Ahead of Saturday’s governorship elections in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has deployed undercover agents, who are currently carrying out covert operations to identify criminals’ hideouts and clamp down on them in the three states and neighbouring states According to reports, President Bola Tinubu had approved the allowances for…
Ahead of next weekend’s off- cycle governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state a civil society organization (CSO), the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center, (RULAAC) has expressed concerns about the upcoming polls, questioning the prospects of a fair and credible election in Imo state The CSO also raised alarm over the recent…
A hotel Protea located in Owerri Imo state has come under attack for the treatment meted out on its customers. A video is currently circulating of stranded customers who had made reservations for rooms months ahead only to be disappointed by the hotel management . According to the video, old students of Federal Government Girls…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has issued a 5-day ultimatum for the redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Imo State. The ultimatum is a response to the attack on the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Thursday. Organised Labour made this call in…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against rigging the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. IPOB said it would not be silent and allow the Nigerian government to use INEC officials to carry out evil in the State. A statement by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma…
Organised labour has vowed to take action against the Imo State governor of Governor Hope Uzodimma, following the brutalisation of NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Wednesday. This was as Uzodimma, while reacting to the Wednesday crisis on Thursday, accused the NLC President, who is an indigene of Imo State,…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has said that the loss of supply currently being experienced in Imo state is as a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in the state. This led to the union shutting down the source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving the company with…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, said the election would not hold in 38 polling units in Imo State during the November 11 governorship poll. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Sylvia Agu, who disclosed this at a press conference in Owerri, explained that there was zero voter registration in the 38 polling…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, deferred till December 5, hearing of an appeal that is seeking to invalidate the years that Senator Hope Uzodinma spent in office as the Governor of Imo state. Though the appeal, which has stayed over three years in the docket of the apex court, was initially fixed for hearing on…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, the state government has requested to occupy all hotel rooms in Owerri, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Tourism, Jerry Egemba, in a memo addressed to all Chief Executive Officers of all the hotels in the Owerri metropolis, stated that the state government would…
