Tag: Imo State
Buhari orders probe into Imo monarch’s murder
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies in Imo State to thoroughly investigate the heinous killing of the traditional ruler of Obudi-Agwa community in...
Aggrieved youths attack soldiers in Imo
The 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Obinze, Owerri, says some angry youths, on Monday, attacked its officers on patrol at Izombe...
Father breaks 2-month-old son’s hand for crying
A 31-year-old man, Confidence Amatobi, has allegedly assaulted his 2-month-old boy, Miracle, with a plastic hanger and broke the baby's arm for disturbing his...
Uzodimma approves free medical services for 47,000 Imo workers
Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved free medical services for all workers in Imo State.
He said this is part of government's efforts to ensure that...
Imo Assembly Speaker resigns, third in three years
The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibe, has resigned his position.
The Assembly, on Monday, however, elected Emeka Nduka (APC-Ehime Mbano),...
Imo govt to train 300,000 youths on digital economy
The Imo State Government has announced plans to train 300,000 jobs for youths in the state on digital economy.
According to a statement issued on...
Policeman kills bandits who invaded his house in Imo
A police Inspector (name withheld), on Thursday, killed two armed bandits who invaded his house in Orogwe, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo...
Debt settlement: AMCON returns shoe company to Imo govt
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has handed over the original title documents of Standard Shoe Company Limited, a footwear manufacturing factory co-founded...
Gunmen kidnap NDDC official in Imo
Gunmen have abducted a top official of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Engr. Kingsley Okorafor, in Umuadara Umulogho Autonomous Community, Obowo Local Government...
Imo govt grants bandits amnesty or face bombardment
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has granted a 10-day amnesty to bandits operating in various forests in the state to leave immediately and surrender...