Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade operating under operation UDO KA in collaboration with other security agencies have successfully conducted an intelligence-led operation that disrupted a kidnapping syndicate in Imo State. Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Ayeni, confirmed this in a statement...
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The member representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, Hon. Chike Okafor has been presented with the HallowMace Foundation award for the Most Outstanding Member of the House of Representatives from the South-East zone for the year 2026. Okafor, who is the Chairman of the House Committee...
Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Imo State Government for the establishment and immediate take-off of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Okigwe. The MoU was signed in Owerri by the Honourable Minister of State for...
Imo State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a twenty one year old student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Chinedu Chibuzor Christogonus, whose death occurred under suspicious circumstances on the 30th May, 2026. This is contained in a statement...
In politics, some victories are wins. Others are reaffirmations. Senator Ifeanyi Araraume’s decisive victory in the APC senatorial primary for Imo North, winning across all 54 wards, falls in the second category. At a time when political loyalties shift quickly, the outcome sent a message beyond party mechanics: some...
Nigerian Army troops have recovered the remains of two personnel who were killed in 2022 while travelling for their traditional wedding in Imo State, in a development that has stirred deep emotion across the country. It would be recalled that the couple–Master Warrant Officer (rtd) Linus Musa Audu and...
The families of late Charles Korie Simeon (CKS) Ibe of Umuokoro Umuariam Obowo and late Pa Peter Ohanele of Aguneze Ahiara Mbaise, both in Imo State, Nigeria have formally announced the passage unto glory of their wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister, Chief Mrs. Matilda Adaocha Ibe....
Troops of Operation UDO KA have continued to sustain aggressive joint clearance operations in parts of Imo State and environs in the ongoing Operation EASTERN SANITY, aimed at dismantling criminal enclaves and restoring normalcy to affected communities. The operations, conducted in the Orsu–Eketutu Mother Valley and Orsu–Ihiteukwa general areas...
Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation EASTERN SANITY have intensified clearance operations against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), destroying several insurgent camps and recovering weapons and explosive-making materials in Anambra State. The development was disclosed in a...
Today, February 22, 2026, Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman of Zinox Group, turns 70. The boy from Ubomiri, Owerri zone, Imo state, has crested the divine age. A septuagenarian. A senior citizen. A statesman. An African savant. Today, heaven acknowledges his ascension to the platinum plateau. A place where only...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed former Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, as Chairman of the National Convention Central Coordination Committee, replacing Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, ahead of the party’s March 27 and 28, 2026 National Convention. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday...
A covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS), helped thwart a deadly plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s government and assassinate key political figures, PREMIUM TIMES has authoritatively reported. Multiple senior administration insiders said the plot began to unravel in late September...
Four crew members narrowly escaped death on Tuesday evening after a light aircraft operated by Skypower Express crash-landed at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State. The aircraft, a Cessna 172 with registration number 5N-ASR, ran into trouble at about 6:58 p.m. while approaching Runway 17, prompting...
In what security operatives have described as one of Imo State’s most chilling criminal discoveries in recent years, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a hotel and an adjoining mortuary allegedly used as a base for kidnapping, ransom collection and organ harvesting in Ngor Okpala. The operation, announced...
Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has given a strong vote of confidence in Nigeria’s investment climate, describing the country as a rising destination for global investors. Johnson made the remark while speaking at the Imo Economic Summit, where he commended the state’s progress and Nigeria’s vast economic promise....
Abia State Government has debunked viral claims that Governor Alex Otti’s motorcade came under attack, clarifying that the incident involved only a small advance team heading to the airport. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ukoha Ukoha, set the record straight in a statement released in Umuahia on Tuesday....
Ahead of the national launch of the Federal Government’s Ward Development Programme, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as the Renewed Hope Ambassador. The presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the statement, Governor Uzodinma,...
Imo State Police Command has uncovered a decomposing body following a successful raid on suspected kidnappers’ hideouts in the Okuku-Agwa forest, Owerri West Local Government Area. Police spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, confirmed the operation in a statement released in Owerri on Friday, noting that the breakthrough was achieved on...
By JACOB EDI While scouring the streets of Facebook days ago, I stumbled on a post by Hon Ifunanya Nwanegwo, who happens to be the Chairman, Mbaitoli LGA, Imo state. In the post, she was appreciating the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) , Mr Oluwatosin...
In a shocking incident that unfolded in Awo-Omamma, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State, a widow, Mrs. Chika Ndubuisi, narrowly escaped being forced to drink water used to bathe her late husband’s corpse — a cruel ritual meant to “prove” her innocence in his death. According to...