By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East. President Buhari vowed to undertake all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. He stated this in a statement issued...
Imo State
A Police Inspector name (withheld) on Thursday killed two armed bandits who invaded his house in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo. A press statement released by the spokesperson of Imo Police Command, CSP Micheal Abattam, confirmed the incident. Abattam said that the suspected bandits jumped a...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has assured members of the organised labour in Imo that the Federal Government was not insensitive to the plight of students in the country. Uzodimma gave the assurance while addressing protesting organised labour, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in Owerri. NLC embarked...
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo has urged Muslim community in Imo and in the country at large, to emulate the virtues and noble teachings of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) at all times. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku on Saturday , Uzodinma harped on...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has been conferred with the chieftaincy title of Dike Ogu 1 (War Lord) of Imo. The Chairman, Traditional Rulers Council of Imo, His Royal Highness, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, conferred the title on the Army Chief, when the latter paid him a...
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has advised Nigerians to shun religious politics and avoid fanning the embers of ethnicity ahead of the 2023 general elections. The governor gave the advice when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House,...
The house belonging to a 22-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Ifeanyi Osuji has been burnt down by an irate mob in Imo state. The incident happened in Umuduruewuewuru, Umuezeala Nsu in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state on Monday morning after youths alleged that he reportedly defiled and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo says it has suspended its primaries for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives indefinitely, over unreconciled delegates list. A statement by the Legal Advisor of the party in the state, Mr Kessinger Ikeokwu on Sunday, attributed the non-conduct of the...
The remains of maverick politician and astute businessman, late Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe was on Saturday, laid to rest at his country home of Oguta, in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. Born Nov. 2, 1938, late Nzeribe, known as a de-tribalised Nigerian Senator, died on May 5, 2022...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Nigerian Army troops of 34 Brigade, in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) have dislodged gunmen from their training camp at Okporo in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo. The Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in statement issued...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was on Friday welcome to Imo State by a large crowd of supporters of All Progressives Congress. The Vice President is in Imo to continue his consultations with APC delegates in the State ahead of the party’s Convention holding on May 29, 2022. Watch video...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested and paraded a popular Nollywood actor, Hycent Azunna Zealot as a member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). Hycent Azunna Zealot, better known as King Zealot, is a producer, actor and singer. He has featured in a number of Nigerian movies. The Imo...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Arthur Nzeribe, is dead. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. The former lawmaker who represented Imo West district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly died on Sunday, family sources have said According to...
A former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has exposed those who killed a military couple in Imo State. Asari alleged that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra are responsible for the killing of the military couple identified Gloria Matthew and Audu Linus. Recall that they were killed...
The Supreme Court on Friday, in a landmark judgment, resolved the ownership dispute of 17 oil wells between Rivers and Imo states in favour of Rivers. In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed the counter claim ownership put forward by Imo State Government. The...
More details have emerged showing why some unknown gunmen killed a Nigeria Army couple in Imo State. The couple were on their way to their wedding when the unknown gunmen killed them on Saturday. The man has been identified as A.M Linus, a sergeant first class in the army....
Gunmen in Imo State have reportedly shot dead and then beheaded a couple who were operatives of the Nigerian Army. Military sources told SaharaReporters that A.M Linus, a sergeant first class in the army and his lance corporal wife were on their way to Imo State when the incident...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the media report of alleged resumption of voter registration in some Local Government Areas in Imo state as misleading. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in a statement...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110. Acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office of the agency, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria...
Rep. Kingsley Uju-Chima (APC – Imo) has renewed calls for the integration of artisanal refineries into the country’s refining regulations of the oil and gas industry. Uju-Chima representing Ohaji/Egbema, Oguta, Oru Federal Constituency said the proposed artisanal refinery was a possible permanent solution to the menace associated with illegal...