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Nigerian Senator representing Imo East Senatorial District, and a member of the Labour Party (LP), Ezenwo Onyewuchi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senate President, Godswill Akpabio read his defection letter during plenary on Tuesday, July 23. Imo state governor and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodinma, was in the […]
Continue ReadingOrganised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, last week, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. Based on one of the decisions taken at […]
Continue ReadingOguta High Court building located in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria, was on Sunday night, February 12, bombed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. According to reports, the gunmen arrived the court premises at about 11.30pm and attacked it. The Magistrate?s court registry, appeal court record office, file room, secretary to the high court […]
Continue ReadingA section of the Magistrate Court in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, has been set ablaze by suspected hoodlums on Sunday. This is coming about 24 hours after the Orlu High Court was burnt by fleeing hoodlums. The Magistrate Court which is located at the heart of the state capital is housing the Owerri High Court. […]
Continue ReadingFour Nigerian Police Officers were killed on Friday night, August 5, when gunmen attacked the Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria. The assailants invaded the area shooting sporadically before gaining access into the station. According to a police source, the incident has triggered tension in the entire local government. […]
Continue ReadingNigerian couple who were soldiers at the Nigerian Army have been murdered by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Imo State, Nigeria. A military source told Punch that the woman was first raped before she was shot dead along with her fiancé, and the two of them were later beheaded. The couple were travelling to the state to […]
Continue ReadingThe residence of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Imo State, Nigeria, Mr. Cyprian Akaolisa has been razed down by gunmen. The gunmen also destroyed his father’s house in Obibi, Awo-Idemili, Orsu Local Government Area of the state. Akaolisa who confirmed the attack, wondered what the grievance against him and his father were all about. […]
Continue ReadingAbduction and killing of traditional rulers have taken a centre stage in Imo State of late. These have made many monarchs in the state flee their kingdoms and the state. Within a period of one month, gunmen killed two monarchs and kidnapped five others. For example, gunmen on December 14 kidnapped the traditional ruler of […]
Continue ReadingAn attack carried out by unknown gunmen in Anara, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State on Tuesday night, November 9, has left at least five people dead. An eyewitness identified simply as Damian, told Daily Trust that many people could not sleep in the community as the gunmen shot sporadically for a while. He […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the volatile drama going on in Imo State, Nigeria in terms of safety and security, a young Nigerian man identified simply as Sean, has tied the knot with his (appears much older) white lover. The wedding reportedly took place in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Saturday, October 30. The young groom […]
Continue ReadingNo less than three traditional rulers were killed during an attack by unknown gunmen at Nnenasa community, Headquarters of Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The traditional rulers from the area numbering over 20 were having a stakeholders’ meeting at the local government headquarters in the community when gunmen invaded the venue and opened fire […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) operative identified as Prince Nwachinaemere Ezemuonye Ozuzu has been shot dead in Owerri, the Imo state capital. According to Daily Trust, the officer, from Umuoyo, Irete in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state was murdered on Owerri-Onitsha Road. The incident occurred less than 48 hours after […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, last week in Imo State, acknowledged the resourcefulness and enterprising spirit of Igbo people. He said: “The fundamental thing about the Igbo people is that there is no town you visit in Nigeria without seeing the Igbo being in charge of either infrastructure or the pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, it is unthinkable for […]
Continue ReadingImo State governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma welcomes President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari to Imo State. Also to welcome the president to the state are, the Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, Dr Dave Umahi; President-General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor; The Obi of Onitsha, Dr Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe; and another traditional ruler […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Imo state stayed back at their homes today, September 9, even as President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrived the South Eastern state. This comes after the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) directed all residents of the state to sit at home as a form of protest that the Nigerian leader is not ”welcome ”to the state […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, on his one-day official visit where he would inaugurate some developmental projects executed by the State Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president was received at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo, the Chairman of the […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have attacked the Izombe police station in Imo state and as a result, two police officers have been killed. A statement released by the spokesperson of Imo state police command, CSP Michael Abattam, says the bandits who arrived in their numbers could not gain access to the station due to the swift response of […]
Continue ReadingTragedy struck in Imo State, Nigeria, on Wednesday after rampaging hoodlums beheaded two persons in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also set the country home of the lawmaker representing the area at the state House of Assembly, Ekene Nnodimele, after beheading his gate man. The gunmen also beheaded an All […]
Continue ReadingInvestigation carried out by Vanguard revealed that three persons were killed on Monday night, by suspected assassins including a youth leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Awonmama, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo state, Kenneth Amukaamara. A family source to one of the victims who craved anonymity disclosed this to Vanguard in […]
Continue ReadingChief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Mr. Okiemute Mrere, has been killed by unknown gunmen. It was learnt on Monday that Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri. A senior officer of NIS who confirmed this to The Nation, said that the slain officer’s corpse […]
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