The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for comprehensive review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system to reduce the alarming number of inmates in correctional facilities awaiting trial. A statement by the Media Adviser to the minister, Sola Fasure on Friday in Abuja, said Aregbesola made the while inaugurating the...
Imo State
The Imo Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for the killers of a retired military officer and Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s kinsman, Mr Tony Enoch. Enoch was the Presidential Campaign Council Chairman for Ahmed Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima election in Uzodimma’s Oru East Local Government Area (LGA). He was...
The Imo Government says it has began facilitating the process for the recruitment of 10,000 additional primary school teachers in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Johncliffe Nwadike made the disclosure while interacting with newsmen in Owerri, on Tuesday. Nwadike described the move as part of the...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stay away and not disrupt flight operations at airports over their grievances in Owerri. Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director, FAAN, said this in Lagos on Sunday while speaking with newsmen....
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has been urged to intervene in the ongoing strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to save the hospitality industry from collapse. Chairman of the Imo chapter, Nigeria Hoteliers Association, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, stated this on Friday while addressing newsmen in Owerri. The News...
The Methodist Prelate, His Eminence, Rt. Rev. Oliver Aba has called for unconditional release of its members abducted along Arondizuogu/Okigwe Road in Imo on April 28. The prelate made the call in Enugu on Tuesday at a reception organized in his honour by the Enugu Archdiocese of the church....
The youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has endorsed elder statesman and Chairman of Ohanaeze Elders’ Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as the organization’s next President-General. The Financial Secretary, Ohanaeze Youth Worldwide, Mr Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, said this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of a meeting of the youths and...
The Imo State Police Command has begun manhunt for the killers of five police officers and a couple at Okpala, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state on Friday morning. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the command’s Tactical and Operational...
Polling booths opened early on Saturday morning for the supplementary elections in Imo amid large turn out and tension. The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Akarachi Amadi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osmond Ukanacho and the Labour Party (LP), Mr Uche Ogbuagu, are the three major...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to stakeholders involved in Saturday’s supplementary elections in Imo to allow the process run without unnecessary interference and violence. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sylvia Agu, made the appeal during a stakeholders’ meeting with various political parties...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted an appeal panel to consider appeals arising from the conduct of ward congresses in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo. Its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature stated in Abuja on Monday that the party’s National Working Committee approved the appointment of Sen. Idris...
Unidentified Gunmen have killed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo and two persons working on a telecommunications mast. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday said that the incident occured at...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won 25 out of 27 state Assembly seats at last Saturday’s election conducted in Imo. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) disclosed this in a statement signed by the Imo Head of Voter Education, Mrs Emmanuella Opara and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Obidient Movement and several other Youth bodies under the aegis of The Labour Party Youth Vanguard has reiterated its stand with its National Chairman in the dissolution of the Labour Party State Executive in Imo State. The group made their position known in...
Imo chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has decried what it describes as the “wanton” arrest of the Party’s Chieftains ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly elections. This is contained in a statement signed by the Party’s Publicity Secretary in Imo, Mr Collins Opurozor and made...
Dr MacDonald Ebere, the Imo Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lauded Gov. Hope Uzodimma infrastructure strides in the state, saying he has constructed more than 28 urban roads in Owerri. Ebere said this at a news conference to showcase the achievements of Uzodimma’s administration in the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its ongoing strike in Imo for two weeks. NLC President, Mr Joseph Ajaero, announced the suspension of the industrial action in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. The state chapter of NLC had, on March 9, embarked on the strike over...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Saturday approved the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba. The removal was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Owerri by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba. According to NAN reports, no...
The Imo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s presidency will facilitate wealth and job creation through agricultural value chain. The state PDP Chairman, Mr Charles Ugwuh, gave the assurance on Saturday at a townhall meeting with stakeholders during the party’s presidential...
Gunmen have killed Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Ugboma was killed on Thursday by gunmen, who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident according to the Punch, brought the court sitting to an abrupt...