Imo chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it describes as the “wanton” arrest of the Party’s Chieftains ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly elections. This is contained in a statement signed by the Party’s Publicity Secretary in Imo, Mr Collins Opurozor and made...
Imo State
Dr MacDonald Ebere, the Imo Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lauded Gov. Hope Uzodimma infrastructure strides in the state, saying he has constructed more than 28 urban roads in Owerri. Ebere said this at a news conference to showcase the achievements of Uzodimma’s administration in the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its ongoing strike in Imo for two weeks. NLC President, Mr Joseph Ajaero, announced the suspension of the industrial action in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The state chapter of NLC had, on March 9, embarked on the strike over...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Saturday approved the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba. The removal was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Owerri by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba. According to NAN reports, no...
The Imo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidency will facilitate wealth and job creation through agricultural value chain. The state PDP Chairman, Mr Charles Ugwuh, gave the assurance on Saturday at a townhall meeting with stakeholders during the party’s presidential...
Gunmen have killed Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Ugboma was killed on Thursday by gunmen, who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident according to the Punch, brought the court sitting to an abrupt...
Imo State Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to enable workers to collect their Permanent Voter Cards at ward levels before the expiration of the deadline on Jan. 29. Owners of uncollected cards will thereafter go to INEC offices at local government secretariats to collect same....
Chris Ohizu, the kidnapped Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, has been beheaded. Ohizu was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday, where his killers insisted that there would be...
The 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Obinze, Owerri, says it remains committed to the security of lives of Imo electorate during and after the General Elections. The Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Sani Sulaiman, said this on Saturday during the 2022 edition of the West African Social Activities...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has donated 27 new Hilux vehicles to security agencies to beef up security during the ongoing distribution and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Uzodimma handed over the vehicles to operatives of the state “Operation Search and Flush”, on Wednesday in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo, says it will suspend its campaign over attack on the home of Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Ideato North/South. This is contained in a statement by Mr Ray Emeana, the party’s State Secretary in Abuja on Tuesday....
The Imo Government has said it has no hand in the gruesome attack on the Akokwa country home of the Spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Collins Opurozor,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo have disagreed over Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s scorecard within three years in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Uzodimma assumed office on Jan. 14, 2020, following a judgment of the Supreme Court...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Imo State Command, says it arrested 21 suspected human traffickers and five illegal migrants in 2022. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye, disclosed this while presenting his scorecard for year 2022 at an expanded management meeting held at...
A leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo between former Gov. Emeka Ihedioha and the state’s chapter of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) is tearing the party apart in the state. While the state’s Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Greg Egu is blaming...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A group, New Forum for Development has offered N200,000 reward for anyone with information that will lead to the rescue of Lt. Phebe Johnson, a female soldier abducted in December 2022. It would be recalled that Lt. Phebe Johnson was kidnapped while visiting her...
The Nigerian Army says efforts are still on-going to rescue the newly-commissioned female officer, Lt. PP Johnson, abducted in Imo allegedly by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Friday in Abuja that the female officer was abducted on Dec....
The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
Timber traders in Imo have lamented severe losses resulting from a fire accident at the popular Timber market, along Wethedral road, Owerri, the state capital. Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Owerri, on Monday, said that the inferno which started...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concerns over the large number of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Imo. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, Prof. Sylvia Agu expressed the worry at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Owerri. Agu said the commission had received and...