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  Imo State Government yesterday debunked media reports that Gov Hope Uzodimma was part of the  plan of any group to support a Senate president other than the one chosen by the All Progressive Congress (APC). In a statement issued in Owerri, the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba explained that at no time did Uzodimma contemplate working against the choice of APC and the President-elect Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the leadership of the 10th Senate. According to him, as a loyal party man, the governor will stand firmly behind the choice of any person or persons chosen by the APC and the President-elect  to lead the 10th Senate, and will infact work  assiduously for their emergence. He said the governor as a loyal party man would never work against the choices of the party talkless of supporting another candidate. Hon Emelumba submitted that since Uzodimma joined politics over forty(40) years ago, his reputation and integrity as a loy...

His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma will on Saturday 27th May 2023 grace a State event at Port Harcourt City, as he will be honoured with a Grand Award, in a grand Style. This was communicated to Governor Hope Uzodimma, in a letter signed by His Excellency Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, in recognition of the former's contributions to the unity and progress of the nation. By this, Governor Uzodimma will be joining the league of Grand Service Star of Rivers State (GSSRS), which is the State's highest award to distinguish personalities.  In the letter, Governor Wike acknowledged the valuable support of Governor Hope Uzodimma to the Government and the good people of Rivers State. To this, Governor Uzodimma has expressed appreciation to his brother Governor and the people of Rivers State for this honour, which is highly cherished. #HopeNewAndElectronicMediaCenter

Imo people and residents have called the rascality of the  National secretary and PDP guber candidate, senator Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy) who was identified as  the mobilizer for the disruption of Imo State Social Benefit Number enumeration In  polling unit 023 in AMAIMO IKEDURU LGA in Imo state.  The enumerators were attacked, beaten and maimed by pdp thugs and members  with  instruments seized and asked to recover them at the residence of the PDP guber candidate senator Samuel Anyanwu. This proves that the banditry in the state is politically contrived by the opposition in the state and will stop at nothing to take away the peace in the state. Our reporters who were attacked and beaten are recovering in the hospital. ©️Olu ikeduru media

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has commenced mobile MAP metering in Owerri, Imo State, as part the organization’s conscious effort to have more of its customers access prepaid meters within 48 hours. This metering program allows customers to pay and get metered and reimbursed with the value of the cost of meter through energy over a period. The Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC. Mr. Emeka Ezeh, who made this known through a press statement, affirmed that the company adopted this as a strategic approach to close the existing metering gap in its network. Mobile MAP Metering kicked off in Enugu in June 2022, and has been executed in several locations within the metropolis. It has traversed Ogidi and Onitsha, in Anambra State, with about 6000 customers already metered through this program. To subscribe, EEDC customers residing in Owerri are expected to visit either the Owerri or New Owerri District office with a valid form of identification (either Drivers License...

Members of the House of Representatives are poised for a showdown with Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila over allegations of unfair distribution of $15million largesse from the executive arm of government. The aggrieved lawmakers specifically alleged that Gbajabiamila had an underhand deal with the executive on behalf of the House to pass the N22.7trn Ways and Means borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) but ended up short-changing his colleagues in sharing the $15million made available to the House to sweeten the deal. The brewing crisis, it was learned, had forced Gbajabiamila to postpone resumption of plenary which was already slated for Tuesday so as to buy more time and pacify the aggrieved members. The speaker adjourned the plenary under the guise that the earlier date was announced in error. The clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria, in a terse statement on Monday said, “This is to inform all Hon Members and the general public that the House of Representatives will not resume pl...

  Former Niger Delta minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin who is and about 38n other Senators-elect on Tuesday held a consultative meeting national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The meeting, it was gathered, is to perfect strategies to ensure Akpabio and Jibrin who have been endorsed by the party leadership emerge the next Senate president and deputy Senate president respectively. At the meeting, national chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, cautioned Akpabio and his supporters not to be late on the day of inauguration. The chairman was apparently to guard against the 2015 scenario when Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the then preferred candidate of the party for Senate president, and his supporters came late to the chambers, creating room for the emergence of Bukola Saraki against party’s wish. In response to the protests over the endorsement of candidates for the presiding officers of 10th National Assembly, Adamu said the N...

