Indiscriminate disposal of waste in Owerri, the Imo State capital, will no longer be tolerated as the government has put in place measures to check the excesses of those who deliberately violate environmental rules with wastes they generate from the businesses with its concomitant health hazards. Specifically, the Imo State Government has frowned seriously at […]

The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has sworn-in two new Judges – Justice Alma Ngozi Eluwa and Justice Dominica Okwuchi Okoroji – for Imo State Judiciary with a charge on them to defend the oath they took by ensuring that they serve the course of justice without fear or favour. Performing the ceremony […]

The Founder of Living Christ Mission Incorporated and Founder/Chancellor Daddy Hezekiah University Umudim, Nkwerre, Imo State, Prof. Daddy Hezekiah has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to halt further taking of unwarranted loan, particularly from China.

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri The kidnapped Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Valentine Oluchukwu Ezeagu, has been freed unhurt, by his captors. Confirming the development in a telephone interview with Vanguard, Wednesday evening, the Imo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Orlando Ikeokwu, said the kidnapped Catholic priest, just stepped into the Okigwe Divisional […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Tension has continued to soak the political atmosphere of Imo state, as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the Imo North bye-election, held on Saturday. The Election Returning Officer, ERO, Hakeem Adikum, while announcing the winner, at INEC, office […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said that market structures in the state would be used to boost the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state. The governor spoke through the commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Simon Ebegbulem, in Owerri, while inaugurating a 16 members caretaker committee of the […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has begged President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the rescue of the state over the erosion menace, saying that over N75 billion was needed to tackle over 360 erosion sites. He said the situation was beyond what the state can do alone. Speaking to State House […]

By Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri People make history, good or bad. The biblical Pontus Pilate also made history in his own way. Generations will continue to remember him, for being largely responsible for the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. In Owerri also, two people will stand out for mention, in relation with Ekeukwu Owerri Market. […]

By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, has said he had approved the release of N2 billion out of N6 billion to Imo state youths to change their lives through empowerment of skills. This was contained in the governor’s address to Imolites yesterday in Owerri, on his plans to solve youth’s restiveness […]

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By Chinonso Alozie The Imo State government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Amanda Projects Group, to rebuild the demolished Eke ukwu market with 1,850 buildings. The signing of the MOU, was done by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Simon Ebegbulem at the state secretariat along Port Harcourt in Owerri. According […]

By Chidi Nkwopara -Owerri Imo State parades over 80 magistrates, but a good number of them have no individual court halls and chambers. The Acting Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Ijeoma Agugua, disclosed this in a 21-page address, delivered in Owerri, during the 2020/2021 Legal Year and Assizes of the state judiciary. Her words: […]

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has signed two bills aimed at improving the development of the state into law. One is to establish the Imo State Micro, Small and Medium Industries Development Agency and other related matters, and the second is to establish a Bureau to coordinate, supervise and monitor projects undertaken by donors or […]

By Chidi Nkwopara – Owerri Imo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday, issued guidelines to political parties wishing to take part in the forthcoming Imo North senatorial zone bye-election, scheduled to hold October 31, 2020. According to a press statement signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Professor Francis Ezeonu, […]

By Chononso Alozie – Owerri The House of Representative member, representing Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta federal constituency, Uju Kingsley, alongside other stakeholders from his constituents have pleaded with the governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodimma, to forgive some said to be detained members of the Imo state oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ISOPADEC, for attacking the […]