…Video of his beheading surfaced online on Sunday The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded. The Daily Vendor learnt that the council boss was butchered on Sunday after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom. Video of his killing surfaced online on
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…the fire affected the high court and magistrates’ court leading to the destruction of some sensitive documents Unknown gunmen struck again in Imo State on Saturday destroying another government facility in the state. The assailants reportedly set ablaze the building housing the high court and magistrates’ court in Orlu, Imo State, leading to the destruction
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“Yes, our candidate was kidnapped early this morning” – APGA Chairman Terrorists have abducted four persons consisting a man, woman and two children, in Kolo village, in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Sources claimed that following the victims’ abduction, the suspects demanded N10m ransom and rejected the old naira notes. Another source
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…Timetable and Schedule of Activities has also been uploaded to the Commission’s website The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has released timetable and schedule of activities for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state governorship elections. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. INEC
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‘He advised journalists to report any case of threat, cautioning against reporting any unverified information that poses security threat’ The Imo State government weekend revealed that it has put in place strategies to protect all practising media workers in the 27 local councils of the state. The state Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs,
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There is palpable panic in Imo State following the disappearance of three young men who went for a wedding ceremony. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the men identified as Alaefula Chimuru, Madu Promise, and Victor Chibuike left a wedding ceremony at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state on Sunday but have not returned
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There was panic in Imo state on Friday evening as criminals killed an auto mechanic identified as Valentine Enwerem. He was killed at a place called U- turn after Nkwo Orji market junction on Owerri-Okigwe Road. After shooting him dead, the gunmen kidnapped the three persons he was carrying in a vehicle. The development caused
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Tragedy that throw the people of Orlu in Imo State into mourning occurred on Thursday night as stray bullet killed a female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Imo State, Mrs Glory Nkwocha. Nkwocha died out of a stray bullet as a result of gun duel between combined security operatives and
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Eight suspected hoodlums on Thursday night were gunned down by security operatives.It was gathered that both the security operatives and the hoodlums engaged in a gun battle that brought fear to the residents. The incident occurred early hours of Thursday and ended at about 9:30pm with the final battle at Nkwito junction in Orlu Local
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Five days after allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Imo state University, Divine Nwaneri, in front of the state Government House, soldiers have allegedly shot and killed a businessman, Noel Chigbu. The victim’s elder brother and spokesman for the family, Tobechi Chigbu, told newsmen on Monday that the military men at the Amakohia flyover in Owerri
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The Nnewi chapter of Imo General Assembly (IGA) has decried the spate of attacks on government facilities in Imo State. The Nnewi president of IGA, Chief Chinedu Igwe who was speaking with journalists on Wednesday said that there are so many contradictions about the attacks on Imo State as non of the groups like IPOB
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Tragedy struck on Thursday evening along Owerri – Onitsha in Eziama Obiato Community in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State when one of the bullets fired by some jubilating soldiers at the army checkpoint at Ukwu Orji allegedly hit a woman in the community. The 46- year-old mother of four and native of
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Gunmen on Saturday evening razed the Isiala Mbano Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State. The hoodlums also freed suspects and carted away arms from the divisional headquarters located in the Umuelemai area of the state. An eyewitness told journalists that the gunmen arrived at the headquarters in large number, sacked policemen on duty, freed suspects
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Police operatives in Imo State have arrested three suspected kidnappers of the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Bishop Moses Chikwe. The spokesman of the state police command, Orlando Ikeokwu, who paraded the suspects in Owerri on Wednesday, said operatives of the command’s Anti Kidnapping Unit and the Quick Intervention Team arrested the suspects at different
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There was tension on Wednesday in Assa community, in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State after a soldier allegedly shot and killed a 45-year-old petty trader, identified only as Chinedu. The incident, which happened at Afor Assa Market, led to pandemonium, as villagers ran helter-skelter for fear of being hit by stray bullets.
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