Tag Archives: Owerri

The Imo State Police Command says its officer caught on camera extorting money from motorists along Owerri-Onitsha express road has been reduced in rank.    The viral video shows the officer collecting money from drivers plying the road. He could also be seen handing them change whenever the need arises.  …

Comedian Okey Bakassi has narrated how he was assaulted at an event in Owerri, Imo state’s capital.    Sharing his ordeal on Instagram, the comedian revealed that the attackers first threatened him after he told them to allow a free flow of wedding photographs.   According to Okey Bakassi, they …

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 …

Former students of the Federal Government Girls College, Owerri, have expressed outrage after they were left stranded at a hotel they booked months earlier.   The old girls had travelled from different parts of the world to Owerri, Imo State, for their 50th global reunion only to discover that the hotel …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri with his right eye ‘completely shut,’ after he was attacked in Imo state today November 1.     The NLC Head of Information and Publicity, Comrade Benson Upah, described what …

Nigerians have taken to social media platform, X, to share their frustrations and dismay after finding out that a local flight from Kano state to Abuja FCT is allegedly now N200,000. Twitter user, @firstladyship shared an infographic on Wednesday afternoon, October 25, showing the ‘price’ for an Airpeace airlines’ flight …

The body of a yet-to-be identified woman was found dumped at a refuse site along DSS Road in Amakohia area of Owerri, Imo State.    An eyewitness, Uche Clinton Chidi Abazie, said the corpse was found on Monday morning, September 4, 2023.   “We saw her Dead this morning at …

Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, operating in 82 Division Nigerian Army, Area of Responsibility have foiled an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) on its Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, along Owerri – Onitsha expressway.   Director of …

A suspected thief was beaten mercilessly by a mob in Ikenegbu Layout Extension in Owerri, Imo State.      One of the residents, Okigwe, who posted the photo on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, said he dealt ruthlessly with the suspect before he received the ‘general beating’.       “TRUST …

The Imo State police command has condemned the action of some of its officers who were caught in a viral video assaulting two young men.   In the viral video, the officers could be seen assaulting the young men in an open area, while another officer used a machete on …