Tag: Imo
-
Governor Hope Uzodimma has received approval from the National University Commission (NUC) to establish the University of Innovation, Science and Technology in Omuma. While this brings Imo’s total state-funded universities to four, the new university supports the state’s Skill-Up Imo Programme, which has trained over 50,000 young people in digital skills, aiming to foster entrepreneurship…
-
Imo State government, in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has inaugurated 135 Local Government Emergency Management Committee (LGEMC) responders across the state’s 27 council areas to tackle floods and environmental disasters. The responders, trained over two days in Owerri, were equipped with fire blankets, extinguishers, reflective jackets, first aid kits, and other…
-
Report reveals Imo State Police Command is actively pursuing abductors of Ngozi Ogbu, a former member of the Imo State House of Assembly and PDP chieftain, who was kidnapped in Onuimo. A viral video shows Ogbu pleading with the government to withdraw security personnel, allegedly a condition for his release. While Police Commissioner CP Aboki…
-
Lawmaker representing Nkwere in the Imo State House of Assembly, Chisom Ojukwu has presented a motion urging the state government to direct the Chairman of Owerri Municipal Council to rename the iconic Douglas Road in Owerri. Speaking during a plenary session as the House resumed after a long recess, Ojukwu questioned the relevance of retaining…
-
Director General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Imo State Chapter Mrs Obioma Okafor, has cautioned Imo residents against using chemicals like calcium carbide to hasten fruit ripening. In an interview with our reporter she emphasized that using such chemicals is illegal and constitutes a criminal offense. Mrs Okafor also urged fruit…
-
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Imo Police Commissioner Aboki Danjuma for defamation, demanding N10 billion in damages and N50 million as exemplary damages. Kanu also seeks a court order for the defendant to issue a public retraction and apology in national media, after Danjuma’s July 25 press release falsely attributed…
-
Joint operatives from the Imo State Governor’s Monitoring and Compliance Unit and the Imo State Internal Revenue Service have arrested several fake revenue collectors in Owerri on Monday. The intelligence-led operation targeted locations like Aba-Owerri Road and Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport Junction, where suspects were caught extorting citizens with forged receipts and a fraudulent…
-
Imo State Police Commissioner, CP Aboki Danjuma, has issued a firm directive prohibiting all tactical teams under his command from using unmarked vehicles—including mini-buses and tricycles (commonly known as Keke)—during patrol operations across the state. In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Henry Okoye, the new directive was prompted by numerous complaints…
-
The Imo State Government, in partnership with UC Berkeley and the US Market Access Center, has launched an ambitious initiative to place 100,000 tech professionals from Imo in global roles by 2026. Central to this effort is ImoTalentHub.com, Africa’s first state-backed digital talent marketplace, connecting trained professionals in software development, AI, and design to employers…
