Many passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stranded and unable to continue their journeys due to a protest organised by labour unions on Thursday morning, according to the Punch reports. The protesters, who blocked the entrance of the airport, are members of...
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Aviation unions in Nigeria on Wednesday directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight. The unions said the strike is indefinite until otherwise directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress...
The two major labour unions said nationwide mobilisation of members and allies have begun immediately. The action by the Organised Labour followed the brutalisation of NLC National President, Joe Ajaero, last week in Imo State. There had been widespread outrage by the Organised Labour accusing the Commissioner of...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said that he does not interfere in the affairs of the labour unions in the state. Uzodinma said this while fielding questions from the State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. He said that his administration accorded priority attention...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, stormed Owerri on Wednesday to flag-off the campaign for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s re-election bid. Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu at the occasion. Addressing the rally, Shettima said Nigerians of Southeast extraction could...
Imo Governor, Hope Uzodimma, recently made a skills and engagement promise to Imo youths. While on a campaign tour of the state, the Governor promised to assist no fewer than 4,000 interested indigenes of the state to relocate to Europe and Canada before the end of December this...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma says a new Nigeria where citizens have unfettered freedom to realise their potential, live together and respect each other as brothers and sisters is possible. Uzodimma stated this at a book presentation titled “The making of modern Nigeria – from pre-colonial era till date,’’...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Imo State Governor and Chairman of the All Progressive Governor’s Forum in Nigeria, Hope Uzodinma has described his Sokoto counterpart, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto as one young politician that Nigerians should watch out for. Uzodinma, who spoke in Sokoto before commissioning two of...
The history of every man, his peaks, and downtime are all summed up in how he stands in times of tribulation. How he defies the odds to triumph and leave behind a statement on the unassailable human instinct that drives every nature-made survivor. It is about...
Students of Imo origin in different tertiary institutions in the country on Tuesday organised a “solidarity march” in Owerri to reaffirm their support for Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s second-term bid. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the march was held under the auspices of the National Association...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Vanguard has welcomed recent moves by the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje to reconcile its aggrieved members as a good omen for the party. The group’s Convener, Mr Chibueze Oleka, said this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Saturday. Oleka who reacted...
Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma on Saturday unveiled Mrs Chinyere Ekomaru as his running mate for the November 11 governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling took place at an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Owerri. The governor also presented...
The Labour Party candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Imo, Sen. Athan Achonu, has faulted plans by the state government to conduct council polls few months before the election. Achonu made his stance known while addressing newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) says it is working with the Federal Government to address the current hardship being faced by Nigerians, following the removal of fuel subsidy and the increase in petroleum pump price. Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and Chairman of the forum, said this while addressing...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has announced a new minimum wage of N40, 000 for workers in the state to ease the pains caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. The governor also announced N5 billion revolving loan for farmers, as well as free transportation and medical care. Uzodimma...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has redeemed his pledge of N30m to six Super Falcons players who participated at the 2022 Africa Women Championship (AWCON) in Morocco who are from the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, in Owerri. The News Agency of...
The Imo Government has debunked reports that unknown gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home directive on Wednesday morning, attacked the state Secretariat on Port-Harcourt road, Owerri. In a statement signed by Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwike Nwachukwu, it noted that there was no such incident involving unknown gunmen....
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo flagged off the hydro graphic survey and dredging of Oguta/Orashi River in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo on Thursday. The dredging of the river will link Imo to Degema in Rivers and to the Atlantic Ocean. Speaking at the ceremony on the bank of the Oguta/Orashi...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Friday secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for his second term bid. Uzodinma, who was the sole contender in the primary election that took place in Owerri, polled 63,618 valid votes. The Chairman of the seven-member 2023 Governorship Primary Election Committee,...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has expressed gratitude to Imo people for massively supporting candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday House of Assembly elections conducted in the state. In a statement personally signed by him, Uzodinma, noted that the massive support for his party will spur him...