In a bid to revive the passion for history and discovery of roots by Nigerians, the winner of the much publicised Face of Candy City Tourism, Chioma Iwuchukwu, is set to team up with the Imo State Government, Lagos State Government, Niger Delta Development Commission and some Nigerian senators for a tourism project, which she titled: “Trace.”
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Iheaka, in his verdict, said the seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge of Imo, Justice Pascal Nnadi, to investigate allegations against Madumere erred in its duty.
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Uzodinma told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, that direct primaries, as encouraged by the National Working Committee, would bring the various factions of the party in the state together.
The governor also swore-in Kenneth Ejiogu as his new Chief of Staff to replace Uche Nwosu, his son-in-law, who had declared for the governorship race in 2019.
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Dasuki Galadanchi, said on Thursday in Owerri that the command had arrested two suspects involved in the killing of a Rev. Fr, Jude Egbom.
The young man’s plunge into the canal drew the attention of passersby, commuters and motorists, who were on their way to work, thereby causing severe gridlock on the Abuja-Keffi road.
He gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, after obtaining the party’s Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest in the primary in the state ahead of 2019 general elections.
The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, issued the warning during a joint news conference by heads of security agencies in the state on Monday in Owerri.
The National Chairman of ADC, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, announced the party’s decision at its 61st National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on Thursday.
The NEMA Coordinator, Imo/Abia Operation Office, Mr Evans Ugoh, made the call in Owerri on Saturday during a meeting of disaster management stakeholders.
Journalists in Imo on Thursday joined their counterparts in the country to stage peaceful protest against incessant harassment, intimidation and unwarranted detention of their colleagues allegedly by some security agencies.
A former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said no fewer than 15 Igbo billionaires had been mobilised to fund the senatorial race of Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.
The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja on Tuesday.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monaday charged the 27 local government council chairmen to shun corruption and refrain from abusing the trust vested in them by the electorate.
Ethelbert Ibebuchi, Chairman of the electoral body, announced the results of the polls on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters in Owerri.
He congratulated Imo people for coming out to exercise their franchise.
General apathy and late arrival of electoral materials to the polling centres characterised the Saturday local government election in Imo as residents displayed lack of interest in the exercise.
The women were arrested last week in Owerri, the Imo State capital, by a detachment of policemen.
It said the election would hold as scheduled on Saturday.