The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has paid a visit to Imo State. Governor Hope Uzodimma of the State, who played host to the cleric, described the visit as a “prophetic mission for divine intervention”. Uzodimma announced Adeboye’s visit late Friday, as he also appreciated the octogenarian […]
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi have consulted with delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo. The trio consulted with the delegates in separate meetings in Owerri, the Imo capital, on Tuesday, ahead of the APC’s presidential primaries slated for May 29. The News Agency […]
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Fear gripped residents of Agwa, in Oguta local government area of Imo State, following the gruesome murder of a policeman, Ukam Efut, by unknown gunmen. According to reports Efut, an Assistant Superintendent of Police was attacked at a checkpoint at Okpo-efi junction, Agwa Ejemekwuru road, alongside two other colleagues. While Efut was killed at the […]
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Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has expressed optimism that the State will overcome its current travails, stating that his government is not weak. Uzodinma via his media aide, Oguwike Nwachuku, in a release on Sunday, gave the assurance in his Easter message at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Parish, Ozuh Omuma, Oru East […]
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Unknown gunmen on Sunday set ablaze the headquarters of Orsu Local Government Area in Imo State. A resident of the area, who identified herself as Chibuzo Ukah, said the attack, which happened around 2:30am might be the handwork of the unknown gunmen troubling communities within the South East. Ukah said several buildings, including the chairman’s […]
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The Government of Imo state has said some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu, Okorocha’s son-in-law, was a Deputy Chief of Staff and also Action Alliance (AA) Imo governorship candidate in 2019. A statement by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, on […]
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The Government of Imo state on Monday apologised to the public over how Chief Uche Nwosu was arrested during a church service at the St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, the […]
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The Chief Provost of Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, Okiemute Mrere, has been murdered by gunmen. According to reports on Monday, Mrere, was assassinated on Saturday night on Owerri- Port Harcourt Road in Owerri. Sources at the NIS disclosed that the slain officer’s corpse was discovered in a bush on Sunday morning. Mrere, […]
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Theophilus Okere, a former director-general of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), allegedly stabbed his wife to death at Imerinwe community in the Ngor-Okpala local government area of Imo on Monday. Aged 85, Okere was said to have carried out the act unknowingly. NAN quoted a source as saying the former DG had been suffering from […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday confirmed 87 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total number of infections in the country. Significantly, Imo State also recorded its index case of the virus, according to publication by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC late Saturday. Giving a breakdown of the […]
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