The Imo State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to working with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other federal agencies to combat money laundering and other financial crimes in the state.The Secretary to the State Government, Chief Cosmas Iwu, stated this in Owerri while receiving an EFCC delegation conducting the 2026 Non-Profit…

The Archbishop of Owerri Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, has criticised recent directives from the Imo State Ministry of Education, describing them as increasingly authoritarian and excessive.In a statement issued on September 4, Archbishop Ugorji said some of the directives affecting mission and private schools were undermining collaboration, academic freedom and the…

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Ikechukwu Dozie, has met with the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Audu Garba Bosso, over growing security concerns affecting students and the university community.The meeting, held at the police command headquarters, followed the killing of one FUTO student and the abduction…

The Imo State Police Command has arrested two members of the Imo State Vigilante Organisation over the alleged assault of a young woman and her brother in Okigwe.The arrests followed the circulation of a video on social media showing the two victims being allegedly assaulted by armed security personnel. According to the police, the…