Rochas Okorocha

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 leadership of the party, under its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had directed that direct mode of primaries be adopted at all levels to produce the candidates for next year’s general election

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, made the promise while speaking with newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting of the governors held in Abuja.

The Governors met on the platform of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, which is chaired by the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha

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.

Franklin Ezeona, GSAC’s President, made the appeal in a letter dated September 11, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Tuesday.

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 Imo Task Force on Illicit Drugs and Other Related Matters has impounded a truck load of cannabis worth N20 million, according to the Commander, Ijeoma Igboanusi.

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.

He congratulated Imo people for coming out to exercise their franchise.

Buhari said this when he received five state governors of the All Progressives Congress, who paid him Sallah homage at his country home, Daura, Katsina State.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State is increasingly becoming the Rochas Okorocha of the South West. With very little effort, he might surpass the latter, the self-acclaimed exponent of iberiberism (an Igbo slang which roughly translates as…

Some of the women, mostly of middle age and from the South East states, were half nude, while others dressed in black and marched through the streets of Owerri.

Okorocha, who gave the advice in Owerri on Thursday during a news briefing, decried the poor response of Imo residents to the call for PVC collection.

The governor gave the assurance at the end of a closed door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday night

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the decision of Dr Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, to leave the All Progressives Congress will not in anyway affect the party electoral victory in 2019 general elections.

Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, has expressed grief over the murder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairman in Ideato-North Local Government Area, Sunny Ejeagwu.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on Nigerian youths to make sacrifices to prepare themselves for leadership for the emergence of a greater Nigeria.

The Ward and Local Government Congresses were held under heavy security on Friday and Saturday respectively, while the state congress held on Monday to elect new state officers.

The clarification was contained in a statement signed by Dr. Eke’s aide, Eze Ewuchie.