Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has sacked the state executive council and 27 local government transition committees, with immediate effect.A statement by Pascal Obi, principal secretary to the governor, directed all former members of the executive to hand over to permanent secretaries or the most senior director in their ministries.Obi quoted the governor as appreciating the invaluable contributions of [...]
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The police command in Imo state on Tuesday rescued three kidnap victims tied up in a forest in Owerri west local government area of the state.The three unidentified individuals were abducted on Saturday.According to NAN, the rescue operation started on Tuesday morning in a place called Avu Forest, near Owerri, the state capital.Seven of the suspected kidnappers were captured in the [...]
A federal high court sitting in Owerri, Imo state, has ordered the arrest of three commissioners in the state for contempt of court.The affected officials are Josephine Udoji, commissioner for works and transport; Lawrence Eburuoh, commissioner for lands, survey, and urban planning; and Chibuzor Iwuagwu, permanent secretary, ministry of works.Others are C. E. Egbuka, director of works, ministry of works; [...]
On Thursday, Henry Chibueze better known as ‘Vampire’ met his waterloo in a forest at Omu Awa in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state. According to Jimoh Moshood, spokesman of the Nigeria police force, Chibueze was gunned down during a battle with security operatives.His death will be seen as a relief to his victims and many who could have [...]
Unknown gunmen on Sunday night shot dead Ben Onyechere, former media adviser to Theodore Orji, the immediate past governor of Abia state.A source told NAN that the deceased was kidnapped around 8pm, in Ikenegbu axis of Owerri, Imo state capital, where he had gone for shopping.“The gunmen numbering five trailed Onyechere to a popular super market in Ikenegbu and forced [...]
Unknown gunmen invaded the premises of a high court in Owerri, Imo state capital, on Friday, setting free a kidnap suspect identified as Henry Chibueze.Officials had reportedly brought the suspect also known as Vampire to court alongside some other inmates.No sooner than they arrived in the court did the gunmen, numbering six, storm the place, engaging security operatives in a [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, says the political future of the Igbo race can only be guaranteed in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).Okorocha, chairman of APC governors forum, said the south-east could not afford to be in opposition party, and urged all Igbo living outside the zone to join the APC.He said this in a statement by Sam [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, say he has fulfilled about 90 percent of the campaign promises made to the people of the state.Okorocha made the disclosure when he received the management of the Sun Publishing Company led by Eric Osagie, its managing director/editor-in-chief, at his Spitbat Owerri residence on Tuesday.He rated his administration high in the areas of health, [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of the state, wants pensioners in the state to sign off years of entitlements in order to get a meagre sum that is way below half of what is due to them.A document from the state government to the pensioners, seen by TheCable, seeks to compel the retirees to accept the plan of the state to pay them only 40 percent of pension [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has directed caretaker committee chairmen in the 27 local government areas to allocate land to 1,545 corps members deployed to the state to enhance agricultural production.Okorocha gave the directive at the opening of orientation for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ corps members posted to the state.He said this was in line with the state’s determination [...]
The Imo state command of the Nigeria police force says it has foiled an attempt by a robbery gang to attack a commercial bank on Douglas road, Owerri.Francis Bisong, an area commander, told NAN that the planned attack was nipped in the bud, following the immediate deployment of crack detectives to the scene.Bisong said the robbers fled on sighting the [...]
The house of representatives on Thursday urged the federal government to include oil-producing communities in Imo in the Niger Delta stakeholders meeting.This followed the adoption of a motion under matters of urgent public importance moved by Goodluck Opiah (PDP-Imo).The federal government recently had a stakeholders meeting with Niger Delta leaders.The meeting was aimed at finding lasting solution to the problems [...]
The Imo state police command on Saturday said but for its intervention, the inter-ethnic clash which broke out at Akokwa community in Ideato local government area of the state, would have escalated.Andrew Enwerem, police public relations officer (PPRO), said the command became aware of the incident not too long after it happened, and that the commissioner of police deployed anti-riot [...]
Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, has scrapped all kinds of leave in the state, following the introduction of the ‘back to land for agriculture’ programme that forces public servants to work for only three days a week.Okorocha says public servants in the state will now work on Mondays to Wednesdays and farm on Thursday and Fridays.Vitalis Ajumbe, Okorocha's commissioner for [...]
The Rochas Okorocha-led administration has introduced a policy tagged: ‘Back TO Land for Agriculture’ in Imo state.Explaining the new policy to traditional rulers, who paid him a courtesy visit at the government house, Owerri, Okorocha said henceforth, workers will be at their duty posts between Monday and Wednesday, and spend Thursday and Friday in their farmlands.He said due to the [...]
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has launched an online job portal for recruitment across the country, with a promise to be transparent in its recruitment process.The exchange said the portal was meant “to attract top talent and optimize its recruitment process”, while enhancing its recruitment capability, increasing turnaround time and providing a consumer-friendly candidate experience.NSE, as an employer, said the recruitment [...]
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