Governor Rochas Okorocha has demanded for a comprehensive list of Imo sons and daughters serving various jail terms in the US prisons, with the offences for which they were accused of, tried and convicted also stated. Governor Okorocha made the demand when the United States of America consulate General in …
The sudden cancellation of the Imo re-run elections for selected constituencies and Okigwe senatorial zone, scheduled for February 20, 2016, took everybody by surprise. This is more so as the various political parties contending for the vacant positions had gone round campaigning for the support of the electorate, and indeed …
On Friday, Imo state welcomed National Assembly Principal Officers, Members of Federal Executive Council, Members of State Houses of Assembly, Commissioners among others from South East and South South extraction all gathered at the Imo Concorde Hotels to interact with professionals from both geo-political regions with a view to canvassing more suitable …
No fewer than 30 children died following a fresh outbreak of diarrhea in Imo State. Diarrhea is relatively common in remote parts of the state, where clean and drinking water is often scarce with residents frequently relying on water from streams and uncertified boreholes. Speaking yesterday, when she received a …
God in His infinite mercy has placed Okigwe zone in a unique and very important position to produce the only Senator from Igboland on the platform of the APC, the party ruling Nigeria today. The implication is that our Okigwe zone APC Senator will occupy far more sensitive and elevated …
News on Capt.Iheanacho’s N25.8bn Lagos Refinery project went viral after it was featured here on IMO STATE BLOG yesterday. Our concerns did not go unnoticed as the Former Interior Minister, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho issued a response last night. The Imo state Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance party (APGA) in the last …
The Government of Imo State, yesterday, sealed up a petrol station opposite Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC,) located along Akwakuma, Orlu Road, Owerri because of lack of approval and for destroying social infrastructure. Deputy Governor of Imo, Prince Eze Madumere accompanied by the General Manager of Owerri Capital Development Authority …
A 49-year-old Nigerian man, Muhammadu Igomigoh, who worked as a security guard, shot his ex-wife, 44-year-old Nnenna Ogbonna, a licensed nurse and then killed himself during an argument at their home in Middle River, Baltimore USA on Tuesday February 16th. Nnenna graduated from Owerri Girls’ secondary school with the class of ’88. …
A former Interior Minister and Executive Chairman, Genesis Shipping Worldwide, Capt Emmanuel Iheanacho, is to float a refinery in Lagos to boost local participation in crude oil lifting, it has been learnt. The parcel of land for the facility, it was gathered, was bought from the Onisiwo Family of Irede, …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the elections which were scheduled to hold today, February 20th. The decision was reached after a major protest by concerned Imo indigenes at the INEC office in Owerri on Friday. A new date will be announced.
Governor Rochas Okorocha has commended the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase for changing the face of the Police Force within his short period in office, and asked him to sustain the momentum. Governor Okorocha spoke when the Inspector-General who came to the state on one day working visit …
My good people of Okigwe Senatorial Zone, Isiala Mbano, Owerri West and Oru East Local Governments, tomorrow you return to the polls for the rerun elections to elect your representatives who will represent your interests in the Senate and the State House of Assembly for the next four years. Its …