Tag: Imo State
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BREAKING: Imo traditional ruler, entire cabinet chiefs kidnapped
His Royal Highness, Eze Charles Iroegbu, the traditional ruler of Umueze community of Nguru Mbaise in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State has been kidnapped. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Eze Iroegbu, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of All States Mass Transit, was kidnapped along with his cabinet chiefs. The incident, coincidentally,…
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IPOB denies attack on Police headquarters in Imo
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from Monday’s attacks on Police and Correctional Service headquarters in Imo. Its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Monday that the group was formed on the principle of peace and would not compromise its principles. It would…
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Imo attack: Fish out perpetrators now – IGP orders reinforcement squads, CP
…set up special investigation team (SIT) The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), M. A. Adamu has ordered the immediate deployment of additional units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) and other Police Tactical Squads to Imo State. This is to strengthen security in the State and prevent further attacks on security formations or any other critical national…
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Imo prison break: Situation is under control – Nigerian Correctional Service
The Imo command of the Nigerian Correctional Service have confirmed an attack on its facility in Owerri. Public Relations Officer of the service in Imo, Mr James Madugba, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owerri on Monday. Madugba who said that the event occurred at about 2.00 a.m Monday also said that many inmates escaped…
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What we know about massive early morning attacks on Owerri prison, Police headquarters, others
Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday came under massive attacks by unknown gunmen who invaded specific federal and state government owned facilities. According to social media accounts, the attacks started as early as 2am on Monday morning with heavy gun shots heard throughout the metropolis. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that the gunmen in their numbers…
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Imo North Senatorial poll: Court orders INEC to issue Ararume certificate of return within 72 hours
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume a certificate of return within 72 hours in the Dec. 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial By-election, having been declared as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, said…
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Allow NDDC to operate – Uzodimma urges stakeholders
Gov Hope Uzodinma of Imo has appealed to stakeholders to give room for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to work for the development of Nigeria’s oil-rich region. The governor made the appeal during a courtesy visit by the NDDC Interim Administrator, Mr. Effiong Akwa, and his team of Directors at the Imo State Government…
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South East Governors wade into Imo gov’t, Okorocha tug-of-war
The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo government and the state’s former governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. Recall that a squabble ensued between both sides’ supporters on Feb. 21 when Okorocha allegedly broke into the Royal Spring Palm Apartment, Owerri, sealed by the Imo government on Feb. 19. The situation was…
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See videos and pictures of Okorocha and Uzodinma war in Imo State
The seeming tug-of-war brewing between former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and incumbent, Hope Uzodinma has assumed a new dimension. Uzodinma had sealed Royal Spring Palm belonging to Okorocha, but the former Governor, who is a sitting Senator, stormed the property on Sunday to unseal the premises. Okorocha was accompanied by his son-in-law,…
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BREAKING: Rochas Okorocha arrested, detained at State CID
Sen. Rochas Okorocha has been arrested by Imo state government for allegedly personally leading the destruction and vandalism of security vehicles and breaking into the property of Imo State government. The former Governor, it was said, this afternoon, led armed thugs to break into the property of the state government, destroying security vehicles and other…