President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha, for his fight against criminality in the country.
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The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, Imo State has seized contraband worth over N200 million within the Benin axis.
The Imo State Government has announced a postponement of the planned working visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state.
A relentless police crackdown on students residing in hostels at Umuoma, Umuerim and Umuokomochi communities, near Owerri, is forcing students to flee their hostels, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Victoria Obaze, a Nigerian from Imo State, made history on Wednesday after she was sworn into office as the first black female Civic Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking the protection of his fundamental rights.
The ongoing Assa North/Ohaji South gas development project in Imo State, southeast Nigeria will produce 600 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, energy equivalent of about 2400 Megawatts, which is enough to provide uninterrupted electricity to about 2.4 million homes.
Kingsley Onwubiko, Secretary, Committee on Volunteer Support Group of the Peoples Democratic Party, says plot to derail the inauguration Imo Governor-elect Emeka Ihedioha is an affront on the sensibility of people of the state.
The Police Command in Imo said normalcy had returned to Umuorii/Uratta community in Owerri North Local Government Area after Sunday’s invasion by suspected herdsmen.
The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the evil he feared would befall if he joined the Peoples Democratic Party has befallen him more than 10 times in his new party, the All Progressives Congress.
The National Universities Commission has approved the establishment of additional three universities in Imo to address the challenges of admission in the country.
Governor Rochas Okorocha on Monday assured the people of Imo of a smooth transition in the state, come May 29, 2019.
The Central Bank of Nigeria and 14 other banks out of the 17 ordered by an FCT High Court to show cause why plea for garnishee of alleged accounts operated by Imo Government should not be made absolute, had denied overseeing the state’s accounts.
President Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa, Ben Okoli, says a Nigerian, Okechukwu Henry, from Imo State, was stabbed to death by unknown South African robbers.
The state chapters of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria in the South-East zone have urged governors in the zone to give sports development the needed priority.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has promised to work with the governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha to ensure the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,000 to workers.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has described the ongoing protest by Ohaji/Egbema youth over the establishment of University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at the main campus of Imo state polytechnic Umuagwo as mischievous.
No fewer than 2,000 underprivileged Nigerians are expected to benefit from the 2019 free medical outreach of the Nigerian Health Foundation coming up in July, according to the organisers.
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has set up Governing Councils for the three newly established tertiary institutions in the state.
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old mother, Chinonye Oparaocha, for selling her six-hour-old baby boy for N850,000 shortly after delivery at an hospital along Nekede Road in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.