•Truck Gunmen have killed two drivers and burnt their truck at Ogi Junction in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. Officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Imo State chapter, told our correspondent that the incident occurred around 10:30 am on Saturday, reports Daily Trust. Dahiru Musa, NURTW’s chairman in Okig...
Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State, witnessed empty streets today as residents stayed back in their homes in total compliance with the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) in honour of fallen Biafra heroes. The roads were virtually deserted except for occasional movements of tricycles and a few vehicles, reports Van...
•Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma Gunmen have reportedly abducted a 35-year-old woman, Aluchie Jennifer, while she was en route to her hometown, Umuhu Enyiogwugwu, in Aboh Mbaise Local Council of Imo State. The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N2 million for her release, reports The Guardian. Jennifer, who resides in Asaba, ...
•Governor Hope Uzodinma The National Judicial Council (NJC) has distanced itself from the purported appointment by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu as the acting Chief Judge of Imo State. The NJC, in a statement by its Deputy Director (Information), Mrs. Kemi Ogendengbe said it was yet to consider a request by Uzodin...
•Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu The Owerri Archdiocesan Catholic Secretariat has confirmed the reÂlease of Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the kidnapped Parish Priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe. A statement by Rev. Fr. Patrick Mbara, the Archdiocesan Chancellor/SecreÂtary early Thursday morning, disÂclosed that Ubaechu was released on, March 26,...
•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, has warned 66 new Imo monarchs that anyÂone who submit false inforÂmation, including administering oaths to support insecurity and crisis in his community would be dethroned. Uzodimma gave the warning at the Government House, Owerri, at the weekend during the handÂing over...
•Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have burst a terrorist hideout in Ihube, Okigwe Local Government Area and killed six members. The gang was alleged to be the masterminds behind the attack on the Correctional Centre Owerri, the murder of five policemen, the burning of Arondizuogu Poli...
•Explosion A midnight bomb explosion occurred in Umuneke community, Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. It was learnt that the explosion, which occurred at a newly completed family house on Saturday night, reduced the house to rubble though no casualty was recorded, reports The PUNCH. A source, Iyke Njoku, said, “The [&h...
•The victims The four kidnap victims rescued by the Imo State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit on Saturday have shared their experience in the hands of their abductors. The victims, Mrs Carolyn Didia, Mrs Ego Odu, Mrs Apollonia Ezekwe, and Mr Godwin Ezekwe, were in the same vehicle when they were kidnapped on the Obosima-Ohoba road [&hell...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns about the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the governorship elections in Imo and Kogi states, according to the party, despite confirmed reports and evidence that the elections were heavily flawed and blatantly compromised. A statement issued by the national publicity secretary of th...
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