President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the recently reconstructed 36 Kilometres dualised Owerri-Orlu and the first phase of the 53 Kilometres dualised Owerri-Okigwe roads. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari performed the inaugurations on Tuesday, as part of his one-day working visit to the state, the second...
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Timipre Sylva, has said that the country loses 400,000 barrels of crude daily via oil theft. Sylva said this on Monday, when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo at the Government House, Owerri. He described the...
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...
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...
The Nigerian Army is set to celebrate its 159 years of existence at the Nigerian Army Day celebration (NADCEL) 2022 in Owerri, Imo. The Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, disclosed this on Wednesday, in Abuja at a news conference to mark the commencement of the NADCEL 2022. Yahaya,...
Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) have attacked the Obowo Divisional Police headquarters in Imo on Monday. Police spokesman in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, stated in Owerri that the assailants approached the station from an ungoverned forest at the rear....
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rita Pemu has escaped an assassination attempt by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers while traveling to Owerri from Benin City. NATIONAL ACCORD learnt that the incident occured along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala Road about 11am on Sunday. A...
Nigerian singer, Davido has stormed the new mega club being built by celebrity barman, Cubana Chiefpriest in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. The star musician stormed the club with his entourage. Recall that Chiefpriest is putting finishing touches to the club. In the new video, Davido who went...
Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading airline, has announced the deployment of its brand new Embraer 195-E2 and Boeing 737 aircraft on the Anambra route. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
The Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Imo Command, Mr Okey Ezugwu, on Thursday in Owerri warned passport racketeers to desist from the act or face severe consequences for their activities. Ezugwu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Command was out to deal with ‘criminal elements...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has said his administration has embarked on rehabilitation of 99 roads across the state in the last two years. Governor Uzodimma said this while reeling out his achievements at a stakeholders’ meeting, organised by the state government in Owerri on Tuesday. The governor, who...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the Fashion and Design Shared Facility with 200 garment production equipment in Owerri, Imo. The vice president also unveiled the 29th National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic in Imo under the National MSMEs Clinic Scheme. Speaking afterwards, Osinbajo said that the...
John Alex has extended his lead with eight shots ahead in the road to the Nigerian Masters leg 28 final round to win a record third title. The game played at the Arsenal golf course in Owerri on Sunday, saw a total of five players competing for the prize...
A court of appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has upheld the withdrawal of the Bachelors’ degree certificate of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu, by the Abia State University. The presiding judge, Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, on Tuesday, thereby, nullified the judgement of a...
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) of the Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, said it seized contraband worth N318.2 million between Oct. 13 and Nov. 14. The command’s Comptroller, Mr Ali Ibrahim, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri Thursday, said the command also arrested seven persons allegedly involved...