Posted by admin
Abia, Borno, Elections 2011, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
A major upset appeared to be in the making as results of the National Assembly election, conducted yesterday, trickled in from the states. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is in early lead going from results from Ogun, Lagos, Edo and Osun. In the results released so far, former President Olusegun Obasanjo who doubles as […]
Posted by admin
Akwa Ibom, Delta, Edo, Elections 2011, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Imo, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Readers election reports as sent in by Vanguard readers across the country. Note: Please include your names and location when sending your messages. Election in Itu ward 5 in Akwa Ibom state was free and fair There was no election nor materials in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa Materials were hijacked by PDP to Olugbobiri town […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, State News
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – Marc. 30, 2011 – The Nigerian governorship election is to be held in April . Imo State is abuzz these days with political activities and discussions over who wins the Imo governorship election. The state is divided into several political camps, each rallying supporters for their preferred candidate. The […]
Posted by admin
Imo, State News
Friday, March 4th, 2011
GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has approved N1 billion micro-credit scheme for all youths in the state. The development came as the 27- member Imo State House of Assembly, presided over by Goodluck Opiah, unanimously passed a motion expunging from their records the names and offences of five of their members suspended in 2008 […]
Posted by admin
Imo, State News
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
ALL the high courts in Imo State remained shut for the second day yesterday, as the judges preferred to remain in their respective homes for fear of their personal safety following the abduction of one of their colleagues, Justice Theophilus Nzeukwu, whose driver and police orderly were also killed by gunmen . Vanguard correspondent who […]
Posted by admin
Imo, State News
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim recently spoke to a group of Journalists. Daily Sun was represented. There is hardly any governor who does not have critics or opponents. Yours appear to be more pronounced. Why is this so? I am not sure about my opponents being more pronounced than what obtains in other states. […]
Posted by admin
Imo, State News
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has challenged his political opponents to market themselves to the citizenry through an open debate with him. Ohakim threw the challenge at the Grasshoppers International Handball Stadium Complex, Owerri, when he unveiled his Deputy Governorship candidate for the April gubernatorial poll, Professor (Mrs.) Viola Adaku Onwuliri. “We must debate […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, State News
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – Feb. 2, 2011 – There is no doubt that the Governor Ikedi Ohakim administration has rebranded Imo State in Nigeria as it has also radically changed the derogatory profile of Owerri as a jungle city for good .That Owerri the capital of Imo State is a beautiful city is […]
Posted by admin
Columnists, Emeka Oraetoka, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
By Emeka Oraetoka, Imo State, Nigeria – Jan. 27, 2011 – As an elder statesman in Nigeria, I make bold to say that my experience in politics both at the Centre and Imo State in particular puts me in a gilt-edged position to know the inner ring of Nigeria’s political system. It will not be […]
Posted by admin
Ebonyi, Imo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
AGAIN, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has returned to the politics of picking a new chairman after Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo bowed out on Tuesday. In the search for Nwodo’s successor, two camps have emerged: one pushing for the South-East zone to retain the party’s plum job and the other, which wants the Acting Chairman, Alhaji […]