The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again waded into the controversy over the zoning of principal positions of the National Assembly. The group’s reaction was over the protest by Abia Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu. It could be recalled that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) zoned the position of Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives to Rep Ben Kalu from the same Abia State. But Senator Kalu, a former governor of the State, who is angling to become the next Senate President, is insisting that the South-East deserves more than Reps Deputy Speaker.  Reacting to the developments, the Ohanaeze Youths in a statement by its National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike urged Senator Kalu not to jeopardise the interest of the South-East by hiding under faceless groups to issue self-serving statements.  He claimed in the statement that several faceless groups had been set up “to destroy what is coming to the South-East. Their game plan ...

  A South East youth-based organisation, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has rejected the micro-zoning of the position of deputy speaker of the House of Representatives to the South East. The All Progressives Congress (APC) recently announced that the position had been micro-zoned to the zone and that Abia State member-elect, Hon Benjamin Kalu, has been pencilled down for the position. Reacting to the development, COSEYL, in a press release signed by the president-general and publicity secretary, Hon Goodluck Ibem and Comrade Okey Nwaoru, respectively, stressed that it was insulting to zone such a position to the South East. The group also submitted that Kalu still has his victory being contested and cannot represent the Igbo nation. According to them, while the political goal and aspiration of Ndigbo are beyond the post of the Senate President, “we cannot identify with   Benjamin Kalu, not to talk of endorsing him to represent the political interest of the...

  Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will today deliberate on the tussle for the National Assembly leadership. The meeting comes against the backdrop of heightened lobby of some governors to insist on the retention of the zoning arrangement earlier made by the party. The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who doubles as the chairman of the Southern Governors Forum had faulted the zoning arrangement of APC National Working Committee (NWC), describing it as unworkable, skewed and reinforcing injustice and enhancing inequity. APC had zoned the Senate President position (South South, Godswill Akpabio), Deputy Senate President (North West, Senator Jibrin Barau); Speaker (North West, Hon Tajudeen Abbas); Deputy Speaker (South East, Benjamin Kalu). Even though the APC national chairman Abdullahi Adamu hinted last week that the zoning arrangement would be revisited, after a series of protests by aggrieved aspirants, some party stakeholders have ins...

The Divine Deliverance Mission Ahirara Mbaise in Ahiazu Mbaise local government of Imo state,  has honored Barr Success Akagburuonye for his philanthropic attributes in the state and beyond. This honor is coming at the heels of the launching of his book Triumph of Success over Failure. A battle of 19 years 7 months and 5 days to defend his existence and wealth.  The Bishop of Divine Deliverance Mission Ahirara, Dr Ahaneku said that Barr Success Akagburuonye has been a divine inspiration to many people in Imo and beyond. He said " we are giving him this honor today because he merits it. We are proud to associate with him because he has impacted positively on the lives of not just our people, but others across Imo. This honor is to let him know that we have been taking note of all he has been doing in Imo state." He thanked God for the success he recorded in a matter of falsehood peddled against him just to tarnish his image, which God did not allow to stand.  In his accept...

The members of the Imo Council of Elder have showered encomium on the Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma as he reeled out numerous remarkable achievements in the last 40 months of the Shared Prosperity Government in Imo.  Their assessment was not only based on the Governor's consistent commitment to transparency and accountability but on the delivery of his promises made to Ndi Imo over the last three years. Professor Maurice Iwu in his remark commended the Governor for reviving the old Igbo tradition which is Oha na Eze,  where issues of the State are communally deliberated. He said that the Governor has done a great job preparing imolites for the new world.  He however advised the Governor to set up an academy to re-train Imolites in digital skills.  Chief Dan Anyanwu applauded the Governor for the visible achievements in the streets of Imo State. According to him, "You have satisfied some of us who were afraid if you will deliv...