The Imo State Police Command has disclosed that it has busted a criminal hideout of some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network who attempted the foiled attack on Mbieri Police Station in the Mbaitoli Council area of the state. Police spokesperson, Michael Abattam, who made this known in a statement in … Read more
The Imo State Police Command has arrested two men for the alleged defilement of an 11-year-old girl. According to the Police Spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Henry Okoye in a statement on Sunday, the incident happened in the Umuoduagu community near Owerri. Okoye identified the suspects as 42-year-old Chika Abalake and 25-year-old Jude Uchenna. … Read more
A musician, Roco Nnadiekwe, popularly known by his stage name Ja Rule was on Sunday shot dead during a clash between bandits and security operatives in Orlu in Imo state. The musician who is a graduate of Political Science from Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, was said to have returned to his hometown … Read more
Immediate past Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of Imo state, Fabian Ihekweme, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former commissioner who had abandoned the PDP for APC some years back, returned to the PDP along with hundreds of supporters on Wednesday. The decampees were received at the Kanu Nwankwo Stadium in Owerri by the … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of a property owned by Rochas Okorocha, the former governor of Imo State. The property, located at Plot 1032 & 1033 Cadastral Zone AO3, Takum Close, off Michika Street, Ahmadu Bello Way, Garki Abuja, is suspected to have been purchased with proceeds from illegal … Read more
Governor Hope Uzodimma is set to be announced as winner of Saturday’s governorship election Imo State. This is as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won all the 27 local government results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am on Sunday … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the winner of the Saturday governorship election. Having scroed the highest votes, INEC returned governor Uzodimma as the duly elected candidate. FINAL RESULTS: APC – 540,308 PDP – 71,503 LP –Â 64,081 Details later…
A two-storey building located at Road 5 Extension Avenue in the Umuguma area of Owerri, Imo state capital has collapsed. It was gathered that the building collapsed around 5.00 am on Wednesday morning. Government workers from the Owerri Capital Development Authority have reportedly sealed up the building following the collapse. Some of the workers who … Read more
The Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit, led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma has bursted kidnappers hideout in Imo State. Based on credible intelligence, and in synergy with some local hunters, the police aided a suspected kidnapper’s den in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa on January 29. The operation resulted … Read more
The Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has expressed its determination to reclaim its mandate from the ruling All Progressives Congress come 2023. According to a statement released on Monday and signed by Mazi Emenike Nmeregini, Publicity Secretary of the party in Imo, the opposition party disclosed that the Supreme Court, unanimously, … Read more
Tragedy struck the Umucheke community in Okwe, Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State on Saturday night, as gunmen brutally murdered seven community leaders. Reports stated that the victims were attending a meeting at the residence of the president general of the community, who was also killed in the attack. The Imo State Police Command … Read more
A police officer has been severely beaten by community youths in Imo State over alleged snatch of election materials at a polling unit. DAILY REPORT NG gathered that the policeman, alongside others, is attached to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ikeduru Local Government Area. The security officials were reportedly instructed by … Read more
The Imo State University, (IMSU) Owerri has suspended one of its lecturers, Desmond Izunwanne, for allegedly slapping female students. The said student had arrived at a class session behind schedule and in a non-departmental uniform. Izunwanne’s action was deemed barbaric and unbecoming by the university’s spokesperson, Ralph Njokuobi. As a result, the university approved the … Read more
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arrested former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was whisked away after operatives of the anti-graft agency gained access to his home through the roof. The EFCC had invaded the Abuja residence of current lawmaker … Read more
Governor Hope Uzodimma is enjoying an early lead as results for the Imo governorship election trickle in. Daily Report Nigeria reports that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is head and shoulders above his opponents as of the close of collation on Saturday. Results obtained from 90 polling units in the state showed … Read more
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have been warned against rigging the November 11 governorship poll in Imo State. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB said it would not be silent and allow the Nigerian government to use INEC officials to carry out evil in the State. The warning was contained in a … Read more