Nigeria’s indigenous vehicle manufacturing company, Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing (IVM) has filed an over N2.5B lawsuit against the Imo State Government under the headship of Senator Hope Uzodinma over its failure to pay or service the debt of N2,547,666,435.00 (Two Billion, Five Hundred and Forty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Naira).…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday summoned Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma and the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, as well as the Chief Economic Adviser, Prof Doyin Salami, to a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Monday afternoon. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu made this known in a…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that he would want to be remembered as the President who stabilised Nigeria in the area of security, economic prosperity and triumph over corruption. The President, who spoke at a town hall meeting with South East leaders during his one-day official visit to Imo State, said with less than…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the military and other security forces have arrested one 22-year-old female suspect, Gloria Okolie for providing information for violent attacks in the South-Eastern part of the country. Okolie was arrested for her complicity in the series of deliberate and well-coordinated attacks on security formations, other critical…
Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed shock over the death of his former political adviser, Ahmed Gulak, who was killed by unknown assailants in Owerri, Imo State. The former President described his death as a painful loss, noting that the deceased was a loyal public servant and dedicated patriot. Gulak, a chieftain of…
The on-going Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show has continued to generate big excitement as one of the contestants; Jessica Austine revealed last weekend that she draws her inspiration for Mathematics when she dances. Austine, 13, a student of Federal Government Girls College, Owerri, Imo State explained that she loves dancing which inspires her to solve…
Authorities of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, have shut down the institution over students’ unrest. On Monday, students of the school staged a protest, where properties of the institution were reportedly destroyed. It was gathered that the management of the school announced an indefinite closure of the institution. “We have approved…
A 36-year-old father of three identified as Onyekachi Anele has been arrested by the police for allegedly slapping his wife to death in Owerri, Imo State after an argument between them. It was reported that the suspect, after returning from a church vigil, was asked by the deceased, Chikodi, 32, asked him to give her…
A journalist with popular Nigerian news television platform, Channels TV, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen in Imo State. It was gathered that the victim, Tope Kutiyi, was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday, April 11, 2016, at his residence in Federal Housing Estate, Umuguma. It is still unclear why Kutiyi, who is…
Martin Agbaso has returned to the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, after he joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, where worked for the victory of the incumbent governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha of APGA. At a reception held in Owerri to welcome him back into the PDP, Agbaso expressed dismay at the leadership style…