Category: Imo State
At least two persons have died after an eight-storey building collapsed in Imo State. Located along the Yar’ Adua Drive in Owerri, the state capital, the building was said to have been under construction at the time of the incident…
Imo State has recorded its first case of coronavirus – more than eight weeks after the index case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria. This is according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which confirmed 87 new infections…
The strongman of Rivers State politics and the incumbent governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike has paid a solidarity visit to the governor of Imo State, a neighbouring state to the north. The embattled governor of River State who…
Imo State governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that his efforts at rebuilding the state were targeted at making Imo to be one of the top most developed states in the country in five years time. Ihedioha also said that within…
Nigerian Senator Ben Uwajumogu has died. Mr Uwajumogu died on Wednesday morning in Abuja after falling ill for several weeks, according to his colleague Elisha Abbo. He was 51. “I can confirm that my colleague and brother Ben Uwajumogu has…
Former governor of Imo State and member representing Imo West in the Senate, Senator Rochas Okorocha has advised his successor, Chief Emeka Ihedioha to leave him alone and face governance. Okorocha’s advice followed Ihedioha’s comments during the 2019 Ahiajioku Lecture…
Tragedy struck at a branch of a new generation bank at the Ahiara junction in the Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State on Wednesday as a police sergeant, Paul Joseph, committed suicide over alleged delayed promotion. A source…
The budget proposed N91.4 billion for the recurrent expenditure and a capital expenditure of N106.2 billion which represents 53.8 per cent of the proposed budget. The Consolidated Revenue Fund Charges (CRFC) will remain the same with the 2019 budget provision…
The member elect for Ikeduru State Constituency, Amb. Uche Ogbuagu has condemned online publications that are peddling ‘baseless, unfounded and untrue’ allegations about him Imo State House of Assembly Press Release Deputy Governor Did Not Slap Amb. Uche Ogbuagu The…
Governor Emeka Ihedioha has approved the appointment of Commander Ohiri Ikechukwu Chris as Chief Executive Officer of Imo State Traffic Management Agency. Other appointments announced by the governor are: Martin Chinagorom Opara as Director General – Imo State Orientation Agency,…