Several fatalities have been recorded in a building collapse in Owerri, the capital of Imo State. More to follow
The new Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, made the call at a meeting with the Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers in Imo State, south-East Nigeria. Mr Ezike, who spoke at the traditional ruler’s palace in Owerri, urged the Council to support the effort of the Police in fighting crime in the state. He […]
At least five people, including a robbery suspect, were reportedly killed in a broad day bank robbery on Wednesday in Owerri the Imo state capital. Others killed included three bank security men and a customer who came to the new generation bank to make cash lodgment. It was gathered that the armed robbers trailed the […]
President Mohammadu Buhari is expected in Owerri, thé Imo State capital on Monday, December 5, 2016 to declare open the Chief of Army Staff conference Against the backdrop of this development, the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has appealed to the people of the State not to panic over the unusual presence of Soldiers in […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, in Imo State and Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, has finally filed a petition at the Election Petitions Tribunal, in Owerri, against Governor Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His action, at the weekend, against Okorocha, has ended weeks of speculations and
Activities at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri were temporally paralysed, on Thursday, following a peaceful demonstration embarked upon by staff of the hospital over planned privatisation of the establishment. The protesting workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), alleged that the management of the hospital had
The Federal Government has approved two new private universities for the country at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. One of the new universities is Edwin Clark University, located in Kiagbodo, Delta State. The university belongs to the Ijaw leader and former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark.
Simply known as Vincent Opurum, is one of the rising hunks in the movie industry. A recent chat with the Imo State born actor revealed the other side of him which many yearn to know. The amiable actor who is also an ambassador of peace opens up about his life and why he sometimes likes […]
A trailer with registration number Anambra XB82HAL, on Monday, crashed into the fence of the Imo State Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO) killing yet to be identified number of persons, near Imo State University junction on Okigwe Road, Owerri. An eyewitness told Daily Times that the truck loaded with bags of cement lost control while descending […]
The leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the United Peoples Party (UPP) in Imo State have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh governorship and state house of assembly elections instead of the proposed rerun. The parties made their positions known on Monday in separate statements. INEC […]
A member of the Board Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Wednesday expressed concern over the future of democracy in Imo State under Governor Rochas Okorocha. Iwuanyanwu, who briefed the media in his office said his fear was born out of the antecedents of a new crop of politicians with inordinate […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Imo State has fixed Saturday 25th April 2015 for the re-run of the inconclusive governorship election in the State. The State Resident Commissioner of the commission in the State, Dr. Gabriel Ada announced this yesterday at a press conference yesterday at the commission headquarters, Owerri Said that […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 25th for the supplementary elections in Imo State. It would be recalled that the governorship elections in the state was declared as inconclusive following the various allegations of rigging and void votes in the state. Details to come later
The Imo State All Progressive Congress (APC) youths, numbering over 700. On Tuesady, attacked the Owerri residence of Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo. The APC youths had been protesting the declaration of the April 11 governorship election in the state as inconclusive, urging INEC […]
Sequel to the presidential and national assembly elections which was swept by All Progressives Congress (APC), all eyes are now on Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections. Would there be a bandwagon effect in all the states election would hold or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pull off stiff resistance to retain its hold? […]
Imo State decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the hope of getting juicy federal appointments may soon be disappointed, the Daily Times has learnt. It was learnt that the deal which got many of of the decampees to move into the APC was the pledge by the […]
Barely a week to the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, fire has razedthe offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Nworie-Ubi in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident, which occurred early morning on Sunday and destroyed documents, including voting materials, was said to have been caused by unknown […]
The House of Assembly candidate of Labour Party in Ngor Okpala Constituency of Imo State, Andrew Ugwuezumba, has been murdered. The 40-year-old, who hails from Umunehi village, Obiangwu Autonomous Community, was said to have been shot dead about 8pm on Tuesday along the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Road. The victim, according to a source, […]
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has again caused the security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of influencing the outcome of the just concluded presidential and National elections results in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State. Okorocha who made the accusations in Owerri during a meeting […]
Governor, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has called for cancellation of the results of the presidential election in six Local Government Area of the State for alleged electoral malpractices by the combined conspiracy of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Okorocha who addressed newsmen Monday at the Government House Owerri during which he accused chieftains of […]
