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Robbers Attack Bank In Owerri, Injure 4 Officials
Heavily armed robbers, on Thursday stormed a first generation bank at Mbari Street, Owerri and made away with some undisclosed sum of money, shooting and injuring four officials in the process.
The incident, according to an eyewitness account,...
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Group Faults Planned Relocation Of Imo Varsity To Okorocha’s Hometown
A GROUP under the aegis,Group 5-7 DV has urged Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, to drop the ambition of relocating Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU) to his hometown in Ogboko, Ideato South Local Council of Orlu senatorial zone of...
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Ex-policemen protest ‘paltry payment’ in Imo
SCORES of retired senior police officers under the aegis Elders’ Club of Nigeria on Wednesday protested in Owerri, Imo State capital, over alleged “paltry payment” of monthly pensions to them by PENCOM.
They, therefore, called on the...
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Imo Assembly okays N10billion for infrastructure development
IMO State House of Assembly, numbering 26 members has recently granted approval for the executive arm to spend N10 billion for infrastructural development in the areas of health, education, housing, security, massive construction and rehabilitation...
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Protest rocks Owerri over doctor’s death
SCORES of protesters from Ohii community, near Owerri, Imo State, yesterday disrupted economic and social activities in Owerri over the death of their son and erstwhile Director of General Hospital, Owerri, Dr. Moses Amakor.
Amakor, who was...
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Imo Assembly okays bill on free education fund
THE 26-member Imo State House of Assembly presided over by Benjamin Uwajimogu at the weekend in Owerri passed the Imo Free Education Endowment Fund Bill.
Already, the state government is running a free education programme for all pupils and...
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19-year-old girl in police net over alleged kidnapping
OWERRI -– A 19-year-old girl, Miss Tina Enebere, is now cooling her heels in police custody for allegedly kidnapping five-year-old Gift Agbasoga and his three-year-old younger brother, Emmanuel Agbasoga.
Vanguard reported that Miss Enebere...
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10 die in Imo flood disaster
OWERRI—The death toll in the flood disaster currently rocking Okwuamarihe and Amanachi communities in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State has risen to 10.
Similarly, over 50,000 families have also been sacked from their ancestral homes...
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Iwuanyanwu calls for creation of additional states in South East
Atta (Imo) – Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, has called for the creation of additional states in the South East geo-political zone.
Iwuanyanwu made the call on Tuesday in his Ikeduru country home in Atta in...
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Man in court for stealing N1.2million belonging to The Nation Newspapers
OWERRI – Imo State Police Command has arraigned one Mr. Olayiwola Elijah before an Owerri Senior Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing the sum of N1.270 million belonging to The Nation Newspapers.
According to the charge, OW/423C/2011, Mr....
