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ISOPADEC REHABILITATES ELECTRICITY NETWORK IN OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES IN IMO STATE

Over the years, the people of Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru East LGAs that make up the Imo State Oil Producing Communities, have been subjected to what they never bargained for in exchange for their God-given natural resources, mined from their soil. In a recent development on the activities of the Imo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (ISOPADEC) towards the development of the oil-rich communities, N41m electricity bill backlog accumulated since 2011 for the three Local Government Areas of Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta and Oru East. This is a follow up to the electricity rehabilitation project of the ISOPADEC across the oil producing communities, having purchased and delivered all the needed electricity equipment to reactivate the electricity network in these Local Government Areas. Receiving the bank draft on behalf of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), Mr. Ezeoha Nnamani, the Operations Manager, commended the Shared Prosperity administration of His Excellency the Di

APGA SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT: 2023 GENERAL ELECTION MAY NOT HOLD IF... OHANAEZE YOUTH

...Arrest Victor Oye within 48-hours... Inspector General of Police told Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to relief Prof. Yakubu Mahmood of his position as the Chairman of INEC, in order to avert looming damages that could strike the country in the forthcoming 2023 general election. Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, the apex Socio-cultural outh organization of Ndigbo has expressed acrimony over it termed a deliberate delay in according the due recognition to Chief Edozie Njoku, as the authentic National chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Speaking amidst bitterness, on behalf of the Council, the National President, Comrd. Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, who spoke to newsmen on Friday July 22nd, 2022, at Abuja, expressed utter disappointment and dissatisfaction over the blunt refusal of INEC to issue Chief Njoku a certificate as the party's chairman. Igboayaka accused INEC and Chief Victor Oye

IMO ROAD REVOLUTION: GOVERNOR HOPE UZODIMMA TO FLAG OFF CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FEDERAL ROADS IN THE STATE

Barring any last meeting change, all is set for His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma to flag off the construction of Owerri,-Mbaise-Umuahia road and the Orlu-Mgbe-Akokwa roads. These roads are another set in a series of Federal Roads constructed by the Imo State Government under the Shared Prosperity Administration, with the approval and support of the Federal Government. Over the years, negligence of these roads by previous administration had left them to ruins. The deplorable state. these economic roads had taken a toll on the motorists, residents and business outlets along the routs.  These important road projects would be handled by Craneburg Construction Company and it's expensive that within record time, the project will be delivered. #HopeNewAndElectronicMediaCenter

GOV. UZODIMMA DISSOLVES IMO INTERIM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodimma has dissolved the 27-man Interim Management Committee Chairmen of Imo State.  The Governor disclosed this after a closed door meeting with them at the Sam Mbakwe Executive Chambers, Government House, Owerri. At the meeting, Governor Uzodimma thanked them for the services they rendered in their different Local Government Areas since their appointment about two and half years ago and for their loyalty. The Governor also reiterated  his promise to hold the Local Government Area election in Imo State any moment from now. Governor Uzodimma also told the dissolved IMC Chairmen that his Government will not hesitate to engage their services in other areas they are found capable as APC members. In their response by the Chairman of ALGON in Imo State, Mr. Willie Okolieogwo, who is also the Chairman of Oru West LGA, the IMC Chairmen promised to remain loyal to the Governor and the APC. #HopeNewAndElectronicMediaCenter

THE AWO OMAMMA INCIDENT: BETWEEN FACTS AND FICTION

By Declan Emelumba  We all know that security agents do not just descend on innocent people and murder them in cold blood. Being mindful of the fact that their primary responsibility is to protect the citizens, they only use force or deploy their weapons in extreme cases, especially when they are threatened or their lives are in danger. Exceptions can be made for isolated incidents of accidental discharge, or when a drunk officer or one with mental health problems goes beserk. Even in these circumstances, “14 innocent people” cannot just be slaughtered as if they were goats. It would even take a certain degree of callousness to shoot and kill 14 goats. Yet, that is the narrative that detractors and political opponents of the government of Imo state have been feeding the public since the unfortunate events of Sunday, July 17th, 2022 when the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the camp of members of Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Awo Omama resulting in the exchange of gunfire

GROUP CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED EFFORTS BY SECURITY AGENCIES AGAINST BANDITRY IN THE SOUTH EAST

A group known as Indigenous advocacy forum has called on security agencies in the south east to intensify their efforts in flushing out bandits from the region. Speaking at a public function held recently in Owerri the Imo State Capital, the Chairman of the Forum, Mr. Ezekiel Nwobia appealed to security agencies to swiftly bring the activities of bandits in the South east to an end in order to avert further lose of lives and properties. He recalled the situation in Orlu as a win over insecurity and enthronement of peace and normalcy while calling on all concerned to rally round the security agencies in the state in their concerted efforts to triumph over bandits. Mr. Nwobia agonized over the series of attacks carried out by these bandits in the South East which has left both civilians and Security men dead and recounted the recent scenario between the boundary of Imo and Anambra where these enemies of the state have succeeded in cutting off these two state by digging a big gully at one