FORUM of Nigeria Professionals in Politics, FNPP, has commended Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma for using his position as the All Progressives Congress, APC, coordinator in the Southeast to promote and strengthen understanding and cooperation between the zone and the Southwest regions of the country. National Coordinator of the Forum, Chief Okey Ezenwa in a statement in Abuja, applauded Governor …

Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma, has said the planned nationwide protest is coming at the wrong time. Uzodimma cited the EndSARS movement of 2020, emphasising the fragile political environment and warning about the potential for hijack by criminals. Speaking with State House correspondents on Wednesday after meeting with President Bola Tinubu, the governor …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated his Imo State counterpart and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Hope Uzodimma, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying his re-election is well deserved. In a congratulatory message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday in London, the governor said that Uzodinma’s success …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on his emergence as the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). He also hailed Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, who was unanimously voted as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum. In a statement from the State House on Thursday, the President said: “I congratulate the Governor of Kwara …

Imo State labour leaders have again expressed the satisfaction of state workers and retirees over the rehabilitation of the state civil service by Governor Hope Uzodimma. At a meeting with the Governor, the labour leaders endorsed Uzodimma’s second term bid as they showered encomium on him for his “excellent performance and governance of the state”. The union leaders recounted how …

The forthcoming 2023 governorship election in Imo State is creating suspense and anxiety in the political firmament of the state as gladiators jostle for the tickets of the various political parties. Already, two candidates – incumbent Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Senator Samuel Anyanwu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – have emerged. Uzodimma is …

The All Progressives Party (APC) has given the go-ahead for its governorship primaries in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi States to Imo State Governor Hope Uzudimma; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timpriye Silva; Senator Smart Adeyemi; Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward David Onoja; and 20 other contenders. The conduct of off-season governorship elections in the three states has been …

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has relieved his Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba of his appointment over an on-going face-off between the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the state government. A statement by the governor’s media aide, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, in Owerri on Saturday, partly read: “Governor Uzodimma has approved the immediate …