The victim, Dr. Bede Azudialor, a Consultant Physician with the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, was allegedly shot in the head by riot policemen drafted to monitor the demonstration by the doctors
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A factional leader of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, who gave the ultimatum in Lagos at a news conference, said the Imo State Government must recall the workers or face the wrath of labour
This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Dogara’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan
Okorocha reacted in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, in Owerri on Thursday
Worried by the apprehensions generated by the recent relocation of some Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia in Anambra State, governors…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said the All Progressives Congress will introduce free education at all levels in…
The workers marched from the IBC head office at Akanchawa Road to Government House, carrying placards with several inscriptions expressing their grievances
“We intend to take that up with the President-elect to inform him of the challenges before him, to prepare his mind to know that there is a lot of challenges that the states are facing in terms of payment of salaries, including Federal Government
He reiterated his commitment toward the welfare of workers and pledged that his administration would ensure prompt release of subventions of all government agencies and parastatals
He said: “The South East played a very key role in the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari, considering what happened in 2011 when the Peoples Democratic Party returned about seven million votes
Okorocha urged his opponents to accept the outcome of the election and join him to make the state better.
He noted that all his campaign promises for the 2011 election had been fulfilled, promising to improve on his services to the state in the next four years
Okorocha, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, made the statement when he briefed newsmen at the Government House, Owerri on Monday
Obe said he declared the election inconclusive because the number of cancelled votes (144,715) was higher than the margin of win (79,529) by the incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Owelle Rochas Okorocha
According to him, there were cases of ballot box snatching and violence in some parts of Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise and in Izombe and Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area
He further alleged that ballot boxes were snatched and two people shot at Amala in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area and another in Owerri Municipal
Buhari stated this during the South East presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyima Stadium, Owerri, Imo State
Okorocha said the meeting was centred largely on how to ensure victory for the APC at the upcoming general election
This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, in Owerri on Thursday
The Council said since the Independent National Electoral Commission had expressed readiness for the conduct of the election, there was no need postponing it
Ihedioha denounced what he termed rapid deterioration of standard of education in Imo State since the inception of Okorocha’s administration, with reference to the 2013 WAEC examination in which the state scored a dismal average of 46 per cent