Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 (Fourteen) suspected vote buyers in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at various polling units in Imo and Kogi States. A statement from the antigraft agency says they were arrested on Saturday, November 11, 2023 …
Read More »They came here and collected my magazine – NSCDC officials accuse politicians and police officers of disarming them and disrupting elections in Nkwerre, Imo state (video)
Some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC have accused some politicians and police officers of disrupting elections in Obinaocha Nkwerre in Nkwerre LGA of Imo state and disarming them. The state governorship election took place today November 11. In a video making the rounds …
Read More »Imo guber election being conducted is Free, fair and very credible – Gov Uzodimma
The governor of Imo State and candidate of the All-Progressives Congress in the state governorship election, Hope Uzodimma, has said that the elections in Imo State are going on in a free, fair, and credible manner. The governor said this after casting his vote at his polling unit in …
Read More »Imo guber: Gunmen attack vote buyers, snatch over N1.5 million
Suspected gunmen invaded polling units at All Saints Anglican Cathedral and attacked vote buyers, carting away over N1.5 million found on them. The gunmen, numbering over 10, snatched the money that was being shared to voters at the four polling units within the cathedral premises. According to …
Read More »Police handed me over to thugs in Owerri ? NLC president Joe Ajaero recounts his assault experience in Imo
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero on Friday, November 10, said that he was arrested in Owerri by the Police and was handed over to waiting thugs that got him thoroughly beaten. Briefing journalists in Abuja, the NLC president said the NLC wrote to all …
Read More »Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi polls: ‘Maintain Neutrality ahead upcoming Governorship Polls’ – INEC chairman Yakubu tells staff
As the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections draw near, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has charged the commission’s staff to uphold integrity and remain non-partisan as they prepare for the elections scheduled for November 11, 2023. In a recent visit to Bayelsa …
Read More »NLC president battling to save right eye in hospital after Imo pummeling
The NLC president was allegedly beaten up by police operatives during a protest in Imo State on Wednesday. A report from the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Owerri, Imo State capital, said medical experts are currently pulling out all the stops to salvage the right eye of the president of the …
Read More »NLC President, Joe Ajaero, arrested in Imo State
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Ajaero was picked up from the NLC State Council Secretariat today November 1 by heavily armed policemen in Owerri and taken to an unknown destination. The NLC is leading a …
Read More »Court extends restraining order on planned NLC and TUC strike in Imo state
An interim injunction restraining the organised Labour from embarking on any kind of strike in Imo state has been extended by the National Industrial Court sitting in Owerri the Imo state capital. The extension request was granted after Justice Nelson Ogbuanya listened to submissions of the Attorney General of …
Read More »Lady nabbed after conniving with her mother to sell her baby for N450k in Imo state
@ 2nd Anonymous, I agree with you on this. There is a nurse involved, as long as the baby is going to another barren family, who they can confirm it’s not for ritual purpose, why not? We see babies thrown away all cos the mothers are not ready for that …
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