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CHURCHILL OKONKWO You are a symbol of the past failures and the politically corrupt in Nigeria. With all due respect, therefore, I, on behalf of millions of Nigerians want to remind you that you should shut up when we are discussing anti-corruption challenges and the way forward. I laughed cynically when I heard you brag that you would “shock everyone because you will fight corruption …if given the opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country.” You challenged Nigerians to either “come forward with a single shred of evidence of [your] misconduct while in office or keep quiet.” Crude arrogance! You subsequently bragged that your stupendous wealth was a result of your “resourcefulness and successful investments". What a lie! To use your own words, that display of arrogance was “morally offensive” to millions of Nigerians. Please, sir, accept my apologies, but the issue is not about your “entrepreneurial spirit” *but whether you can corroborate the SOURCE of your investme

Ladies and gentlemen of the press Protocols. Let me start by thanking you members of the fourth estate for your commitment in the course of democracy in our dear state Imo and indeed Nigeria at this trying moments of our beleaguered history. It is a well known fact that PDP occupies the soul of the Imo electorate which has made the last gubernatorial primary election conducted in the state on the 1st of October a festering sore that has refused to leave us unless resolved to the satisfaction of the ever discerning Imo electorate. I want to submit, very sadly too, that the impunity and manipulations that greeted the governorship primary election of the party has left many party faithful disappointed and sullen hearted as to resort to seeking remedy in the court of law to determine the real winner of the said PRIMARY election. Majority of our party faithful in the state believe that PDP in Imo should get it right before it can face up to the challenges of not only unseating the incu

- emerges as Chairman n-PDP ..... direct Supporters to remain calm By Fred Akomas Uneasy Calm,  tension has enveloped the People's Democratic Party, PDP in Imo State following the emergence of a factional leadership of the Party in the State otherwise known as n-PDP. It was gathered that the rebirth of the fresh Political group was unveiled during a Press Conference held at Villa Garden on Monday, 26th November, with a close aide of Sen Samuel Anyanwu (Samdaddy), incumbent member representing Owerri West Senatorial district in the person of Mr Fabian Ihekweme ( aka Omu), who until 25th November, 2018 was the Director Media and Publicity to Samdaddy as acting Chairman of n-PDP. Report have it that the emergence of Ihekweme, a close aide to Samdaddy, a guber aspirant who is currently challenging the outcome of the October 1st, 2018 Imo PDP guber Primaries that produced Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha as Candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State in Court has continued

The Nigeria Senate has passed the Electoral Act No. 6 (2010 Amendment) Bill 2017 into law overriding the assent of the president . The amended act are as follows; 1. There shall now be full biometric accreditation of voters with Smart Card Readers and/or other technological devices, as INEC may introduce for elections from time to time. 2. Presiding Officers must now instantly transmit accreditation data and results from Polling Units to various collation centers. Presiding officer who contravene this shall be imprisoned for at least 5 years (no option of fine). 3. All Presiding Officer must now first record accreditation data and polling results on INEC’s prescribed forms before transmitting them. The data/result recorded must be the same with what they transmitted. 4. INEC now has unfettered powers to conduct elections by electronic voting. 5. Besides manual registers, INEC is now mandated to keep Electronic registers of voters. 6. INEC is now mandated to publish voters’ regist

Medical and Dental Consultants, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, will be holding a free medical outreach at MBAUKWU General Hospital, Anambra state as part of its corporate social responsibility, to their host communities. It will include medical assessments, provision of drugs, surgeries, eye care and provision of medicated glasses. Selection and preparation of patients for surgery will be in the last week of November 2018 @ Mbaukwu General hospital. Date: 5th to 7th December 2018. Time: 10am Daily. Signed: MDCAN Chairman Dr Eric Ihekwoaba,Dr T.U Mbaeri- Outreach Committee Chairman.

  An Imo State High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Kemakolam A. Ojiako, Wednesday, upheld the prayers of the Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, and quashed the purported gubernatorial primary allegedly held on October 6, 2018, by the Governor Rochas Okorocha faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. This development came as the Governor, his son in-law, Mr. Uche Nwosu and their supporters continue to sulk over the political humiliation they suffered in the hands of the APC Coalition Force, during the October 1, 2018, gubernatorial primary. Okorocha and Madumere Justice Ojiako granted all the prayers sought by Prince Madumere, including the prayer that the October 1, 2018, APC primary election was credible, relevant and meets the parameters for the exercise. Madumere also urged the court to hold that the contestants, except the Governor’s son in-law, have since, accepted that the October 1, 2018, party primary, was the only relevant and valid pr