Imo State

The developments emerged from two separate kidnapping incidents involving prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members travelling to orientation camps in the South-East and South-South, and farmers abducted from their fields in Niger State.

The rescue in Imo came after suspected kidnappers intercepted two commercial buses conveying prospective corps members and other passengers along the Onitsha-Owerri Road in the early hours of Thursday.

Gunmen have abducted 20 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) travelling along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State, in a fresh highway attack that has renewed concerns over the security of corps members undertaking the mandatory national service programme.

The operational visit of Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu to the Imo Police Command on 24 September 2026 was an important opportunity to assess the security situation in the state and reinforce professionalism.

The title was bestowed on the First Lady during her recent visit to Imo State, where she was received by traditional rulers and other stakeholders.

Security operatives comprising personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), other security agencies and local vigilantes have rescued a 29-year-old kidnap victim and neutralised two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has approached the Federal High Court seeking to nullify the Independent National Electoral Commission’s publication of Governor Hope Uzodinma as the APC candidate for the 2027 Imo West Senatorial District election. Okorocha...

April 11, (THEWILL) — Gunmen, on Friday night, killed the traditional ruler of Ochia Awarra Ohaji, Ochia Paulinus Ekwueme, alongside security operatives in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. The attackers ambushed the monarch at the boundary...

March 24, (THEWILL) — Mr Daniel (Abaleke) Anyanwu, a native of Umuahum Ndegwu Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, was reportedly shot dead on Sunday, March 23, 2026, by unidentified assailants. The unfortunate incident occurred...

March 22, (THEWILL) — The Traditional Ruler of Umuduruegwelle autonomous community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, His Royal Majesty, Eze Dan Chima Emereonye, and Hon. Eddy Onyeocha, the Councillor representing Umueze 2/Umueleke Ward and the...