•The suspects The Department of State Services (DSS), today in Imo State, arraigned three persons accused of the Independence day kidnapping of 20 prospective Youth Corps members in the state. Also arraigned were two other persons accused of kidnapping four persons in the state, four days after the Independence Day abduction, reports Daily Tru...
•The NYSC members (now freed) and their abductors on October 1, 2026 Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Military and Police have arrested five suspected members of a criminal gang allegedly responsible for the abduction of 20 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Imo State on Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day. The sus...
•Kidnapped NYSC members The 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and one other abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State have regained their freedom. The victims are currently receiving medical attention at the Department of State Services (DSS) Hospital in Owerri, reports Channels TV. The Director-General of th...
•Policemen The Imo State Police Command yesterday said security agencies have launched a swift operation that led to the rescue of 10 victims abducted by gunmen along the Owerri-Onitsha Road. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye. “The rescued victims are in safe hands and are being attended [&he...
•Jubilant Ideato indigenes Jubilation swept through parts of Ideato Federal Constituency on Friday as news filtered into the area that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had rejected the proposed relocation of the constituency’s collation centre from Urualla to Dikenafai. Eyewitnesses described the development as a major reli...
The Action Peoples Party (APP), Imo State Chapter, has raised the alarm over the reported relocation of electoral collation centres in parts of the state, demanding immediate clarification from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security authorities. The party, in a statement today signed by its Imo State Chairman, Hon. E...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma inspecting facilities at the Imo Specialist Hospital Imo State will commence robotic-assisted surgery today in what Governor Hope Uzodimma described as a major milestone in the state’s healthcare development. The procedure will be performed at the Imo Robotics and Oncology Centre (IROC), located within the reconstructed...
•Ugochinyere A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the Imo State government, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and other security agencies from interfering with the civic and political activities of Ikenga Ugochinyere, a House of Representatives member, representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency in the House...
Police in Imo State have arrested two individuals in connection with the death of a 21-year-old nursing student, even as unease and sorrow deepen in the Umulogho community, Obowo Local Government Area, over the incident. Wendy Achumba, a post-basic midwifery student at Our Lady of Mercy Nursing School, Obowo, was reportedly discovered lifeless...
The Imo State Police Command today officially disbanded the Tiger Base, Lion Squad and other tactical units, replacing them with a newly established Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU). The move was aimed at tackling violent crimes and improving public confidence in policing across the state, reports The Nation. The launch ceremony, held at the...
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