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...
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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....
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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to stakeholders involved in Saturday’s supplementary elections in Imo to allow the process run without unnecessary interference and violence. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sylvia Agu, made the appeal during a stakeholders’ meeting with various political parties...
Imo Youths for a New Nigeria has urged INEC to correct the mistakes of the 2023 General Elections with upcoming Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. The Convener of the sociopolitical pressure group, Mr Chidiebube Okeoma, said this while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Saturday. Okeoma, while analysing the...
The Youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has refuted allegations making the rounds on the social media that it is betraying and sabotaging the parent Organisation. The Financial Secretary of the Wing, Mr Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, while speaking with newsmen in Owerri on Saturday, denied the allegations, describing them as...
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’, Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted contraband goods valued N2.8 billion between January 25 and March 25. The unit also arrested 13 suspected smugglers during the period. Acting Comptroller of the NCS in the zone, Mr Kayode Kolade, a Deputy Comptroller...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 25 out of 27 state Assembly seats at last Saturday’s election conducted in Imo. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed this in a statement signed by the Imo Head of Voter Education, Mrs Emmanuella Opara and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Obidient Movement and several other Youth bodies under the aegis of The Labour Party Youth Vanguard has reiterated its stand with its National Chairman in the dissolution of the Labour Party State Executive in Imo State. The group made their position known in...
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...
Wife of the APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has advised women in the South East to shun religious politics and vote for God-fearing candidates. Tinubu made the call at the South-East women rally for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Owerri on Tuesday. “Let’s leave religion aside; I am a...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo says his administration has restored the principles of true democracy in the state, through the execution of people-oriented projects. In a broadcast to mark his three years in office on Sunday in Owerri, Uzodimma attributed the successes so far achieved within the period to...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has lauded telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria for investing in education through the remodeling of science laboratories in the state. Uzodimma gave the commendation in Owerri, on Thursday, when he officially inaugurated science laboratories in Government Secondary School, Owerri, which were remodeled by the...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Coalition of Imo Young Leaders, a political pressure group, has decried the recent spate of attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo. The Group’s Secretary, Mr Ajachukwu Eze, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Peter Obi, The Labour Party Presidential candidate has commended the leadership style of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, describing him as a good man. Mr. Obi gave the commendation on Tuesday when he met Uzodimma at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport while visiting...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged journalists to avoid rushing to publish news that are not properly verified and processed, under the breaking news syndrome. Mr Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education of INEC, gave the advice at a one-day training for...