The Action Alliance has said that retired Major-General Lincoln Jack Ogunwe is not its candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Imo State. Ogunwe made headlines last week after being announced as the party’s candidate, a report that has been dismissed by the party’s leadership. In a press statement issued on Saturday, May […] The … Read more
by Peter Okolie Gunmen abducted another Catholic priest on Friday evening, Rev. Fr. In Mathias Opara, Imo. Opara was abducted along the Ejemekwuru and Ogbaku road between Oguta and Mbatoli local government areas of the state. An eyewitness said the priest was abducted while returning from a burial ceremony for the father of a colleague … Read more
The Imo State Police Command confirmed that gunmen killed Victor Ejioma, the traditional ruler of Orsu Obodo, a community in Oguta Local Government Area (LGA). Imo state police spokesman Henry Okoye said that Imo state police commissioner Ahmed Barde has formed a high-powered team of police officers to look into the matter. […] The post … Read more
There is confusion in the Orsu Obodo community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State as unidentified gunmen invaded the area on Thursday, killing HRH Eze Victor Ejioma, the traditional ruler of the community. Isama of the Mbele, the traditional prime minister of the Mgbele community, was also assassinated in the same Oguta LGA. … Read more
Gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest in Imo state in southeast Nigeria. The victim, Jude Maduka, was abducted on Friday evening in Ogi, a community in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. Princewill Iwunyawu, chancellor and secretary of the Catholic Diocese of Okigwe, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday. “They were abducted … Read more
Some gunmen killed two police officers on Saturday at Okpala Junction in Ulakovo, a community in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area. emo stateSouth East Nigeria. The attack comes just a month after the gunmen killed five police officers and a pair at the same location in the council area of the community. The latest attack … Read more
by Peter Okolie Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction” in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack comes a month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On 27 March, gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel of the Nigeria … Read more
Residents of the Ihoma community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State mourn the killing of 15-year-old Chimuanya Sixtus Arudigwu, whose body was removed from some sensitive areas last Thursday. The Daily Post learned that the boy was allegedly murdered and that an escaped inmate from Imo prison, identified as Emeka Egbuaba, dumped the … Read more
As the parties await INEC’s timetable to flag off campaigns, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Friday published the names of political parties’ gubernatorial candidates ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election in IMO State . The Commission confirms the candidature of Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party … Read more
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has affirmed the position of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, saying that the ruling party remains the party to beat in the state. The assurance was given by Uzodimma when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Thursday. His assurance comes at a time when … Read more