IGP Cautions Against State Police Says It Needs Gradually Process
Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, expressed opposition to the establishment of state police as a solution to the ongoing security challenges in the country.
It is recalled that on February 16, President Bola Tinubu and state governors reached an agreement to create state police as part of efforts to address the increasing insecurity.
This agreement emerged from an emergency...
Gunmen Kill Law Professor
.Kidnap Two Others
Professor of law at Babcock University in Ogun State, Yinka Olomojobi, has been killed while two others have been kidnapped in the Iperu area of the state.
According to reports, Olomojobi was shot dead last Friday for refusing to be taken away by unidentified gunmen.
Eyewitnesses said about eight gunmen opened fire when they entered into Ajadeh Event Centre on Sagamu...
Imo Sports Commission To Organize Emmanuel Amuneke’s U-17 Football Tourney
..Prince Ogbonna Vows To Revive Grassroots Devt
In line with his efforts towards ensuring that the mission and vision of His Excellency's Shared Prosperity 3R mantra of using sports to empower the youths, the Chairman of Imo State Sports Commission, Prince Sir Eleazar Onyewuchi Ogbonna "Ambassador" is set to provide another plat form for our talented footballers.
According to a statement...
NPFL 2023/24: Coach Finidi Insists Enyimba Will Push Till End After Akure Draw
Enyimba FC Gaffer, Finidi George has insisted that his league defending champions will continue to push till the end of the league after securing a hard earned away point.
Finidi made this declaration shortly after his team secured a 1-1 draw against Sunshine Stars of Akure in their match day 31 NPFL encounter on Sunday.
Chidiebere Nnachi's second half equalizer (his...
Imo Born Super Falcons’ Nnadozie Nominated For Best keeper Award In France
Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie has been nominated for the best goalkeeper award in the French D1 Akem (women’s top-flight league in France), DAILY POST reports.
Nnadozie will battle Olympic Lyon’s Christiane Endler and Katarzyna Kiedrzynek of PSG for the award.
The 22-year-old was also nominated for the top prize last season.
Two seasons ago, she won the Bruno Martini Award for...
OPOCA Confronts Imo Harmony Project, IHP
.Describes Group As “Parallel Govt”
.Cautions Against Distracting Governor
The Orlu Political Consultative Assembly, OPOCA, a political pressure Group from Orlu Political Zone of Imo State has sent out a warning to another Political Group in Owerri Zone, Imo Harmony Project IHP, describing the IHP as a “Parallel Government” distracting Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.
Addressing a World Press Conference in...
Insecurity: Disguised Beggars Return To Owerri Streets
.Change To Hoodlums, Robbers At Night
By Okey Alozie
Fake mad-men and women have taken over bus-stops and strategic places in Imo State especially the capital city of Owerri.
Our roving reporter observed that young men who now stay at strategic places on daily bases wearing dirty cloths pretend to be destitutes but they are not.
These disguised destitutes unleash terror on daily...
First Rain Fall: Flood Ravages Owerri City
. World Bank Estate, Works Layout, Egbu Residents Raise Alarm
.Appeal For Govt Early Intervention Now
By Okey Alozie
Even as the rainy season is yet to start fully, some residents at World Bank Estate, Owerri and Works layout and other towns in Imo State have been sacked by flood which was orchestrated by a heavy rainfall that happened few days ago.
The...
Heads To Roll In Imo SEMB Over Whitepaper Report
.Opens Dirty Deals On Certificate, Retirement Documents
By Okey Alozie
Imo State Secondary Education Board SEMB is said to be under fire again, as we gathered from a reliable sources.
This time heads are set to roll over Government Whitepaper Report and recommendations which was swept under the carpet according to our source.
We were reliably informed that some top management staff (Directors)...
Imo Police Parade Two Indian Hemp Dealers
Intelligence-led raids on some shanties and flash points in Ihiagwa on 18/04/2023, by operatives of the Command’s Anti-Narcotics Unit, led to the arrest of two suspected dealers of Indian Hemp (Cannabis Sativa). Large quantities of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp were recovered in the suspect’s criminal hideout.
The suspects, Kelechi Ekeopra, ‘m’ and John Aburodo, ‘m’, are currently cooling...