Reported sporadic shootings by security agents in the Orji area of Owerri, the Imo State Capital has allegedly claimed two lives. Those allegedly killed by stray bullets were two women who were reportedly hit when soldiers and police operatives who were said to have gone to Orji to confront hoodlums who attacked the Police Divisional Office in the area, started shooting indiscriminately. A source told this newspaper that the security agents arrived the scene of the attack after the hoodlums had left and immediately Started shooting sporadically, leading to the…
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Ibejiako Lauds Southern Governors Over First Meeting Ever, Since 1914 …Urges Imolites to be patient with Uzodinma …Says: Security Is Everybody’s Business
Ex-House of Representatives member who represented Owerri Federal Constituency, Hon Ernest Ibejiako has commended Southern Nigeria Governors for coming together for the first time since 1914 amalgamation of Nigeria. The former lawmaker who, also, represented Owerri State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly who made the commendation in an exclusive interview with Nigeria Newspoint, also called on Imo people to be patient with the Gov Hope Uzodinma adminstration, even as he emphasised that security is everybody’s business. Expressing happiness over the historic meeting of the governors’ which, held…
Read MoreEmeabiam: Ondo First Lady Denies Imposing Eze on Imo Community …Demands apology from Iheakam in 7days
The Ondo First Lady,Her Excellency,Mrs.Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has washed her hands off the allegation that she imposed an Eze on Emeabiam Autonomous Community, Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State. Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu who was responding to allegations levelled against her in a newspaper publication with the caption:” Emeabiam Ezeship Stool: We Do Not Have An Eze Elect, Betty Akeredolu Cannot Hold Ezeship Election For The Community” , credited to one Chief Ndubuisi Iheakam, stated in unequivocal terms that she never conducted any Ezeship election for the community. In the response signed…
Read MoreTo Gag The Press: Imo People Flay Government Clampdown on Newspaper Vendors, Distributors “It’s undemocratic, primitive in this century” …Vendors’ Molestation, Dehumanising …Imo NUJ condemns act
Citizens of Imo State have been reacting angrily to what they have generally described as crude and lawless attempt to gag the press in the state by the agents of the Federal Government. According to a cross section of citizens who spoke to our roving correspondents at various newspapers stands in Owerri, the arrest of Newspaper Vendors and Distributors by operatives of Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team,IRT is not only provocative but also highly condemnable and reprehensible. Even as some noted that it is equally uncivilised and undemocratic,especially…
Read MoreWe’ve banished politics, admission fraud in IMSU -Acting VC …Decries low computer literacy in institution
The acting Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, Prof Peter Akah has disclosed that he has within his short time in office eradicated politics in the process leading to the emergence of principal officers, deans of faculties and departmental heads in the institution, as well as plugged all loopholes that encourage irregularities in the admission of students into the school. Prof Akah who opened up on his efforts at sanitizing the citadel of learning since assumption of office further stressed that he is also focused on regaining lost …
Read MoreSlain Imo Bizman: Four Month Pregnant Wife Cries For Justice …Family petitions Army Commander, Obinze …Says: It’s pure assassination by Soldiers
The Chigbu Family of Umuocham, Ntu, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State has alleged that their son, late Noel Ezeribe Chigbu was deliberately assassinated by soldiers on the night of Friday, April 30, 2021. The Spokesman for the visibly distraught and traumatized family, Mr Tobechi Chigbu made the allegation in a petition the family sent to the Bridge Commander, 32 Field Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo State, calling on the military authorities to fish out and prosecute the killers of their brother. Recall that late…
Read MoreUncommon Patriotism: Imo Governor Praises Mbata For Constructing 2km Road In Owerri …As donor promises employment of 2,000 youths
The Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has poured encomiums on an illustrious son of the state, Prince Alex Mbata for his magnanimity in constructing a 2km road in Owerri, the state capital. Senator Uzodinma gave the commendation yesterday (Thursday) at the commissioning of the said road. The governor who was represented by his Deputy, Prof Placid Njoku appealed to other well-meaning Imolites to toe the noble path of Prince Mbata by supporting the efforts of the state government. The Deputy Governor stated that Imo is the fastest growing state…
Read MoreOkigwe Senate: INEC Refuses To Issue Ibezim CoR, AS Araraume Insists It’s Due Him …Nwosu: Supreme court never ordered INEC to give Ibezim certificate
A lawyer has dismissed news making the rounds that Mr Frank Ibezim has been declared winner of the hotly disputed Okigwe Senate Seat. This is coming as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has reportedly refused to issue Certificate of Return, CoR, as winner of the December 5, 2020, bye election on the grounds that the Supreme Court never gave such consequential order in its judgment. Also, it was gathered that Senator Ifeanyi Araraume another claimant of the seat on the platform of APC on Monday wrote INEC insisting he…
Read MoreN7.9 bn Misappropriation: Choice Property Choice Property All Over …To prosecute him Quickly …Gave Imo govt N2.7bn,N514m to pay Salaries …Rochas: It’s all witch- hunt
The ex-Governor of Imo State, Owelle Anayo Rochas Ethelbert Okorocha, was a guest of the EFCC, Tuesday, after being arrested in Abuja over alleged misappropriation of the funds of the state to the tune of N7.9 billion. Th ant-igraft agency is said to have been in a running battle with the former governor and in recent months following his claims and counterclaims that he did no wrong and that he was being witch-hunted by the EFCC and his successor, Sen.Hope Uzodinma. It was gathered that the commission started investigating the…
Read MoreISCAF: Group Expresses Worry Over Rising Insecurity In South East
A group operating under the aegis of Ibo Senior Citizens Affair Foundation (ISCAF) says it is concerned over what it described as “ever-rising level of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria as a nation”. A release from ISCAF signed by its President, Rt. Rev. Maglorious Enyioha lamented the loss of lives and property resulting from the activities of faceless gunmen, herdsmen and other armed groups shedding innocent blood at will. The group recalled that few years ago, herdsmen reportedly invaded Uzouwani Community in Enugu State by night, “killing and maiming scores of Ndigbo.…
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