Tag: Imo
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LP inaugurates 481-member campaign council for Imo guber
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has inaugurated a 481-member campaign council to strategise and sparehead its campaign for the November 11 governorship poll. Performing the ceremony in Owerri, its state Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, urged the members
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Just In: Tribunal fires popular PDP Imo HoR member
The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a unanimous decision on Sunday, a three-member panel of the tribunal which conducted its proceedings in Nasarawa State, held…
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PDP postpones campaign launch for Imo guber poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the launch of its campaign for the Nov. 11 Imo governorship election. The PDP said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba.
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Army foil IPOB attack on its base in Imo, kill two fighters
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday foiled an attack on the Forward Operating Base by the Indigenous People of Biafra fighters in Imo State on Wednesday. The Army stated that the attempt to attack its base by IPOB fighters was met with stiff resistance by the personnel on the ground.
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Police arrest Inspector in viral video for slapping motorist
The Imo Police command says it has arrested an Inspector of Police, who assaulted a young man in a viral video. In a statement by the command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye on Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Barde, condemned the unprofessional conduct of the police personnel.
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Police begin manhunt for suspects who burnt lawmaker, traditional ruler’s houses
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr. Mohammed Barde, says a manhunt for the arsonists who burnt down the residences of Mr. Jerry Alagboso and Chief Ezekiel Nwokedi has begun. Alagboso is a former House of Representatives while Nwokedi is an
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We’ll win November 11 guber elections in Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa states – PDP boasts
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has boasted that it will win the November 11 governorship election in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States, going by the level of its acceptability by the people. The acting National Chairman, PDP, Umar Damagum, said this in Abuja at the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election…
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Police begin investigation to identify man electrocuted inside transformer
The Imo Police Command says it has begun investigations to unravel the identity of a middle-aged man who was electrocuted while allegedly stealing cables from a transformer. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, confirmed
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Uzodimma redeems N30m gift to 6 Super Falcons players
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has redeemed his pledge of N30m to six Super Falcons players who participated at the 2022 Africa Women Championship (AWCON) in Morocco who are from the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press
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Sit-at-home: Gunmen attack traders, raze vehicles in Imo
Gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order on Friday night, attacked Amaraku market located at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. Although no life was lost in the attack, it was gathered that the gunmen,