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BREAKING: Unknown gunmen raze police station in Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

On Tuesday, gunmen set fire to the Orji Divisional Police Headquarters on the Owerri- Okigwe Road in Owerri, causing panic in Imo State. Soldiers, police officers, and members of the Air Force are currently engaged in combat with the hoodlums as of the time of filing this article. The situation

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BREAKING: Intense gun battle between Special forces, hoodlums in Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

After setting fire to the Orji police division in Owerri, Imo state, hoodlums operating under the guise of “unknown gunmen” are currently engaged in a gun battle with Special Security Forces. According to an eyewitness, the hoodlums dressed in red and black stormed the divisional police station and set it on fire around 12:55 p.m. […]

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Police arrest, accuse 107 youths of plotting to oust Buhari, Uzodinma

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2021 0

VAL OKARA, OWERRI. Imo Police Command has commenced the prosecution of 107 youths randomly arrested across the state at various locations by security operatives. The trial of the suspects was first held on Tuesday May 28, 2021 at the car park of the Shell Vamp Police Divisional headquarters. Owerri. It was later shifted to the […]

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Police operatives arrest Kidnap kingpin in Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2021 0

VAL OKARA, OWERRI Police operatives from Imo state command of the Quick Intervention Team QIT unit on May 17,2021 arrested a 35 year old man, one Eze Obinna, a native of Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state, over alleged involvement in a series of kidnap incidents . The operatives while acting on the […]

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Security agencies arrest ‘mastermind’ of Imo killings

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2021 0

*Arrested man not ESN Deputy Commander, Nigerian Army Lied, says Nnamdi Kanu The Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security agencies said they have arrested the mastermind of killings in Imo State, one Awurum Eze and the Second in Command to the former Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), leader Ikonso. […]

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Imo State: Uzodinma sacks 20 Commissioners

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2021 0

VAL OKARA, OWERRI. Imo state governor Senator Hope Uzodinma on Wednesday sacked 20 out of his 28 Commissioners. The sacking of the 20 Commissioners came bearing one month after the governor  appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health. The eight Commissioners not affected include Health, Youth and Sports, Tourism, Information and Strategy, Woman Affairs, Works,

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Insecurity: IGP deploys new CP to Imo, five others affected

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2021 0

Aruga Joe Omokaro Sequel to the killings and and attacks on police stations in the South East, the Acting Inspector General (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro, fdc to Imo State as the new Commissioner of Police (CP). In a statement on Tuesday by Force spokesman, CP Frank Mba, […]

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Five Officers Killed as Gunmen Attack Another Police Station In Imo

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2021 0

In Ehime Mbano, Okigwe South Local Government Area of Imo State, gunmen attacked another police station, killing five officers and leaving one officer missing. The police station was also destroyed by the armed robbers. Orlando Ikeokwu, spokesman for the Imo State Police Command, confirmed the incident to Daily Times. Gunmen broke into the country home […]

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Imo Prison Attack: Nigeria Correctional Service make public names, photos of escaped inmates

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2021 0

More names and images of some of the inmates who escaped during the jailbreak in Imo state on Monday, April 5 have been released by the Nigerian Correctional Service. Unidentified gunmen raided the Owerri Custodial Center in the early hours of Monday, April 5, and released over 1800 inmates the week before. So far, 84 […]

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Uzodinma, Police alerted three times before Imo attacks – DSS Ex-director

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, claims the secret police warned the Nigerian Police Force and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, at least three times before the state’s attacks on Monday. However, Amachree stated that the police and the governor, who is also the state’s chief security officer, failed […]

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BREAKING: Fleeing inmates return to Imo correctional centre

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Daily Times has gathered that on Wednesday, over 80 inmates who escaped from the Owerri Custodial Centre have voluntarily returned. This was revealed to our correspondent by a source in the Nigerian Correctional Service. “On Tuesday, about 17 of them returned, and on Wednesday, we saw more than 20 of them return,” he said. “But […]

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Imo Prison break: FG to pardon escaped inmates — Aregbesola

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

The fugitives who fled from the custodial centre in Owerri, the capital of Imo state, will be pardoned if they return willingly, according to Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola. Following an assault on the facility, the minister gave the assurance while inspecting the facility on Tuesday. He said that while unlawful escape from custody is […]

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South-East Professionals condemns attack on Imo police headquarters, Correctional Centre, others

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

*Accuses IPOB of complicity in the act Reactions have continued to trail the recent attacks on the Imo State Police Command’s headquarters, in Owerri, the correctional Centre headquarters in the state, public property as well as security personnel in the state by some criminal elements. Condemning the attack in a very strong term, a southeast […]

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IPOB responsible for attack on Prison, Police headquarters in Imo – IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

The attacks on a police command headquarters and a federal prison in Imo state, according to Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu, were carried out by representatives of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In the early hours of Monday, gunmen targeted the facilities in Owerri, the capital of Imo state. The invasion, according to […]

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Breaking: Gunmen storm Owerri Correctional facility, 1,500 inmates freed

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

Dailytimes has gathered that gunmen stormed the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital on Monday morning, freeing over 1500 inmates. The attackers also set fire to the Imo State Police Command headquarters in Owerri, burning almost all of the vehicles parked there. The hoodlums have freed almost all of the suspects in the […]

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Imo Deputy Speaker allegedly brutalizes kinsman for criticizing him on Facebook

Ihesiulo Grace 16 March 2021 0

The deputy speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Amara Iwuanyanwu, has reportedly ordered the brutalization of his kinsman, Franklin Ozuruigbo. Narrating the incident to journalists in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday, Ozuruigbo, alleged that the Chief of Staff to deputy speaker, Paul Duru, lured him to the deputy speaker’s lodge in […]

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Uzodinma, Okorocha disagree over projects listed for inauguration

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2021 0

A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has accused his successor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, of laying claims and inaugurating projects he built when he governed the state between May 29, 2011, and May 28, 2019, as part of the celebration of his one year in office. But, the governor in a swift response said […]

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Buhari, Osinbajo, others to visit Imo State

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2021 0

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and a number of governors are among the dignitaries expected to arrive in Imo State this week to commemorate Governor Hope Uzodinma’s one-year anniversary in office. Although Buhari will commission some of the governor’s main projects on Tuesday, the anniversary celebrations will kick off today, March

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French Ambassador visits Uzodimma to strengthen bilateral ties

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2021 0

Governor Hope Uzodimma says the bilateral ties between Imo State and the French government will be strengthened for the mutual benefit of both parties. Uzodimma gave the assurance when he hosted the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Monsieur Jerome Pasquier at the Government House, Owerri. The visit is to rekindle the already existing relationship between the […]

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Uzodinma Vs Okorocha: Mild drama in Court as 14 ex-governors loyalists granted N70m bail

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2021 0

At the Owerri Magistrate Court, Imo State, there was a mild drama on Monday as one of the 14 defendants, Darlington Ibekwe, arraigned for breaking into the sealed estate of the former state governor, Rochas Okorocha, slumped inside the courtroom. Ibekwe and 13 other Senator Okorocha loyalists were involved in a plot to disobey a […]