Tag: Imo
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Gunmen attack another Police Station with ‘petrol bombs’ in Imo
A group of armed men on Thursday attacked a police station with petrol bombs in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
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How IPOB/ESN members invaded, killed monarchs holding meeting in Imo community before we arrived – Police
The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two traditional rulers in Njaba council area of the state by suspected members of the Indigenous People
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BREAKING: Gunmen open fire on traditional rulers during meeting in Imo, five feared killed
No fewer than five traditional rulers have been reportedly killed during an attack by gunmen at Nnenasa community Headquarters of Njaba local government area of Imo State.
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FG set to splash $120m on Imo for promotion of livestock farming
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has disclosed that the state will soon receive $120million from the federal government to fund its livestock programme. In an independence day broadcast to the people of the state on Friday, Uzodinma said the state was one out of the seven states approved to benefit from the $850 million set…
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Gunmen raze monarch’s palace in Imo
The palace of Eze Obi Ralph Ekezie, the traditional ruler of Obor Autonomous Community, a neighboring community to Omuma, Gov Hope Uzodinma’s hometown in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo
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Teachers, supervisors, students escape as gunmen halts WASSCE in Imo
Gunmen on Monday stopped students from taking English Language paper in the ongoing WASSCE being written by senior secondary school students at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Sources revealed that the students were preparing to start the examinations when the attackers came and chased them away.…
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BREAKING: Police kill ‘Dragon’, ESN commander terrorising Imo
Operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Sunday said it has killed the Orlu Sector commander of the armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, one Chidera Nnabuhe, popularly known as “Dragon” a native of Umuala in Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government in the state and two others terrorising the residents of…
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Imo govt seals banks for obeying IPOB’s sit-at-home order
Imo State government through its agency, Owerri Capital Development Authority, OCDA, has sealed some banks in Owerri, the state capital. Some of the financial institutions that were sealed by the state government were Access, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank and United Bank for Africa. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, told newsmen…
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Buhari visits Imo Thursday
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, says all is set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state on Thursday, September 9.
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Five killed in fresh attacks on Imo Police Station
Two policemen and three gunmen lost their lives on Friday when a group of armed men attacked a police station Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the incident and casualty figure in a statement on Saturday, one week after another police station in…