The National Judicial Council (NJC) has distanced itself from the purported appointment by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu as the acting Chief Judge of Imo State. In a statement by its Deputy Director (Information), Mrs. Kemi Ogendengbe, the NJC said it was yet to consider a request by Uzodinma to appoint Justice Nzeukwu, who is currently No. …

Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing a N250,000, which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations on the new minimum wage by the …

The Imo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, has affirmed Senator Hope Uzodimma as the Imo State Governor. In a unanimous judgement delivered by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay’s three-man panel, the tribunal held that Uzodimma’s re-election as the state governor complied with the provisions of the Electoral Act. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by the Labour …

Imo State Polytechnic chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has applauded the governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma for merging the three campuses of the institution to domicile at Omuma in Oru East Local Government Area. The commendation came following the law enacted by the Imo State House of Assembly merging the Ehime Mbano and Orlu …

A section of Governor Hope Uzodimma’s address that caught my attention during his inauguration for a second term on Monday, 15th January was where he reminded fellow Imo citizens that the state belonged to all and sought their cooperation in getting it back on the tracks. He further asked all to bury the hatchets wherever they existed, forgive and forget …

President Bola Tinubu has said that his administration would give more attention to education and healthcare, as well as provide the enablements for industrialization and investments in consonance with his vision of creating an economically stable and prosperous country. At the second-term inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday, President Tinubu said …

President Bola Tinubu is expected to attend the second swearing-in ceremony of Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, which is set to take place on Monday, 15 January, at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri. It was gathered that President Tinubu who will be accompanied by some officials and members of the National Assembly is expected to commission some projects in …

Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has warned ministries, departments and agencies of government whose personnel are allegedly involved in extorting members of the public and abusing the collection of government revenue, saying the hammer will fall on them without notice. The governor noted that reports from ministries, departments and agencies of government over continued harassment of hapless members of the …

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has won re-election scoring majority votes in all the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. According to the state Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who made the declaration early on Sunday, said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 540,308 votes to defeat his …

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the brutality meted out to the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, during a protest in Imo State on Wednesday was an abuse of his fundamental rights. NHRC Executive Secretary, Mr. Anthony Ojukwu, condemned the brutality against Ajaero, and called for an investigation into the incident with a view …