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10 Nov
Security has been beefed up around the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Imo State ahead of Saturday's governorship election.
10 Nov
Hamzat Lawal, Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE), addressed stakeholders ahead of the imminent governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa. He urged stakeholders to play their roles in ensuring a peaceful and successful electoral process. Lawal emphasized the pivotal role that civil society organizations, the media, and security agencies play in ensuring the success…
10 Nov
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has deployed its operatives to monitor the Saturday governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi.
9 Nov
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) against any attempt to rig the upcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States.
8 Nov
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 22, 600 personnel to ensure free, fair elections in the gubernatorial elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states as well as secure critical national assets and infrastructure. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi, said the agency is determined to ensure free, fair and credible…
8 Nov
A group, Imo Patriots' League, has described the ongoing industrial action embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC in Imo State as a plot to derail the Saturday's governorship election in the state. The group also accused the NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero of masterminding the strike action over his personal interest. In a press…
2 Nov
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has condemned the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the Imo state capital.
1 Nov
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has partnered with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and Maritime Technology Cooperation Centre (MTCC) Africa to tackle and address issues associated with biofouling to protect marine environment.
30 Oct
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it would begin protests in Imo State from Nov. 1. over alleged violations and abuse of rights and privileges of workers by the State government.
27 Oct
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu, met on Friday to ensure adequate security during the elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. INEC in a statement said the meeting between Yakubu and Ribadu is a significant development which will be…
25 Oct
Nigeria and 174 other member states of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have been urged to scale up concrete national policies, international commitment and technological developments to reach the five per cent maritime decarbonisation target by 2030.
24 Oct
No fewer than Five Thousand infants and children in Imo State have received free vaccine against poliomyelitis courtesy of the Rotary Club of Nigeria, Owerri District. The gesture, the Guardian gathered, was in commemoration of the 2023 World Polio Day and the determined effort of Rotary Club to help eradicate the disease in the state…

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