Tag: Imo
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Imo, Kuje Jailbreaks: Over 1,400 Convicted Terrorists, Robbers Still At Large
More than 1,400 fleeing inmates from the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State and the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have yet to be recaptured after the jailbreaks. Two years after the attack on the Owerri custodial centre, 864 fleeing inmates have yet to be recaptured as sighted by…
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APC spent billions of naira to win Kwara, Imo, Ogun in 2019 – Oshiomhole stirs controversy
Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has opened a can of worm on how his All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC)-led leadership spent billions of Naira to secure victory in some states during the 2019 general elections. He said the party’s NWC under him spent N1.6 billion to prosecute and win the…
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BREAKING: Niger Delta Leader Edwin Clark Demands Removal of Abia, Imo, and Ondo from NDDC
Ijaw elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has called for the exclusion of Abia, Imo and Ondo states from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). According to the chieftain, the states were included in the first place in the 2000 NDDC Act for convenience, though a political aberration. He therefore made demand for President Bola…
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How we will upload Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi elections results — INEC Chairman
The Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, ha said that the results for the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship elections will be uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal, IReV. Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Kogi State. Yakubu was in…
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Insecurity : INEC Expresses Worry Over Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Guber Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed concern over the rising insecurity ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states. The commission, in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, also lamented that despite notices and subsequent reminders, political…
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INEC Makes Fresh Announcement Ahead Of Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Guber Elections
By Bada Abraham The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that residents of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states can now visit their registered centres for the collection of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). Naija News recalls that INEC suspended the collection of PVCs on February 5th 2023, days before the presidential election.…
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INEC Raises Alarm Over Violence In Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi
Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the cycle of violence witnessed in the states. The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, raised the alarm on Friday in Abuja at the meeting of the Inter-Agency…
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INEC releases Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi gov election timetable
The Independent National Electoral Commission has released timetable and schedule of activities for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state governorship elections. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus Okoye on Tuesday. INEC revealed that the governorship elections of these three states would hold…
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EFCC invades election venue in Imo rerun
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday invaded booth 003 Umucaram Amaraku in Isiala Mbano council area of Imo over alleged vote-buying. The anti- graft agency, in company of combined security agencies, stormed the election value and interrogated Mr Obinna Onwubuariri, candidate of PDP in the rerun election. INEC had fixed…
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Mbaka performs spiritual cleansing at Imo government house
Catholic priest, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, performed spiritual cleansing of the Imo State governor’s office, as Senator Hope Uzodinma assumed office on Wednesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Security men and civil servants at the State Government House in Owerri, the state capital, told our correspondent on Friday that the priest, who had predicted the victory…