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The Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has awarded road contracts for the rehabilitation of some major roads in the state valued at N24.34bn. The Special Assistant to the Governor on new media, Izuchukwu Akwarandu, stated this in an interview in Owerri on Thursday. He explained that the road rehabilitation projects were part of the activities marking the governor’s ‘100 days ...

Female Inheritance – An Imo State High Court sitting in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area presided by Justice Ijeoma Agugua has declared that a woman is entitled by law to inherit her father’s estate. The judgment was recently delivered in favour of Mrs. Regina Ihemadu (Nee Nwimo) who is the only surviving child of her late father, Mr. Imo Ebiringa ...

It was alleged that the Akwa Ibom state government wants to pull down the campaign office of President Buhari because of its closeness to the Government House. The state government, however, said the building was not the only one marked for demolition in the area. Less than three days after the campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari in Uyo, Akwa ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that the state government would revoke the ownership of all unused lands especially those at the industrial layouts in the State, regretting that people acquired those lands and kept them for years without developing them but waiting to sell them at a very exorbitant prices. The Governor gave the hint when members ...

“Tragedy occurred yesterday in Umuguma axis, Owerri West Local Council of Imo State, following the caving in of a massive three storey building at the roofing stage of construction, heightening tension that yet -to be known number of persons may have been trapped. The building is located near Imo Foundation and Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, near Owerri metropolis.As at the ...

“A cross section of elders and youths of Okwu, Umuoma in Nekede Autonomous community of Owerri west Local Government Area in Imo state, have expressed joy that after years of abandonment,  the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, has commenced work on their site.” – Vanguard Vanguard visited the area yesterday and discovered that clearing and carting away of unwanted trees in ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, gave cash, gifts, landed property as well as N5 million for fuelling of car to the outgoing Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Taiwo Lakanu. Okorocha made this revelation through a release issued to newsmen in Owerri, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo. According to the release, “Governor Okorocha named a ...

“Governor Rochas Okorocha has donated land to the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) for the construction of its branch and zonal offices in Imo State. Represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), George Eche, the governor made the announce at the opening ceremony of the association’s two-day 47th annual national conference tagged Imo 2017 in ...

“From tomorrow, estate surveyors will converge on Imo State for their 47th annual conference, to acquaint the government and public with the peculiar roles of the profession in the economic development of the country. The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers president, Dr. Bolarinde Patunola-Ajayi, spoke with Property & Environment Editor, Chinedum Uwaegbulam on how it plans to expand ...

“Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, yesterday, said his administration has given approval  for   “farm markets” to be established in the three senatorial zones of the state. Okorocha stated this through a release made available to newsmen in Owerri, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo. Okorocha made this statement while interacting with a group of traditional rulers from ...