An operative of the Eastern Security Network, the militant arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) has been arrested by the police, who narrated how he and other members broke into the Imo State Police Command and the Imo State Correctional facility in Owerri, the state capital. Sources claimed that the suspect, who gave his
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Indications are that the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has dashed back to the Federal Capital, Abuja, in “search of peace” after spending a day in the State.Governor Uzodinma who last week arrived the State for the first time after his ancestral home in Umuoma, Oru East LGA was stormed by unknown Gunmen,
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An Owerri based businessman Noel Zeribe Chigbu was on Saturday allegedly killed by soldiers who fired at him. The latest incident sources said happened when Ngor Okpala community are yet to wake up from the shock of the extra judicial killing of one of their kinsman, Mr Tochi Ekwe by the military personnel. Noel Nzeribe’s
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Twenty suspected internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo Yahoo boys have been arrested in Owerri, capital of Imo by EFCC operatives from Port Harcourt.They were arrested on Friday, February 12, 2021 at New Owerri, Eminike Estate, Norble Abode, Owerri, Imo State. The suspects are: Onyebuchi Victor; Isreal Victor; Emeka Clinton; Stanley Uche; Onyemachi Stanley; Ikechukwu
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Over 60 members of the pro-Biafran movement, IPOB, have been freed after spending about five months in prison custody in Owerri, Imo State. Their lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES, Friday, said they were freed on February 1, after the Chief Judge of Imo State, Ijeoma Agugua, granted them bail. Mr Ejiofor
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An unidentified driver killed a yet to be identified man along Ihiala Owerri road at about 5pm on Wednesday, January 20. According to eyewitness, the yet-to-be-identified man was found lying in the pool of his blood by the roadside after he was run over by an unidentified driver. A rescue team from FRSC Ihiala Command
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Thousands of Imo State traders turned out in droves in a Solidarity March at the Imo State Government House Owerri today Thursday 10th of December 2020 to thank the Imo State Governor Distinguished Sen. Hope Uzodinma for bringing peace and change to the Markets in Imo State. They were welcomed at the Imo State Government
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Eight month old baby and seven other abducted children between the ages of three and six have been rescued by the police in Onitsha. The eighth months old, was reportedly snatched from her mother in Owerri, Imo State Capital, while other victims which includes male and female children were abducted from Bayelsa, Aba and some parts of Imo
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The Army Leadership has described Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as a pillar of support to the institution. The Chief of Army State, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai made the description on Monday when the Army leadership paid a courtesy call on Governor Uzodimma ahead of the opening ceremony of Regimental Sergeant Major Convention
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The Imo State Police Command have arrested about 15 people who allegedly attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday. The Governor was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government when the incident happened. Armed with machetes and guns, the attackers claimed
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Members of the Imo Hope for Good Governance, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), have again reaffirmed their support for the government of His Excellency, Dist. Senator Hope Uzodimma in Imo State. The group did on Monday in a solidarity visit where more than 3,000 of the members displayed placards with inscriptions as “Imo is in the Hands
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IMO, Owerri Information reaching THE DAILY VENDOR from Imo State has it that an eight storey building still under construction has collapsed and trapped many in the state’s capital Owerri. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondent gathered that the collapsed building is located along the Yar’Adua drive in Owerri, and close to Hot FM radio station. An
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