protest in Owerri
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.
Voters Detained in Imo
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 “they have arrested innocent citizens who have registered here for frivolous allegations.”…
Pandemonium At INEC Office Owerri
There was pandemonium at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday. Security operatives ordered everyone out of the premises of the Commission as election materials were being distributed. Trouble started at about 5pm when heavily armed policemen numbering about 50 arrived the office and ordered…
Again, TELL Leads At Media Merit Award
The year 2014 is another outstanding and rewarding one for TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, as its reporters swept 13 out of 39 awards at the just concluded 2014 Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, held in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. TELL magazine, which won the WAMCO Prize for Newsmagazine of the year,…
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