The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has appealed to Gov. Hope Uzodimma to intervene in the management crisis rocking Benjamin Uwajumogu State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma, Imo. The COEASU Chairman and Secretary in the college, Mr Wilson Amandi and Rev. Fr. Benedict Amuchie, respectively, made the...
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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has assented to the N807 billion Imo Appropriation Bill for the 2025 fiscal year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the House of Assembly reviewed the amount from an initial N756 billion. Speaking shortly after signing the bill into law on Tuesday...
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) has conferred honourary doctorate degrees on the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, and governors Hope Uzodinma of Imo and Babagana Zulum of Borno. The recipients were decorated on Saturday in Owerri at the institution’s 36th convocation for their outstanding impact on the...
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, has urged governors in the country to prioritise education in their budgets, and to create investment’s policies in universities. Governor Uzodimma gave the advice at the maiden convocation lecture of Federal University of Birnin Kebbi (FUBK), in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. The News...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, have expressed the confidence that the party will sweep the September 21 council elections. They said this in separate speeches at the grand finale of the APC rally held in Owerri on...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said that the Chairmanship and Councillorship candidates of All the Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 Local Government Elections may emerge through consensus. Governor Uzodimma said this on Tuesday while addressing aspirants and stakeholders at the party’s Secretariat in Owerri. He said...
The Supreme Court on Friday, affirmed the re-election of Hope Uzodimma of Imo in the Nov. 11, 2023 governorship election. A five-member panel of the apex court, in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Idris, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said that the Governors of the nine oil producing states are partnering the Niger Development Commission (NDDC) for the sustainable development of the nation. Uzodimma disclosed this while briefing newsmen after a meeting with the governors of the oil producing states and...
The Imo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, declared Hope Uzodimma as the validly elected governor in the Nov. 11, 2023 Imo governorship poll. The three-member tribunal, chaired by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, affirmed the election in a unanimous judgment. The tribunal dismissed the petition...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Seplat Energy ANOH Gas Processing Plant situated at Assa Community in Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president performed the inauguration virtually. The plant, built by the ANOH Gas Processing Plant...
The Imo State Government on Tuesday said its decision not to pay the salary of some hundreds of workers was to instill discipline, responsibility and sanity into the state civil service. The Head of Service (HOS), Mr Raymond Ucheoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said his committee is working to end crude oil theft in the country, within the shortest possible time. Governor Uzodimma, who is also the Chairman, crude oil theft and management committee, stated this when he briefed newsmen in Abuja on Thursday shortly...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has called on the Christian faithful in the state and country in general Nigeria to use the period of the Easter celebration to renew their hope for a better tomorrow. Uzodimma said this in his Easter message, adding that the hope of the...
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Imo State have given Governor Hope Uzodimma a three-month ultimatum within which to conduct local government elections in the state. The CSOs also urged the state’s House of Assembly to pass a resolution compelling the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission to begin the...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, assured Nigerians that things would get better for the common good of the people with more patience, perseverance and consistency in governance. Tinubu gave the assurance at a colourful and well-attended ceremony for the inauguration of Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo for a...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has said the government is working seriously on improving security situation in the state with remarkable successes. Uzodinma said this while briefing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja. He said that for the first time...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has assured the people of the state that 2024 will usher glorious dawn. Uzodimma gave the assurance in his New Year broadcast delivered at his Omuma country home near Owerri on Sunday. He congratulated the people for surviving 2023 “in spite...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma of Imo, bemoaning the death of one of Nigeria’s erudite statesmen, ex-Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife of Anambra, said the country has lost an asset following his death. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, the Imo governor described...
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Imo State seeking to be issued a certificate of return as rightful Governor of Imo State, stating that Governor Hope Uzodinma wasn’t qualified to run in the first place. ...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday, assented to a bill on a new retirement age of 65 or 40 for teachers in the state employ. The retirement age for teachers before now was either 35 years of service or 60 years of age. Speaking after signing the...