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Imo is almost fifty years old. A child of the 1976 state creation exercise, carved out of the old East Central State, it came into the federation with some of the brightest human capital in Nigeria and a reputation for hard work, education and enterprise. Yet if we are honest with ourselves as Ndi Imo, the state today is operating at perhaps half of its real potential. The infrastructure, industry base, education system and public institutions we should have built by now exist only in fragments. The one era that still defines our imagination of what good governance can look like is still the short but intense period of Sam Mbakwe in the early eighties. That is both a tribute to his vision and an indictment of those who came after. Imo began under military administrators from 1976 to 1979, then moved into the golden benchmark of the Second Republic under Sam Mbakwe. Military rule returned from 1984 to 1999, interrupting civilian experiments. Since 1999 the state has been gov...

IT TAKES A TRUE LEADER TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT QUALITY EDUCATION SUSTAINS THE FUTURE.  That he demonstrated in the renovation of several schools in Mbaike within three (3) years as a house of representative member. Education is crucial for any society that aims for sustainable growth, social stability, and economic progress. In Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, this belief has shaped the development priorities of the Honourable Member in the National Assembly, Hon. Engr. Akarachi Amadi. Over the years, focused investments in education infrastructure have addressed the persistent issues of overcrowded classrooms, rundown school buildings, and limited learning facilities in many communities. For Hon. Amadi, improving education infrastructure is not just about building physical spaces; it means restoring dignity to conducive learning environments and giving children a fair chance to succeed.  For a very long time, many public s...

_Targets 10,000 families for the largesse_   _Seeks Support For Both The Federal Government And Imo State Government_ The usual annual Yuletide celebration with most vulnerable, Church groups, indigent women and women groups organized and sponsored by Chief Jerry Chukwueke (Ohamadike) a frontline politician and an astute business man has kicked-off Ohamadike who was with the over 1,500 women of the Niger-Delta under the leadership of Princess Chinwe Njoku earlier and the Rescue Mission women under the leadership of Hon. Mrs Ugochi Nnanna Okoro from the three senatorial zone in the state later on expressed his satisfaction with the matter they were organized to receive him.  Chief Chukwueke in his usual manner told the women that he will continue to give to the women with or without political interest because he was trained by a woman and he learnt a lot from her.  He emphasized on the need for the women of Imo to continue to pray for the gover...

The APC National Chairman, Prof Nentawe sends a delegation to the world press conference_ The All Registered APC North-South Progressives (Arans-P) has held a global press conference in Abuja where they urged Nigerians to be more patient with the current situation and the administration of President Tinubu.  Speaking at the event, the National Chairman of the group, Chief Chibunna Ubawuike a stalwart of the ruling party took time to reel out numerous achievements in various sectors, mostly Health, Agriculture, Security, Housing, Economy, Infrastructure, Education, Human Capital Development and ICT, Foreign Policy and Diplomacy, Civil Service, etc., by President Tinubu, its dividends now and in the nearest future. Chief Ubawuike assured Nigerians that the current administration will fulfill all its plans and give the Nation and its citizens a better and safer country to be proud of.  He pleaded that another term of four years will be enough for the Presi...

On Wednesday, 12th November, 2025, the team of the workaholic and capacity driven Mbaitoli and Ikeduru house of representative member Hon. Engr. Akarachi Amadi, ably led by director of the constituency office, Hon. Sir. Chinedu Ugochukwu took an inspection tour to Umudim for the ongoing  Health Centre Odokwu-Umudim/Inyinshi Ward project and that of Eziama Health Centre in Ikeduru. The inspection tour was accompanied by Hon. Moses Ubochi, Hon. Uche Daniels, Hon. Mrs. Akudo Iheanacho, Hon. Chinedu Ekwebelem, Sir Ben Anochie and Project Manager of Heneybuz Global Services Limited. The two projects were among the numerous completed and ongoing projects of Hon. Engr. Akarachi Amadi across Mbaitoli and Ikeduru Federal Constituency.  Hon. Sir Chinedu Ugochukwu Obidinma once again appreciated the Capacity action Rep member Engr. Akarachi Amadi for the project done so far and assures Mbaike that more are still on the way bearing in mind that the reward of a good work is mor...

2027: I'M NOT IN  COALITION FOR JOINT TICKET -OBI  ikemba News Reports... Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election Mr. Peter Obi, has dispelled any insinuations that the discussions going on for the formation of coalition against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), includes a joint ticket with former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Obi who admitted that he is involved in coalition talks with patriotic Nigerians but said it is because of his desire to rescue Nigeria from the bad governance. "I have not joined any form of discussion on joint tickets including with Atiku,” he said while answering questions from supporters on X as gathered by ikemba News. According to him, “If the coalition is not about stopping the killings in Benue, Zamfara, how to revive our economy, how to make our industries productive, how to put food on the tables of Nigerians… count me out. Nigeria is currently at war. We need to do something about it.”...