From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The protocol officer to the Imo State Deputy Governor, Chief Laz Anyanwu was yesterday evening found dead in Owerri four days after he was reportedly kidnapped near Government House, Owerri, the Imo State capital. Anyanwu, a former director of administration and services in Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area was discovered dead along […]
TO prevent an outbreak of diseases, the Imo State government has begun fumigation of 23 communities ravaged by flood last year. The State Chairman of Flood Management Committee and Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Obi- Njoku, is leading in the exercise. Obi- Njoku said the exercise was necessary in view of the rising high cases […]
At the peak of a landmark judgment of the Court of Appeal in Owerri returning the illegally sacked Local Government Councils in Imo state last July, the Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha declared an indefinite public holiday at the Local Government Council levels. Till date, no organized work is going on at the councils and […]
Imo State government has denied the detention of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Deacon Chike Okafor and Accountant General of the State, Mr. George Eche, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr. Chinedu Offor, the government said it never obtained N40 billion loan from […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri A combined team of the Department of Security Services, popularly called the State Security Services (SSS) and the army has arrested a serving police constable, Matthew Ofurum, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, over alleged involvement in the kidnap of Nollywood actress and Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public […]
From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA, Owerri The abduction of Miss Nkiru Sylvanus, Nollywood actress and the special assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public Affairs, last December for which the state government reportedly paid a ransom of N8 million to secure her release, may have been an insider job. Daily Sun reliably gathered that Mr. Jerry Okosun, […]
Never judge a book by its cover’ — Popular saying My affection for, and bond with, Imo State and its people run deep. In providing the background to my fated encounter and love for a state which I consider the pride of the Igbo nation and the country in general, permit me to make a […]
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has presented a budget proposal of N197,743,684,031 to the state House of Assembly for the 2013 fiscal year. The amount represents 34.4% recurrent expenditure or N63,550,209,564 and 67.53% capital expenditure which represents N132,183,474,467. An estimated revenue projection from recurrent sources for the year and capital […]
By Kenneth Uwadi | NNP | Dec. 27, 2012 – It was in May, 2012, that Philip Amadi, a friend of mine, experienced his worst nightmare — being kidnapped. He was driving home from work when he was intercepted near Fancrid Hotel Omoku in Rivers State by armed men in a car. Within seconds, they […]
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, south-east Nigeria has come under heavy attack for the declaration of a two week public holiday in the state. A statement signed by Comrade Maxi Okwu on behalf of a group known as OdinmaIgbo condemned the governor’s action even as it calls on him to rescind the decision. The […]
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