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Imo lawmakers protest non-payment of 2 months salaries
Imo State lawmakers rose from a plenary, yesterday, and marched straight to the Office of the Accountant-General, AG, to protest the non-payment of their two months salaries and allowances. The legislators were also irked that workers in some ministries and parastatals had reportedly not been paid their February and March 2015 salaries. The lawmakers reacted angrily to the motion raised…
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Imo PDP Protesters Attack Residents, Want Okorocha To Vacate Govt House For Ihedioha
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, protesting the outcome of the governorship election in Imo State, went on the rampage in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday. The PDP supporters, who carried placards, demanding that Governor Rochas Okorocha should vacate Government House for their candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, stopped and harassed motorists on Okigwe Road. The crowd of protesters, who were…
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Okorocha re-elected governor in Imo
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been re-elected as governor of the state going by the results declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). With results from 26 of the state’s 27 local governments collated, Mr. Okorocha has clearly defeated his main challenger, the Peoples Democratic Party’s Emeka Ihedioha. Mr. Okorocha has so far scored 371206…
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Igbos in Lagos are ingrates to APC- Gov Rochas Okorocha
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has thrown his support behind the controversial Oba of Lagos, who threatened Igbos residing in Lagos of death in the Lagos lagoon if they fail to vote the APC Lagos governorship candidate, Akinwumi Ambode, whom he claimed he hand-picked for the position. According to reports by Hope-for-Nigeria, Okorocha speaking to the press in Imo…
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Igbos are myopic- Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has described the Igbo people of South Eastern Nigeria as myopic. The governor made this statement in live broadcast televised on Channels Television while addressing Igbos ahead of the April 11 gubernatorial polls across the country. The Governors, who spoke at a town hall meeting in Owerri, accused his kinsmen for lack of foresight…
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Nigeria Decides: Jonathan wins in Okorocha’s Imo State
President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party has defeated the candidate of the All progressives Congress, Gen Muhammadu Buhari in Imo State. He scored 559,185, as against Buhari’s 133,253. The elections, which held last Saturday across the country, had Imo as one of the trouble spots. Hundreds of APC members yesterday staged a demonstration in Owerri, Imo State capital,…
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I’ll make Naira equal in value to dollar – Buhari
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said he would ensure that the Naira was equal to the dollar in value, if voted into office. Buhari stated this during the South East presidential rally of the party at Dan Anyima Stadium, Owerri, Imo State. He said: “It is sad that the value of the naira has…
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7 PDP govs secretly working, mobilising for APC —Okorocha
CHAIRMAN of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha, in Lagos, on Monday, said no fewer than seven governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are secretly working and mobilising support for APC in the forthcoming elections. Okorocha made the disclosure while addressing party’s supporters at a rally held in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos…
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No postponement of elections, Council of States decide
An eight-hour deliberation of the National Council of States in Abuja has decided that the general elections must proceed as scheduled. The crucial meeting called to discuss issues about the the nation’s security challenges and the forthcoming elections. The members however, also agreed that elections could be postponed in troubled zones — areas ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. Nigerians,…
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