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The police command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

Group condemns gruesome killing of Imo traditional rulers

15 mins ago

Njaba Local Government Council in Imo did not inform the police about its Tuesday’s meeting with traditional rulers where gunmen killed two of the rulers.

Police say not informed about meeting where Imo monarchs were killed

5 hours ago

The Nigeria Police Force says its investigation shows that Boko Haram, Ansaru and other terror groups are getting support from some Nigerians.

Police deploy personnel to banks, commercial centres in Imo

2 days ago

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo, on Saturday charged newly elected state executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile aggrieved members and convert new ones.

Imo governor charges APC executives to reconcile members, convert new ones

3 days ago

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma on Wednesday urged the federal government to compensate the people of the South-East for the losses recorded during the country’s civil war.

Imo governor seeks compensation for South-East over civil war losses

6 days ago

The governor, Hope Uzodinma, disclosed this in Owerri, after meeting with the leadership of the state chapters of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NUP, led by Josiah Ugochukwu, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu and Trade Union Congress, TUC, at the Government House in Owerri.

Imo governor vows to unmask killers of soldiers in community

1 week ago

PDP threatens legal action against APC over ‘instigation of violence’ in Imo

2 weeks ago

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma Chapter, has called on the Edo State Government to intervene and settle the crisis of non-payment of staff salaries in the institution.

ASUU hails Nigerian government over stipend for education students

2 weeks ago

A Nigerian police officer holds a bunch of handcuffs in Abuja on October 3, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun-Channels TV

Police arrest IPOB militia kingpin in Imo

2 weeks ago

The Controller-General (CG)of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi, has set up a committee of enquiry to investigate individuals or group of persons behind the ‘fake’ 2019/2021 replacement and recruitment supplementary list currently in circulation on social media.

Imo: NSCDC nabs four for transporting ‘adulterated diesel’

2 weeks ago

The police command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

DSS operative gunned down in Imo

2 weeks ago

Gunmen in the early hours of Friday stormed Birshin Fulani, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, and kidnapped a nursing mother of three children, Mrs Rukayyat Odedoyin.

Imo: Students flee, traders abandon wares as gunmen enforce sit-at-home order

2 weeks ago

The five governors of the Southeast region, on Sunday, launched Ebubeagu regional security to fight terrorism in the zone. The governors in attendance were, Governor of Abia State, Okezuo Ikpeazu, Anambra, Willie Obiano, Enugu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Ebonyi, Dave Umahi and the host governor, Hope Uzodinma.

Killings: Southeast governors sleeping on duty – group

2 weeks ago

Arsonists raze palace, houses in Imo

3 weeks ago

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, in Imo says the first index case of COVID-19 is currently receiving treatment at its isolation center, says the hospital spokesperson, Mrs Jacinta Achonu.

FMC Owerri to conduct mass burial for unclaimed corpses in morgue

3 weeks ago