A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Thursday declared Ifeanyi Ararume as winner of the December 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial District by-election. Justice Taiwo, in a judgment, held that Ararume remained the authentic candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election as at today and should be declared winner of the … Read more
The honourable member lamented that the bill was necessary as many young women in the state had yet to be married due to the expensive cost of marriage and the bride price. According to the bill, once a suitor pays and completes the bride price of a woman, a clearance certificate should be issued to … Read more
Police operatives in Imo State have apprehended suspected kidnappers of the auxiliary bishop of Owerri Catholic archdiocese, Moses Chikwe. The suspects were on Tuesday arrested in operations that spanned through Imo and Anambra States. A source at the Police Command headquarters said that “we have arrested the kidnappers who abducted the auxiliary bishop of Owerri … Read more
Apart from Umahi, who is also the governor of Ebonyi State, governors of Imo, Abia and Anambra states failed to attend the meeting. Southeast governors had earlier in the year boycotted a similar meeting which was held at Igbere, Aba State. For the second time, chairman of the South East Governor’s Forum, Dave Umahi yesterday … Read more
The ousted Majority Leader of the Imo House of Assembly, Uche Ogbuagu (APC-Ikeduru), has urged all concerned persons to remain calm. Ogbuagu made the call in a press release in Owerri on Thursday following the announcement of his removal as the majoity leader of the house by the Speaker, Mr Paul Emeziem (APC-Onuimo). He expressed … Read more
Stakeholders across political lines in Imo state have agreed that all stolen properties belonging to government or private individuals be recovered. The unanimous decision was taken at the Imo stakeholders meeting held in Owerri, the state capital, with former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, as the chairman. The resolution passed has it that they … Read more
Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, says he he met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the insecurity and unrest in Imo state. Ekohotblog had reported how Uzodinma visited Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The meeting is coming days after the governor ordered the arrest of Rochas Okorocha and admitted that he … Read more
Troops of the Nigerian Army have on Monday arrested 20 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo State. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the arrested IPOB members, who are made up of 16 men and 4 women, have all been handed over to the Nigerian Police force. The latest development was … Read more
There was heavy presence of security operatives in court on Monday morning as fourteen aides of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, are being arraigned before her lordship, B. U Adikaibe of Magistrate Court 4, Owerri, the state capital. Okorocha’s aides are being arraigned on a seven-count bordering on disturbance to the security … Read more
Operatives of the Nigeria Police force who arrested a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Sunday, will charge him to court today for breaking into a sealed property belonging to his wife. Police sources who revealed this added that Okorocha was still in custody at the state police command as of 10 pm. He … Read more
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says attempts by his successor and incumbent governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, to intimidate and subdue him will not not work. Okorocha, who representing Imo West District.at the senate, alleged that Uzodinma sent hundreds of thugs to harass and hound him on sunday The senator boasted that he … Read more
Commissioner of Police in Imo, Nasiru Mohammed, says some officers in the state have been arrested for allegedly assaulting five civilians in Orlu. The commissioner confirmed the arrest in a statement issued by the spokesman for the command, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, on Thursday. The Commissioner said the officers were seen in a viral video committing … Read more
Imo state Governor Hope Uzodinma has replied Senator Rochas Okorocha over an allegation leveled against him Okorocha also accused Uzodinma of being incompetent to govern the state successfully. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Court Sentences Eluwole To 77 Years Imprisonment Man Weds Beautiful Bride On Bicycle Convoy Herders Relocate To Ekiti Forest The crisis rocking the … Read more
Imo State Government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew (6 pm to 6 am) in 10 Local Government Areas of Orlu zone in the state. Order if the curfew came, following a clash between operatives of the Nigerian Army and the Security Personnel of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as reported by Ekohotblog. In his … Read more
Imo State indigenes have rated the one-year performance of the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, as low after he became the state governor. The indigenes expressed themselves during a phone-in programme in one of the radio stations in Owerri, Ozisa FM. Recall that Uzodimma became the governor of the state on January 15, 2020. One of … Read more
Siblings Killed by gunmen Two siblings, Ifeanyi Anyanwu and Tochukwu Anyanwu have been shot dead by some unknown gunmen, suspected to be cultists in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The late Ifeanyi, 47, and Tochukwu, 45 were professional architects and surveyors respectively, and were killed by their assailants at about 9.23 pm on Monday, after … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 18TH NOVEMBER, 2020 An Imo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of 500,000 to a lawmaker in the state, Heclus Okoro who was charged with assault. Ekohotblog reports that Chief Magistrate O. D. Okoroji granted Okoro bail while ruling on his application. The case was also adjourned until Dec. 16 … Read more
Remand An Owerri Magistrate Court on Monday remanded Herclus Okoro representing Ohaji Egbema State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, in the state correctional facility for alleged assault. He has been remanded by presided over by DV Okoroji. Read Also: Biden Defeats Trump In Arizona Okoro, a member of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), … Read more
A lawmaker representing Orlu state constituency at the Imo state House of Assembly, Paschal Okolie, yesterday dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a letter he signed and addressed it to the Speaker of the Imo state House of Assembly, Chiji Collins and was read at … Read more
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has nullified the candidacy of Frank Ibezim to represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North senatorial district bye-election. In his judgment, Justice Garba Ringim nullified the victory of Ibezim as the winner of the APC primaries conducted on … Read more