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Governors, Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, May 30th, 2020
By Seun OpejobiThe Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has dismissed claims of herdsmen and Almajiris lurking in forests around the state. Uzodinma insisted that there are no herdsmen and almajiris hiding in forests waiting to attack residents of the state. He made the clarification while addressing journalists at the state’s Government House on Friday. The […]
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Headlines, Imo, Sex and Relationship, State News
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Three brothers kill sibling over proceeds from mother’s burial The Imo State police command yesterday said that it has arrested the ex-Director General of the Imo State Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Theophilus Okere, aged 82, who stabbed his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Okere, to death with kitchen knife at Ngor Okpala local government area of the state […]
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Headlines, Imo, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, April 26th, 2020
Johnbosco Ejiogu The Imo State Police Command has arrested a man, Johnbosco Ejiogu, for stabbing his mother and then setting their home ablaze. According to a statement by the police command, the incident occurred at Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state on Friday. State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu said […]
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Governors, Headlines, Imo, State News
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has denied issuing a statement, which claimed the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, made him governor. Kyari, who died from complications of COVID-19 on Friday, was buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday. However, reports emerged online that Uzodinma, in his condolence […]
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Governors, Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, April 17th, 2020
By Chinonso Alozie – The Imo State government yesterday said that the Interim Management Committee, IMC, chairmen under former administration of Emeka Ihedioha, have expressed their readiness to explain their level of involvement in the alleged misappropriation of the N19.63 local government funds in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, spoke […]
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Articles, Columnists, Governors, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2020
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | March 29, 2020 – It is all over the news that the Imo State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the Inspector General of Police to arrest the State Returning Officer, Prof. Francis Otunta, and the Imo Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, for illegally returning Emeka […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, March 7th, 2020
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | March 7, 2020 – Dante Alighieri did say “the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality”. For me, I will always say the truth and nothing but the truth. I remember a Yoruba adage ‘‘omo osan loun ko […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Imo, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
By Ebere Agozie Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss an application filed by former governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha. Ihedioha had filed an appeal seeking judicial review of the apex court’s judgement which had on January 14, 2020, ordered his removal from office. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
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Corruption Politics, Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, February 13th, 2020
Imo State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts has indicted former Governor Rochas Okorocha over the alleged fraudulent award of contracts during his time as governor. It, therefore, ordered the state Auditor General and the Auditor General for Local Governments to submit their audited reports from June 2011 to May 2019 within seven days. The […]
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Articles, Columnists, Governors, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, February 9th, 2020
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State | February 9, 2020 – It was Emerson who said in The Over Soul ‘’the soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know the truth when we see it; let the skeptic and scoffers say what they choose’’. In Imo , it was well known that Emeka […]
