The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have signed a Memorandum of understanding for the completion of three major road projects in Imo state. At the signing ceremony held at Government House, Owerri, Uzodinma commended the NDDC for its various interventions in the development of the Niger Delta…
Panic in Imo State as Police Inspector Found Dead
Panic and confusion became the order of the day in Shell camp, Owerri the Imo State Capital Tuesday, after a lifeless body of a serving police inspector was found. The body was found lying close to the Shell Camp Primary School. The deceased, identified as Haruna Kaura, was reportedly posted to Imo State Police Command and…
Angry Mob Set Police Station Ablaze as Police Kill Youth in Imo
Angry youths in Umuoke community in Obowo local government area of Imo State have set a police station on fire after a police officer was said to have killed one of them. The police station at Umuoke was set ablaze when a youth identified as Ikenna Ogbunigwe was confirmed dead at Mercy Hospital within the…
Ihedioha Wins Imo Governorship Election
A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, has been declared the winner of Imo State governorship election. Ihedioha, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was declared governor-elect by the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Francis Ogbonnaya Otunta, Monday night.Ihedioha scored 273,404 votes to defeat Uche Nwosu of the Action…
Imo APC Moves to Expel Okorocha
The 9-man disciplinary committee of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC has recommended the expulsion of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, for his anti-party engagements. In a letter signed by the committee chairman Matthew Omeghara and secretary Kevin Ugwu, the committee revealed that the Imo State governor could not appear before…
Okorocha Sacks Son-In-Law, SSG, 11 others
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has, in a dramatic way terminated the appointments of 13 members of his cabinet including his Son-In-Law, Uche Nwosu, his Chief of Staff, whom he has been positioning to succeed him in office. Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement issued in Owerri, the state…
Ikedi Ohakim In EFCC Net
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State over allegations of illegal appropriation of wealth. Although the anti graft agency was yet to begin questioning of Ohakim as at the time of filing this report, sources say he was apprehended in connection with a number of properties…
Baptist Church Building Collapses During Convention
Members of the Nigerian Baptist Church may have learnt how to praise and worship God in a new way. About four hours after it declared its 102nd annual national convention opened in Obinze, Port Harcourt Road, in Imo State, on Saturday, April 18, one of the church’s buildings still under construction suddenly collapsed. No casualty…
INEC Declares Imo Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the governorship election in Imo state inconclusive. The Returning Officer in Imo State, Professor Ibidapo Obe, declared the election inconclusive, due to the number of cancelled votes which stood at 144,715 in relation to the margin of win which is 79,529 by the candidate of the All Progressives…
Tension Mounts in Owerri
INEC officials and journalists were on Sunday held hostage at the commission’s office in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Tension mounted as news filtered in that a group of protesters believed to be supporters of the APC were advancing towards INEC office from the Asumta Cathedral end of Owerri – Port Harcourt Road. Security officials…
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