Local News

Tension has risen in Umuodu- Umuihugba community in Owerri Municipal in Imo State as youths of the community have demanded for the immediate conduct of youth election. The youth, while protesting peacefully on Thursday on major roads and streets of Owerri, expressed regret that the Chairman and Exco of Umuihugba/Umuodu Youth Organisation, Christopher Nwaneri has continued to stay in office after the expiration of their tenure, describing the anomaly as […]

Imo State University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), led by Odinakachukwu Ejiogu, recently organized a peaceful protest to bring attention to series of pressing grievances affecting its members. Ejiogu decried the prolonged delays in promotions without corresponding financial benefits, the backlog of unpaid pensions, and various other challenges that significantly impact the welfare and morale of university staff. According to him some of their demands are […]

Aggrieved youths from the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State yesterday stormed the Government House in their hundreds to protest the alleged planned manipulation of the upcoming chairmanship election by some of the leaders. The protesters in a peaceful demonstration accused a former Minister of Education (State), who hails from the area, and the current Sole Administrator of the Local Government Area of trying to manipulate the chairmanship […]

Following series of complaints on the activities of the revenue collectors on Mines and Solid Minerals in Imo State, the Imo State Government on Thursday, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Solid Minerals announced the immediate dissolution of the revenue collectors so as to instill discipline and sanity in the system. The Ministry's Commissioner, Ernest Ibejiako, announced this during a well attended joint meeting of the […]

World Bank has approved a total of $2.25 billion loan for Nigeria to help stabilise its economy following reforms and scale up support for the poor. However, this recent development has been met with criticism and dissatisfaction by citizens of Imo State. Acknowledging the current government's progress in building a better economy, citizens have stated that taking on the loan could potentially reverse the gains made so far, arguing that […]

To commemorate the June 12th Democrat day in Nigeria, some Imo residences have shared their sentiment on the dividends of the 25 years democracy being practiced in Nigeria. Speaking with BizziBoss News Team, an Imolite Blessing Ekpere decried the current state of the economy, insisting that we ought to go back to the drawing board. Another resident , Iyke Uche highlighted the mass exodus of companies in Nigeria as a […]

Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma has deployed the Command’s Special Tactical Squad and equipped them with the available operational resources and intelligence to go all out in synergy with other security agencies and clamp down on the hoodlums responsible for the unprovoked and unwarranted attack and killing of Police Mobile operatives conducting stop-and-search at Akabor in Ikeduru LGA of Imo State. The tragic incident was perpetrated In the […]

Yet-to-be identified gunmen opened fire at a security checkpoint on the Owerri-Okigwe road in Imo State on Tuesday morning. According to eyewitness accounts, the assailants shot two police officers and another civilian inside a house at around 6:25 am in the Akabo area of Ikeduru Council Area, in Imo State. Eyewitnesses reported that the unknown gunmen were driving roughly and shooting sporadically after killing the two officers at the checkpoint, […]

The lifeless body of a yet-to-be-identified woman has been reportedly found in a bush along Amaraku-Umudim Road in Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident took place during the early hours of Tuesday and the woman’s identity has remained unknown to the public. A villager who spoke on condition of anonymity stated that the woman had no blood stains which suggest that the assailants used no weapon, however […]