LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Herdsmen have been caught by the people of Obudi Agwa Autonomous Community in Oguta Local Government Area, with one of them carrying a sack of bullets. The traditional ruler of the community, Eze Ignatius Asor, confirmed this to Vanguard in Owerri, saying his people were living in fear. He said the suspect…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, has arrested one Paul Ihuaku for allegedly raping his mother. PUNCH Metro gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a tragedy in Imo State on Monday as no fewer than ten traditional wedding guests died of fume from a generator and twenty others hospitalised. The incident happened at Umuomumu Mbieri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state. A source told our correspondent that the wedding guests from…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSANGERS)- Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has denied giving instruction for the demolition Akachi monument erected by his predecessor in Imo state. The demolition is coming barely 24 hours after Ihedioha assumed office. Report has it that Imo indigenes have condemned the action, stating the monument was constructed with public funds and…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten students have so far been mulled down and several others severely wounded in the raging cult war rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, in Imo State. The killings carried out by rival cult groups on vengeance mission, have been going on unchecked for one week. Victims were either shot or clubbed to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Large numbers of women from Imo women were reported to have now headed to 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to protest against what they described as the involvement of the Army in the controversial declaration of governor Rochas Okorocha, as Imo west senator-elect. Vanguard report observed that the women are from the 12…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has declared support for the Imo All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Sen. Hope Uzodinma. PoliticsNGR learned that the APC, National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole made this known at a rally to flag-off Uzodimma’s campaign in Owerri on Friday. He urged Imo people to disregard people from unknown parties, who…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected assassins have murdered a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Innocent Brown and his wife in the early hours of Thursday, in their home in Umuoke community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed the incident added that he…