Gunmen, on Monday, reportedly shot and killed the Traditional Ruler of Ezuhu na Amadi Autonomous Community in Abor Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo, Eze Nnamdi Mmirioma. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred at about 3.00p.m. when the gunmen allegedly invaded Mmirioma’s palace and...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted over 64, 863.5 kilogram consignments of the gaseous substance at the Apapa seaport in Lagos and in Imo state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the seizure is coming barely 24 hours after the Chairman/Chief...
Gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order on Friday night, attacked Amaraku market located at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. Although, no life was lost in the attack, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Imo gubernatorial election slated for Nov. 11 Sen. Samuel Anyanwu says his vying for governorship to reposition the state. Anyanwu said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja by his...
Sincere Concern Organisation, a non-profit organisation, has issued a one-month ultimatum to former Gov. Rochas Okorocha to refund N130 billion allegedly embezzled Imo money.o The group further asked the lawmaker, who represented Imo West Senatorial District in the ninth National Assembly, to return landed property allegedly stolen while in...
No fewer than 341 members of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) converged on Owerri, the Imo capital on Friday, for the 2023 National Bennial Convention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for the conference is “Post 2023 Election: Promoting professionalism for enhancement of democracy...
The Imo Police Command says it is trailing the killers of a Police Inspector, identified simply as Charles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Charles, who was kidnapped a few weeks ago, was found dead recently in a bush in Oguta Local Government Area of the state....
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has urged government at all levels to consider establishing a Ministry of Public Relations. A former Chairman of the NIPR in Imo, Mr Onyema Ubaka, made the appeal at the institute’s questioning public lecture series in Owerri, on Wednesday. He spoke on...
A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, who was kidnapped by gunmen last Friday in Imo has regained freedom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Opara, popularly known as Owu Ujo, was released by his abductors late Sunday night. He was kidnapped along Ejemekwuru- Ogbaku road between...
Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On March 27, gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has nominated Imo for the “Most Friendly State” Award. The Chief Press Secretary to Gov Hope Uzodinma, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. Oguwike said the nomination was contained in a letter...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo, Mr Nduka Anyanwu, has called for the zoning of the party’s national chairmanship position to Imo. Anyanwu, the Party’s House of Assembly candidate for Ahiazu state constituency of Imo in the 2023 General Elections, made the call in...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for comprehensive review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system to reduce the alarming number of inmates in correctional facilities awaiting trial. A statement by the Media Adviser to the minister, Sola Fasure on Friday in Abuja, said Aregbesola made the while inaugurating the...
The Imo Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of a retired military officer and Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s kinsman, Mr Tony Enoch. Enoch was the Presidential Campaign Council Chairman for Ahmed Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima election in Uzodimma’s Oru East Local Government Area (LGA). He was...
The Imo Government says it has began facilitating the process for the recruitment of 10,000 additional primary school teachers in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike made the disclosure while interacting with newsmen in Owerri, on Tuesday. Nwadike described the move as part of the...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stay away and not disrupt flight operations at airports over their grievances in Owerri. Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director, FAAN, said this in Lagos on Sunday while speaking with newsmen....
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has been urged to intervene in the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to save the hospitality industry from collapse. Chairman of the Imo chapter, Nigeria Hoteliers Association, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, stated this on Friday while addressing newsmen in Owerri. The News...
The Methodist Prelate, His Eminence, Rt. Rev. Oliver Aba has called for unconditional release of its members abducted along Arondizuogu/Okigwe Road in Imo on April 28. The prelate made the call in Enugu on Tuesday at a reception organized in his honour by the Enugu Archdiocese of the church....
The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has endorsed elder statesman and Chairman of Ohanaeze Elders’ Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as the organization’s next President-General. The Financial Secretary, Ohanaeze Youth Worldwide, Mr Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, said this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting of the youths and...