Tag Archives: Imo

Four Nigerian Police Officers were killed on Friday night, August 5, when unknown gunmen attacked the Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area, Imo State.   The assailants invaded the area shooting sporadically before gaining access into the station.   According to a police source, the incident has triggered …

12-year-old twins, Chiadikaobi and Chisom Njoku, have died in a fatal accident in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.   The accident occurred near their family compound at Afo Oru-Ama Nwoga road around 2:pm on Friday, July 22.    The twins were said to be coming back from school, …

Youths in Imo State have staged a protest demanding justice for over 10 youths of the area allegedly killed by state local security outfit Ebubeagu.   The protesting youths, who are indigenes of the Awo-mamma community in Oru East and Oru West Local Government Areas of the state, barricaded the …

A top staff of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Engr. Kingsley Okorafor who was kidnapped in Imo State has regained freedom.   Okorafor was abducted in the early hours of Saturday, July 16, in his home town Umulogho autonomous community while returning from a wake in Obowo.   A family source, who pleaded …

Two people were killed in a gunmen attack on Saturday July 16 in Imo state.    Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that a father of four was killed at a burial ceremony in Atta, Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state. He was reportedly shot in front of his wife and children.   The killers …

Gunmen on Sunday, July 10, stormed the First Baptist Church situated on Wetheral Road in Owerri, Imo state and abducted one of the women leaders, Biola Abioye, who is also the wife of the General Manager of the Owerri Zoological Garden at Nekede.   According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen who came in …

The Imo state police command has arrested one, Uzoma Egemba for scalding the buttocks, thighs and body of his 12-year-old maid who he said rode his children’s bicycle.   He was arrested at his Umuguma residence on Thursday June 30, after a video of the injuries his househelp sustained went viral.   Egemba …

The Imo State Police Command has denied media reports claiming Professor Jachimike Adiele, a staff of Boss FM radio was abducted by unknown persons.  In a statement released, the spokesperson of the command, CSP Michael Abattam, said contrary to reports, he was never abducted but was arrested by men of the …

A family of 12 were found unconscious in their apartment at Obinze community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday June 6.    They were immediately rushed to Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri where five out of the 12 victims were confirmed dead while doctors and nurses battled to …

First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Akeredolu, who is contesting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Imo West senatorial district, was chased out of the party secretariat in Imo on Saturday May 28.    Daily Trust reported that this occurred shortly after the First Lady who is from Imo state, led …