In a recent interview with Channels TV that is currently trending on social media, Imo state Governor Rochas Okorocha justified corruption in public offices in Nigeria. He said; “There is no man on earth, in Nigeria, from A to Z, who would say he lives with the money you pay him monthly. The salaries of governers are…
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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has gifted Big Brother Naija winner Miracle and finalist Nina N2 million each, The Nation reports. The governor hosted the two housemates who are both indigenes of the state. Also present at the event were housemates Teddy A and BamBam. Okorocha also gifted Miracle a piece of land in any part of the state he desires. He said: We are gathered here to…
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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has promoted all the workers in his state, Punch reports. The governor revealed this during the 2018 Workers Day celebration on Tuesday at Heroes Square, Owerri. Workers are dear to him, he said, and they are the engine room behind the government’s successes. He said: I have therefore approved an automatic promotion for all workers…
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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has said he will become the president after the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari expires, Vanguard reports. Okorocha said this in the state capital, Owerri, where he hosted political stakeholders. After the end of the 2nd term of the Buhari administration will be turn of the South East, he said, and then it will be his…
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Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, has rejected an offer by his principal, Governor Rochas Okorocha, offer to contest for the Imo East Senatorial election in 2019 insisting on the governorship position. Okorocha endorsed himself for the Imo West Senatorial seat in the 2019 general election and endorsed Madumere for the Imo East Senatorial seat.…
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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, says President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation soon on whether he will seek re-election in 2019. Okorocha stated this when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting between the President and the APC governors held on Thursday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He…
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Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is a Nigerian multi-billionaire businessman, education philanthropist and politician from Imo State, Nigeria who won the 6 May 2011 gubernatorial election in Imo State and was reelected for his second term on April 11, 2015. He is the founder of Rochas Foundation, a charity comprising a number of special schools that are spread all over Nigeria that gives…
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Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has assured members of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) that the ruling party will rule the state and Nigeria for a long time. In a press statement released in Owerri on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, the governor told party members to be proud and boastful of the achievements of the party and expect to be…
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Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Dr. Acho Ihim, has distanced the lawmakers from the recent endorsement of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as the next governor of the state by 2019. THEWILL recalls that a lawmaker in the state, Henry Ezediaro, representing Oguta state Constituency, had last week announced Nwosu’s endorsement…
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Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Monday appointed 28 new commissioners in the state, Punch reports. Among the 28 was his biological sister, Ogechi Ololo (nee Okorocha), who was sworn in as the Commissioner for Happiness and Couple’s Fulfillment. Ololo had, according to Punch, previously served as Okorocha’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Domestic Matters. He also…
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