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Owerri

PHOTOS: Lady found dead underneath bed in Owerri hotel

Chocomilo Aug 5, 2019 0

A yet-to-be identified lady was found dead underneath a hotel bed in Owerri the capital of Imo State. Eyewitnesses claimed the incident occurred last weekend at a popular hotel along World Bank Road in Owerri, and a cleaner reportedly found the corpse. It was further learnt that identifying the girl has been quite difficult, as the killer who…

Tension in Owerri as heavy downpours halt commerical activities

Chocomilo Jul 27, 2019 0

Tension in Owerri as vehicles submerged, commercial activities halted owing to heavy downpour on Friday in Imo state. The downpour which lasted over two hours unsettled activities in the metropolis as many traders scampered for safety.…

Metro

FUTO management expels 10, rusticates 103 over exam malpractice

Chocomilo Jul 17, 2019 0

The management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, has expelled 10 students and rusticated 103 others over examination malpractice. According to Volume 40 No. 4 of FUTO News, yesterday, the Biology Department recorded…

Metro

Hausa boys clash with Fulani herdsmen over grazing in Imo State; 2 killed (photos)

OGBENI OPA May 6, 2019 0

Fulani herdsmen allegedly slaughter two Hausa boys who stopped their cattle from grazing on a land they were guarding in Owerri

Metro

BREAKING: Owerri Airport on fire, cause yet unknown (video)

OGBENI OPA Apr 8, 2019 0

Sam Mbakwe Airport In Owerri, Imo State Is On Fire

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Final year student shot dead by armed robbers in Owerri

OGBENI OPA Mar 31, 2019 0

Students of Alvan Ikoku College of Education in Owerri, Imo state, have been thrown into mourning after one of their own passed away following an attack by armed robbers.

Metro

Cult war in Owerri escalates as four persons are brutally killed in Poly Nekede (photos)

OGBENI OPA Mar 17, 2019 0

More lives have been claimed in the ongoing gang war in the Federal Polytechnic Nekede in Owerri, Imo state.

Gist / Viral

Meet Popular Owerri ‘Mad Man’ Who Graduated From A University In USA

Aanu Damilare Feb 21, 2019 0

According to reports, popular Owerri ‘mad man’ turned a political commentator, who is known for speaking on the political situation in Imo state, is a graduate.

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Nigerian Soldiers have killed two of our members in Owerri, IPOB cries out

OGBENI OPA Feb 13, 2019 0

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have accused Nigerian soldiers of shooting two of their members dead in Owerri.

Metro

Truck fully loaded with codeine, Tramadol, weapons intercepted in Owerri

OGBENI OPA Nov 13, 2018 3

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ Owerri, Imo State, says it has intercepted, arrested and seized a registration numberless truck bearing the inscription Gini Ka Chukwu and allegedly carrying illegal and…

Gist / Viral

Don’t be like this elegant, hippy, busty, young graduate in our custody for receiving…

Aanu Damilare Nov 12, 2018 11

Amaka is a 33-yrs-old young graduate in Owerri, tall, elegant, hippy and busty. She is an active netizen of social media and she is one of the latest victim of a new trick by Nigerian fraudsters.

Gist / Viral

Photos: Thief disguise as Catholic Seminarian during Priestly Ordination in Owerri

Aanu Damilare Aug 6, 2018 1

This thief dressed as Catholic Seminarian and was caught while trying to steal a car during Priestly Ordination in Owerri

Metro

Soldiers frogmarch pupil to death for lateness, Father collapsed on hearing the news

OGBENI OPA Feb 22, 2018 1

The family of Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, are inconsolable after two soldiers in the school allegedly snuffed life out of her during a rigorous punishment.

Metro

Photos: Police reportedly attack anti-Okorocha protesters in Owerri

Deji Oke Dec 18, 2017 1

A peaceful anti-Okorocha protest staged by some indigenes of Imo state against the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, was reportedly disrupted by officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Imo state command.