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His Excellency, the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma has expressed optimism on the growing of Imo State economic strength with the revitalization of moribund State commercial institutions and the establishment of new industrial facilities to match-up the global growth with a diversified economy. The Governor who spoke during the ceremony after the commissioning of the Shared Facility Fashion Hub by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the consideration of this partnership with the Imo State Government in provision of the SME center that would offer more job creation for Ndi Imo. To the jubilation of the gathered crowd, His Excellency, the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma announced the recovery of Imo Shoe Factory from the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) having settled defaulting fee which had held the industry from operating all these while. Further more into the industrialization efforts of the 3R Government, Governor Hope U...

Yesterday, as the Executive Governor of Imo State, His Excellency the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma marked his 63rd birthday anniversary, imolites gathered in their numbers to join the family, friends and associates of the governor in celebration and thanksgiving to the Lord for his grace. The event which was meant to be a private one, saw troops of imolites into the government house in felicitation even as a thanksgiving service was held at the rear Admiral Ndubuisi kanu's square to thank God for the year 2021. The Imo thanksgiving 2021 which took place at the Capital City featured numerous religious leaders including the CAN president among others. The elated governor expressed gratitude for the show of love and reaffirmed his dedication to the fulfillment of mandate "Ndi Imo" by ensuring developmental transformation of the state.  His Excellency, utilized the opportunity to once again elucidate on his policies and programs which are brewed to offer durability and...

Yesterday, 12 December 2021, a tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) exploded at Chris-Tee filling station near Boromio roundabout, Onitsha causing harm and total damage to the gas station.  Men of the Fire Service and FRSC Rescue Team were seen on ground working very hard to curtail the inferno. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State, Corps Commander Adeoye A Irelewuyi implored the public to be calm and patient, while the Fire Service battle the Fire and prevent it's escalation. Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off and traffic diverted, for ease of movement. According to an eye witness Report, the fire started at CHRISTEE Gas plant and spread over to the two other nearby Fuelling Stations (CHRISTEE and SILVER Fuelling Stations). The fire is still ongoing, but the Fire Service is on top of the situation working assiduously to put off the fire. However, the total damages and casualties are yet to be ascertained, as the fire is still burning.

As the yuletide draws closer, the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has renewed its stride in sensitizing its customers on the need to be more vigilant during the season as activities of vandals is on the rise, a situation that if not checked will result to customers being subjected to darkness during the festive period. Recounting that over 20 vandals were apprehended within its network between the month of October and November, 2021. The warning was made by the Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh while interacting with newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday, following the arrest of two suspected vandals on Friday by the vigilante team of Nri, in Aniocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspects, identified as Ugochukwu Nweri and Eugene Azali were arrested for vandalising the Ugwuokporo D7 distribution substation located at Agukwu Nri.  Having lifted the transformer from the plinth, the duo went ahead to drain the oil, cut some parts of the upriser and...

  .....Vows to deal with corrupt officials  The sector commander of the FRSC in Anambra, Mr. Adeoye Irelepwuyi has hinted on the move to deploy surveillance cameras for effective patrol in the state. He made this known while addressing Newsmen at the command headquarters in Awka Anambra state.  He said when deployed the surveillance cameras will go a long way to protect their personnel and road users as well, as it will transmit real time to the command headquarters in Abuja.  In the same vein, the sector commander stated that the FRSC was  set up as an agency against corruption and stated that the arms of the law will deal decisively with any of it's personnel found culpable. Furthermore he said that in the past 7 months of his assumption of duty as the Sector Commander Anambra State, the Command had grappled with several challenges which hindered their operations.  However, during this period, he said that the Command collaborated with other agencies to c...

The State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo State chapter ably led by *Hon. Macdonald Kelechi Ebere, PhD, KSJ,* has received with joy and satisfaction the news of the official recognition of  the Kingsley Ozumba ( K.O ) Mbadiwe University by National Universities Commission (NUC) as Imo State Government owned University. At the official presentation ceremony, which took place at the National Secretariat of NUC in Abuja, our dynamic and result-driven governor, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, was presented with the letter of recognition and operational license of the institution, by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, making it the 42 State-owned university and 143 university in Nigeria. This development underscores the Governor's dispassionate commitment to the recovery of all public and private properties illegally converted to personal uses by public office holders, in line with the policy t...

The Honorable Minister of State Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba yesterday in Kaduna represented H.E Muhammad Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Kaduna Centre for the Study of Christian-Muslim Relations. The Centre is the brain child of The Most Reverend Josiah Idowu-Fearson. It is hoped that the Centre through its activities will help eradicate religious crisis in the nation by teaching the younger generation to see other religions from a world view, to be more tolerant towards one another. Delivering his speech, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba commended Rev Idowu-Fearson for dedicating his life to this noble cause, while calling on citizens of Nigeria to imbibe tolerance towards one another. He stated that ignorance is a major factor that keeps pushing us back." It is through proper education about people, their ways and history that we begin to appreciate the many things that we have in common." The event was graced by ...

By Engr. Chris Amadi  +2348109558218 Senator Hope Uzodinma had gone to school to pick Prof. Placid Njoku as a running mate in the 2019 gubernatorial election, Imo State. As a principal partner in the election, political players and observers had expected Prof. Njoku to lead the party, or galvanise it, or contribute his own quota to its victory. And that he would start by recording a rounding victory in his immediate constituency, Ikeduru LGA. Does "charity" not begin at home? But, to the erudite professor, that was not to be. Infact, the reverse was just to be. On the election day proper, Prof. Njoku was to be roundly defeated by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in his Ikeduru LGA beginning with his own polling booth. His unpopular outing and candidacy, like gangrene, festered and culminated to a convincing defeat of APC in all the breaths and lengths of Owerri Senatorial District.  The rude shock was that on the said election day, the academic professor was nowhere ne...

The attention of the Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Imo State has been drawn to the malicious, procured and orchestrated news item being circulated by media outfits suggesting that the Honourable Attorney General of Imo State is subverting Justice in a case of child trafficking for which he has been summoned by a Magistrate Court for explanation. We are also aware that this is a fall out of a Press Conference granted by one Igboayaka O. Igboayaka of the acclaimed Ohaneze Youth Council, who made the erroneous and unfounded allegations against the Chief Law officer of Imo State. While the Attorney General is not surprised over the continued evil orchestration against his person by opposition elements with parochial intent to serve, he is however surprised that responsible media establishments could go to town with such false and malicious news without first seeking clarification from the office of the Attorney General. It is important to note that the office of ...