Some parts of the Owerri-Okigwe road commissioned on Tuesday in Imo State by President Muhammadu Buhari are still in terrible condition. According to the information on the flyer of the road commissioning programme by Ohazurumee Campaign Organisation (OCO), Buhari officially commissioned Owerri-Amaraku-Okigwe road. The flyer was also shared on Facebook by the All Progressives Congress...
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unknown gunmen strike again, invade market, kill motorcyclist
There was panic at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday as gunmen invaded the market and shot a motorcyclist dead. This happened while the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, was in at the Government House Owerri to inaugurate the 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers procured by the state government...
Governor Uzodinma Destroying Projects I Built, Call Him To Order — Okorocha Tells Buhari
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the incumbent, Hope Uzodinma has been destroying the projects his government built. Okorocha, who is also the Senator Representing lmo West senatorial District, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressive Congress, to look into what Uzodinma had been doing in Imo...
Businesses, Schools, Nightlife Shut Down In Imo Local Governments Over Rising Killings
It has not been the best of times for residents and business owners around Okporo, Ihioma, Umutanze, Orsu Ihitteukwa, Mgbidi -Awo, Nnenasa, Okwudor among others in Orlu area of Imo State since the violence and killings in the area rose to an alarming level. People hurriedly rush home before 6:00pm to avoid being caught in...
Slain 11-yr-old Somtochukwu deserves justice — Imo govt
Imo State government, yesterday, alleged that the blood of Somtochukwu, murdered in the course of Rochas Okorocha’s government was now haunting the former governor. According to the government, the blood of the 11-yr-old boy killed when security agents stormed Ekeukwu market, Owerri on the orders of Okorocha is seeking for vengeance. “The state Commissioner for...
Nwosu: Police action inside Church confirms level of insecurity in Imo,say Igbo monarchs, clergymen
ABUJA- ROYAL fathers and religious leaders in the South East have said the invasion of a church in Imo State by the police to arrest Me Uche Nwosu, was a confirmation of the level of insecurity in the state. The monarchs and clergymen under the auspices of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers and...
Uzodimma to ‘publicly’ name sponsors of Imo insecurity, Tuesday
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma will tomorrow publicly name those behind the spate of insecurity in the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri. Emelumba said, “the governor will use the occasion of the 6th edition of the IMO stakeholders forum to name those...
Imo kicks as Okorocha’s son-in-law tackles Uzodinma, faults arrest
A 2019 governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, said his arrest on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican Church Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state was sanctioned by the state sovernor, Hope Uzodinma. But the state government has since refuted Nwosu’s allegations that Uzodinma had a hand in...
Suspect In Police Custody Links Ex-Governor Okorocha, Son-in-law, Nwosu To Militants Troubling Imo State
A suspect identified as Chibuzo Uchenna arrested by the police in Imo State has named former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as sponsors of insecurity in Imo State. In an exclusive video obtained by SaharaReporters, the suspect also named one Kingsley Uju in the recruitment of ex-militants for “shady...
Imo Speaker declares Ngor Okpala seat vacant, orders bye-election
The Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Mr Kennedy Ibeh, has declared the seat for Ngor Okpala State Constituency vacant. Ibeh made the declaration on Thursday, following a motion moved by Mr Johnson Duru (APC, Ideato South) and seconded by Mr Chigozie Nwaneri (APC, Oru East). Duru said that the Ngor Okpala lawmaker, Mr...