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Imo State Shuts Schools Amid Deadly Diphtheria Outbreak

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 28, 2025

Several children have been reported dead in the Mbutu area within Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Barr. Iheukwumere Henry Alaribe, chairman of Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, verified the fatalities in a statement dated May 26th, 2025. Diphtheria is an infection triggered by

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Abia, Imo Residents Decry High Private School Tuition Fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 15, 2024

Education stakeholders in Abia and Imo States have voiced serious concerns about the steep tuition fees charged by private schools across the country. Many respondents attributed the trend to the absence of robust oversight by government regulatory agencies at all levels. In Abia, residents criticised the commercialisation of education by private schools, blaming it on

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Imo State CP issues warning regarding the burning of ex-senator’s residence, NOUN buildings

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 2, 2024

Aboki Danjuma, the Imo State Commissioner of Police, has warned the people of the state to avoid engaging in activities that could lead to social unrest. The police commissioner issued the warning in response to unidentified arsonists burning down the residence of Senator Frank Ibezim, an ex-senator who represented Okigwe senatorial zone in the 9th […]

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Uzodinma to deliver UNN 52nd convocation lecture on Thursday

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 7, 2024

On Thursday, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma will deliver the 52nd convocation lecture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. That will place him among the few sitting governors in Nigeria to have participated in such an intellectual harvest at the Premier University’s convocation. Gen. Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd), former governor of Old Imo State, will chair […]