Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, allegedly arrested the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The Head of Information, NLC, Benson Upah, who spoke with newsmen, noted that Ajaero was picked up at the state Continue Reading
Over 241, 715 Permanent Voter Cards, PVC, have yet to be collected by the voters in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa States two weeks to the October 9, 2023 deadline issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the collection of the cards ahead of the November 11 off-cycle governorship polls in the three States. While […]Continue Reading
An orderly to a former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Chiji Collins, has been found dead. The victim identified simply as Charles was found dead in a bush in the Oguta Local Government Area of the state a few days ago. Charles, an inspector of police, was kidnapped a few weeks ago […]Continue Reading
Gunmen on Friday morning killed five policemen at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. Also killed were a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Chinaka Nwagu who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community. The incident has thrown the junction and the entire community into a state of panic as […]Continue Reading
Gunmen on Monday morning launched an attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Part of the building was damaged after it was torched by a firebomb. The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mike Abbatam, who confirmed the incident said three gunmen were killed while two firebombs […]Continue Reading
Medics at the boxing event of the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival NSF, tagged ‘Delta 2022’ battled to save dead boxer Chucks Igbouargo. Igbouargo of Team Imo took on Prince Gaby Amagor of Team Delta in the 86kg bout at the boxing events at Asaba on Sunday. He was said to be walking out of […]Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated the 36km dual carriageway of Owerri-Orlu road in Imo State. Buhari was earlier welcomed at the airport by the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, and other dignitaries dressed in white outfits and red caps. The president, in his visit to Owerri, is expected to inaugurate other projects by Uzodimma. […]Continue Reading
There was panic at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday as gunmen invaded the market and shot a motorcyclist dead. This happened while the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, was in at the Government House Owerri to inaugurate the 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers procured by the state government […]Continue Reading
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has appointed Mr Raymond Ucheoma as the new Head of Service of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Chief Cosmas Iwu and made available to newsmen in Owerri. According to the statement, the appointment is with immediate effect. The News […]Continue Reading
Gunmen, on Thursday, attacked a bullion van at Ogbor-Nguru in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Reports say the bullion van took off from Owerri, the state capital, and was billed to offload cash at one of the new generational banks in Mbaise when it was attacked. An eye witness, Kennedy Onwunali, […]Continue Reading
An illegal refinery has exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Report says many people were feared dead and six vehicles were also razed during the incident which had thrown the community into panic. The state Commissioner for Petroleum Resources, Goodluck Opiah, newsmen at the scene that the state […]Continue Reading
Tragedy struck at Claratian University of Nigeria, Nekede, in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday, as a seminarian, Suel Ambrose, slumped and died while acting in a drama on campus. Reporters who visited the campus on Saturday morning were told by students that the deceased who hailed from Benue State was dramatising the role of the […]Continue Reading
The combined operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and the Department of State Services, DSS, Imo State Command, have rescued a middle-aged Burundian woman and her three children suspected to be victims of trafficking, from a village in Imo State where they were being exploited by their trafficker. […]Continue Reading
The Imo state Police Command on Sunday confirmed that the former governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, is in their custody. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. He said he wanted to make clarification based on the report that Nwosu was kidnapped by unknown gunmen. […]Continue Reading
He said the new polling units were carved out of the existing voting points and voting point settlements which were created in 2011 to address overcrowding arising from the emergence of settlements. Prof Ezeonu explained that the creation of new polling units was part of measures to address declining voter turnout during elections and maintain […]Continue Reading
Two undergraduate students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri have been found dead in their hostel while a third occupant is in critical condition at a health facility in Owerri, Imo State. A statement from the Police Public relations Officer, Imo State Police Command Mr. Orlando Ikeokwu says following a report, men of the […]Continue Reading