Imo State House of Assembly has denied passing any bill on establishment of an Islamic university in the state. There had been speculations in the state that the assembly signed a bill for the establishment of an Islamic university. A statement signed at the weekend by the chief press secretary of the speaker, Marcel Ekwezuo,…

The gale of defection hit the Imo State House of Assembly on Thursday as eighteen members have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Speaker of the house, Acho Ihim, led the defecting lawmakers to a new party - Action Alliance (AA). The Speaker made the announcement of…

Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim has set up a three -man committee to investigate the source of notice of bill on grazing in the order paper of the house recently. In a statement signed by Ihim’s Chief Press Secretary, Marcel Ekwezuo, and made available to The Guardian yesterday, the Speaker named…

Religious leaders have demanded that the bill on cattle ranching currently before the Imo House of Assembly be thrown away. The clerics, consisting of bishops of various denominations, spoke under the auspices of Concerned Church Leaders Forum yesterday in Owerri. Briefing journalists after their meeting in the capital, the National Vice President of Pentecostal Fellowship…

Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere’s travail got messier yesterday as 19 members of the state House of Assembly, including the Speaker, Acho Ihim, directed the Chief Judge, Paschal Nnadi to investigate allegations of misconduct against him. The Guardian learnt that Madumere would also be probed for alleged dereliction of duty and conviction for theft…

The Imo State House of Assembly yesterday suspended indefinitely four of its members for alleged “unparliamentary” conducts. Those sanctioned are Dr. Uche Oguwuike (Ikeduru Constituency); Nkenna Nzeruo (Oru East); Collins Chiji (Isiala Mbano) and Ifeanyi Nnataronye (Mbaitoli Constituency).

Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday presented a budget proposal of N190,921,464,290 for the 2018 fiscal year to the Imo State House of Assembly. The presentation...

One of the victims who lost their items and personal belongings, when armed robbers struck at the Imo House of Assembly Complex this week, Chief Mike Iheanetu...

A motion to withdraw the recognition of 110, out of 664 communities in Imo State, has pitted the community leaders against the 27-member House of Assembly.

Debates on a bill seeking to establish agricultural estates and settlements in the three geo-political zones of Imo State have started at the state House of Assembly.