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...
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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...
The Imo Government has commiserated with families of victims of the fire outbreak that killed over 100 people at an illegal oil bunkering site in the state on Friday night. In a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Owerri, the state Commissioner for...
No fewer than 100 persons, mostly youths, have lost their lives in a fire outbreak at an illegal crude oil refining site at Abaezi forest, in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered that at least 150 others were badly injured. Speaking on the ugly development,...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Police Force in Imo State have arrested a suspected bomb manufacturer belonging to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in the state. The police spokesman in the state, CSP Michael Abattam, said the suspect, identified as Simeon Onigbo, was...
Nigerians on Social media have reacted to the alleged price of the Aso-ebi material sold for the traditional wedding of Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic. It can be recalled that the 46-year-old thespian tied the knot traditionally with her boo, Fidelis Anosike, on Tuesday, April 19, in her hometown in...
Nollywood actresses have stormed Imo state for the traditional wedding of actress, Rita Dominic. Nollywood stars present include: Ini Edo, Chioma Akpotha, Uche Jombo, Lilian Afegbai, Nse Ikpe-Etim, and others. The wedding is holding today April 19. Rita will wed her man, publisher Fidelis Anosike. ...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has expressed optimism that the state will overcome its current travails. The governor’s Media Adviser, Oguwike Nwachuku, in a statement said that Uzodimma gave the assurance in his Easter message at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Parish, Ozuh Omuma, Oru East Local Government...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in all 54 additional centres created to facilitate the registration of voters across Imo . Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee,made the disclosure in a statement issued in Abuja...
Gunmen have killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State. The official identified as Nwokorie Anthony was shot dead during the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. Two other staff involved in the registration exercise at...
Police command in Imo on Friday successfully repelled a deadly attack by suspected members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN) who attacked Mbieri Police Division. The police said the incident happened at the early hours of Friday, where a group of gunmen attacked the station with explosive devices....