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The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, and a former governor of the same state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, were observed entering the Presidential Villa

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State, presided over by Obinna Njemanze, on Friday, remanded a 30-year-old self-acclaimed cleric, Emeka Michael for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old girl who was in his house on holidays.

Like other states in Nigeria’s South-east, security has deteriorated in Imo State with frequent attacks by armed persons.

Nigeria: National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Trains Students of Ezeala College of Nursing Science on Emergency Preparedness and Response

Emeka Michael, a 30-year-old pastor, was remanded on Friday by a Chief Magistrate Court in Owerri, Imo State

It is apparent who is to blame for the unrest in the South-East. They are the Simon Ekpa group, who believe in armed struggle and sit-at-home enforcement, using Nnamdi Kanu's detention as an excuse; criminal elements, who use the sit-at-home and Biafra agitation as a smokescreen to kidnap, kill, maim, and destroy; cult groups, who are all over the state as a growing fad; and state actors, who run what you might call Deep State activities while disguising.

Media Rights Agenda asks Nigeria's inspector general of police to stop public officials and powerful individuals from taking punitive actions against critical journalists.

Silvia Agu, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Imo, says INEC) is fully prepared to conduct the governorship poll in the state.

The committee regretted that Okorocha, as governor, used brute force including the military and hoodlums to snatch the land from the College

Ahead of Imo State governorship election, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has charged relevant stakeholders to promote peace and support the