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  By  Ben AHANONU  The Commissioner for Sports, Youths and Social Development, Hon. Emeka Okoronkwo has unveiled trophy for the 2022 Imo State Amalgamated Markets and Traders Association (ISAMATA) Markets Football Tournament in a colourful ceremony at the ISAMATA Conference Hall, State Secretariat, Owerri. Speaking during the occasion on Friday, Hon. Okoronkwo, called for support of all Imo people as he moves to take sports to the next level. He expressed unhappiness that Heartland Football Club (FC) got relegated and vowed to do his utmost to revive the club. He said that Governor Uzodimma is in support of the tournament as he is always interested in what makes traders happy. Hon. Okoronkwo, said that the unveiling of the trophy was his first major assignment since assuming office and assured that he will give every necessary assistance for the success of the tournament while calling on Imo people especially sports-loving individuals to feel free and come with relevant s...

By  our correspondent  The leadership of Imo State Amalgamated Markets and Traders Association (ISAMATA) under Hon. Emmanuel Ezeanochie has in accordance with the Shared Prosperity policy of the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma administration brought joy to petty traders at Malaysia Market, Obowo, following the construction of modern open stalls with access road and good drainage system to check the menace of flooding. Before  In a release, the President of ISAMATA, Hon. Ezeanochie said that the completion of the project and other projects in markets across the State is in sync with the 3-R policy of Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of the Shared Prosperity Government led by Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma.              Now According to Ezeanochie, traders especially the petty traders were finding it difficult to transact their business before the intervention of ISAMATA, because of perennial flooding due to the fact th...

  By our correspondent  The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo State chapter, Hon. MacDonald Kelechi Ebere PhD, has declared that the party is the real deal in Imo come 2023 general election, given the state of preparedness, commitment and unity of purpose amongst members, leaders and stakeholders of the party. Hon. Ebere stated this during a press conference at the State Secretariat of the party along Okigwe Road on Monday. He said: "As we get set for the main electioneering campaign activities, we are optimistic that our party, the All Progressives Congress is the party to beat in Imo, given the state of our preparedness, commitment and unity of purpose amongst leaders and stakeholders." According to him, the APC, is the only political party in the state without a single threat of internal crisis, squabbles, division or conflict of interest, but focused and  committed to meeting the genuine aspirations of Imo people. While recounting the achievements of th...

Imo State Commissioner for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mazi Uche Ohia, PhD (left); and Special Adviser to Imo State Governor on Culture, Hon Paddy Obinna at Onikan Stadium, Lagos, during the Opening Ceremony of National Festival of Arts and Culture, NAFEST 2022, on Wednesday November 9, 2022  

  By Nigerian Academic Excellence  The Director General of Imo State Consumer Protection Council, CPC,  Hon. (Mrs) Obioma Okafor, Tuesday, destroyed fake and expired products seized by her Council at Avu Junction dump site, along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. Speaking on the occasion, Hon. Okafor stated that the agency will never relent in its efforts to ensure that Imolites are not shortchanged by shylock and mischievous traders that sell fake and expired products to unsuspecting consumers. Mrs Okafor, who was accompanied by staff of the CPC, thanked the Governor, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, for giving her the opportunity to serve the people assuring that she will do her utmost to carry out the statutory obligations of the CPC effectively. She said that the destruction of fake and expired products, which is the fourth since she assumed office will continue because it is the aim of the CPC, which she described as a spiritual agency, to save Imo lives.    ...

               Atiku Ababakar  By Ben AHANONU  While some Nigerians have described as Freudian slip Atiku Ababakar's recent odious remarks about Yorubas and Igbos,  I, however consider such as acerbic rantings of a politically handicapped and drowning man that catches at a straw.  Atiku Abubakar said during the recent Arewa town hall policy dialogue in Kaduna, that:  “What the average Northerner needs is somebody who is from the North … he doesn’t need a Yoruba Candidate or an Igbo candidate”. I am not surprised by Atiku Abubakar's desperate pronouncement because as a drowning man with defeat staring in his face and which he must embrace soon,  Atiku, has resorted to whipping up ethnic sentiments - he cannot and will never rule Nigeria. He claims to be a bridge builder and unifier but his actions and pronouncements portray him as antithesis of a pan-Nigerian politician. A unifier cannot go to southeast and promise to ...

                              CP Barde By our correspondent The Nigeria Police, Imo State Command has the Nigeria Police, Imo State Command Owerri, Imo State, has given the  Daily Sun, twenty - four hours to retract what it viewed as offensive and false news publication in the edition of 20/6/2022, or prepare for legal action against the publisher.  In a release signed by the Imo Police Public Relations officer, CSP Michael Abbatam, the  Nigeria Police Imo Command, said it is preposterous and most unfortunate that, a notable national newspaper will publish a sensitive story without ascertaining the true facts.  "The command is miffed and view this publication as malicious, false, misleading and a calculated attempt to undermine the already improved security situation being enjoyed in the state and also to dampen the confidence the Command has achieved with the good people of the state since th...