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In preparation for the forthcoming All Progressives Congress, APC primaries, the governor of Imo state, Chief Rochas Okorocha, Wednesday sacked his Son in-law, Uche Nwosu who is his chief of staff, with 13 commissioners and Special Advisers.
Read More The governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has appealed to Politicians and Political Parties in the State not to play politics with the issue of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC).
Read More CHAIRMAN of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha rushed to Daura, the country home of President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina State, on Sunday to appeal for the President’s intervention in the outcome of the Saturday’s party congress in Imo State.
Read More The National Coordinator APGA Media Warriors Forum, Evang Chinedu Obigwe has faulted the statement credited to Governor Rochas Okorocha, that Arch Bishop Anthony Obinna cannot install a governor of APGA extraction in 2019, noting that one million Rochas cannot stop APGA from taking over Imo in the forthcoming election.
Read More Some people have argued that their quarrel with the Heroes Square project is the statue of Jacob Zuma, the South African President that is erected there. The question such critics should answer is, “Is Jacob Zuma a hero?”
Read More Against the backdrop of the euphoria and backlash in the media against Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for hosting the South African President, Jacob Zuma, attention shifted from a very important part of the activities to mark the 55th birthday of the seeming controversial politician.
Read More We all know Rochas Okorocha. I like him. He believes he is an orator. He believes he is on a political rescue mission. We know he is expansive, talks, and takes, on big things. We know he thinks Imo State is too small a stage for him. We know he is burdened by a perhaps
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WHEN Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, told TELL magazine that “my vision drives me crazy,” many people did not take his words literally. In November 2016, he tweaked the statement a little, this time saying his love for Imo State keeps him from sleeping. “I find it difficult to sleep now because I want to change the entire face of Imo,” he said.
Read More I MET Anayo Rochas Okorocha for the first time 24 years ago at the Jos national convention of the defunct Social Democratic Party, SDP, which produced Chief Moshood Abiola as presidential candidate. On the morning of our departure at the Hill Station Hotel, a large number of brand-new police vehicles which did not yet have number plates drove in. A Jos-based colleague, Peter Kuptong, told me that they belonged to an Igbo man, who was a big-time contractor for the Police
Read More The Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum and Governor of Imo State, Mr Rochas Okorocha, says on Tuesday it is too early for Nigerians to judge elected officials on their performance.
Read More The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha yesterday accepted over 200 militants from the oil rich communities of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state, who publicly denounced militancy activities, vowing never to go back to the creeks.
Read More CHIEF Godwin Akabogu, a former aide to Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha in this interview laments that the governor’s stewardship is not being acknowledged by some in the state. He also spoke on other issues.
Read More OWERRI—Imo State government has challenged Minister of External Affairs, Professor Viola Onwuliri, to get the federal government to account for missing billions of naira in the oil sector before asking for its own accountability.
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