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IMO: Shocking Details Of Inhuman Treatment Of Detainees At Tiger Base Police (Part 1)One month after, Police Yet To rearrest Killers Of Anambra Lawmaker Who Escaped From CustodyChurch members brutalize journalist for videoing fire incidentViolence: Imo lecturer suspended for assaulting student in viral videoSix kidnappers neutralized, four victims rescued as Otti vows crackdown on crimePower Tussle: Community leader killed, nine houses razed over youth electionVIDEO: Again, six passengers die in fatal auto crash along Aba roadThree worshippers killed as bandits attack church camp in NasarawaNDLEA foils drug shipments to US, Saudi Arabia, others; arrests two suspectsStrange Disease Kills Five Varsity Students In KebbiEko Disco accuses soldiers of attacking, abducting staff over power outageBudget presentation: We haven’t received any letter from Fubara, says Rivers AssemblyCatholic church criticises police, govt over abducted Seminarian’s deathSEC revokes Mainland Trust’s registration, suspends Centurion registrarsEFCC recovered N365.4bn, secured 4,111 convictions in 2024 – OlukoyedePoliceman takes his life in Nigeria’s South-westReport: DSS, NIA probing Natasha Akpoti’s unauthorised presence at IPU meeting in New YorkAmnesty International condemns alleged threats against corps member for criticising Tinubu’s govtUS Strikes In Yemen Kill 31 As Trump Vows To End Huthi AttacksNYSC officials threatening me for criticizing Tinubu’s govt – Corps MemberNAFDAC: The drugs we found during enforcement operations can ruin a nationAt Least 33 Dead As Tornadoes Ravage Central USNigeria pushing hungry youths towards revolution — ObasanjoNDLEA intercepts cocaine concealed in prayer beads, shoesSERAP sues Akpabio over Natasha’s suspensionDAILIES TOP STORIES: Niger begs Nigeria for petrol despite tense relationsEdo policeman ‘shoots’ teenage driver dead for not stopping at checkpointNigerian ‘swindles’ $183,000 from American woman in online scamTo stay alive, Qur’an recitation winner, family needs to pay N30m fee to Katsina banditsKano clarifies A’Court’s judgment on Sanusi’s reinstatement as emirRivers crisis: I won’t stop assembly from performing duties — Wike16-yr-old girl commits suicide in GombeAngry Protesters destroy Wike’s billboardsUK govt asks Nigerian nurses under investigation for ‘exam fraud’ to leave — ReportRivers SSG Warns Against Taking Fubara’s Simplicity For WeaknessTop Islamic State Leader KilledTrump plans travel ban on 43 countriesIndependent findings by FactWatch Nigeria show Abia Lawmaker didn’t shut down N’AssemblyNigeria spent $5.47bn on foreign debt servicing, says CBNAnambra bans students from using phonePolice confirm death of kidnapped Edo seminarianAdamawa man arrested for raping minorDAILIES TOP STORIES: Fubara in limbo as lawmakers suspend sitting indefinitelyPoliceman “stabs man to death’ in AbujaArmed groups recruited over 400 children into DRC conflict in 2025 — ReportNigeria refutes US claim of targeted killings of ChristiansBREAKING: Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano EmirGunmen kidnap farm owner, manager in Ondo, demand N30m ransomUS vice president proposes deporting foreign students “not acting in nation’s best interest”Rivers Assembly adjourns sittings indefinitelyWoman jumps off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, diesINEC Releases Updated Voters Register, List Of Political Parties For Rivers LG ElectionJudges block Trump’s mass sacking, order workers reinstatementFubara Writes Rivers Assembly Again, Proposes Wednesday For 2025 Budget PresentationCourt Strikes Out Cyberstalking Suit As GTBank Withdraws Charge Against GTB CEO20-year-old woman kills co-wife in JigawaDAILIES TOP STORIES: PDP govs, Obi, NNPP mull alliance to stop Tinubu in 2027Witness testifies “ex-Police Chief Abba Kyari, got N200m with 10 bank accountsKidnapped Edo Catholic priest regains freedom — but seminarian’s fate uncertainInmates dying of hunger in Nigerian correctional centres – PanelI’m open to total peace in Rivers – FubaraNatasha’s actions may discourage politicians from appointing women – AkpabioBandits abduct 10, injure 2 in Kaduna midnight raidsCustoms Intercept Over $1.1m At Kano AirportPolice arrest couple for gun running in DeltaCourt orders arrest of VeryDarkMan for defamationIPOB asks NAFDAC to return seized goods from Onitsha drug marketThree-year-old video of policemen assaulting, extorting travelers on Kogi road resurfaces onlineHow ex-Kwara governor Ahmed ‘diverted’ N5bn UBEC fund —EFCC witnessNigerian TikTok worker dies in KenyaBREAKING: Rivers Assembly Moves To Probe Chief Judge Over Alleged Age FalsificationNEWS EXTRA: Police have right to check women’s belongings — Delta Police PROSuspension: Natasha files contempt charge against Akpabio, othersOil Hits $70/b As Nigeria’s Output Surpasses OPEC+ Quota For February — ReportIkimi-Led PDP Disciplinary Committee Recommends Anyanwu’s SuspensionSierra Leone Sacks Immigration Chief Caught Taking Drug Lord GiftNatasha suspended for misconduct, not harassment claim, Senate replies IPUHeatwave in Nigeria may trigger meningitis outbreak, says NiMETDAILIES TOP STORIES: Power plants face shutdown as FG pays only 20% of N1.9tr subsidy debtImo village youths beat man to death for eating aunt’s foodNnamdi Kanu’s ‘terrorism’ trial begins afresh March 21I’m Ready To Re-Present Budget Despite Being Locked Out — FubaraThree police officers injured as IED explodes in BornoNothing Will Happen If Fubara Is Impeached, Says WikeFubara writes speaker, requests to present 2025 budgetFraudster falsely declared Nigerian woman dead to seize her £350k home in UKPolice in Imo needed a one-week ultimatum before confirming the killing of suspected kidnapper six months after — why?Nine abducted Ondo surveyors pay N20m to regain their freedomFubara’s Letter To Rivers Assembly Over S’Court Verdict ‘Useless’ — Wike
Tue. Mar 18th, 2025 2:40:43 AM

Imo North by-election: Okewulonu emerges PDP Senatorial candidate


Mr Emmanuel Okewulonu on Saturday emerged winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primaries for Imo North Senatorial by-election.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Imo North Senatorial by-election has been slated for Oct. 31, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC.

Mr Chuba Oramisi, Chairman, PDP National Electoral Committee, while announcing the results, said Okewulonu polled 609 votes, while his closest rival, Mr Patrick Ndubueze, got 27 votes.

He further stated that the total accredited voters were 659, with 23 votes voided and the total valid votes were 636.

He commended Okewulonu for his emergence while also applauding the delegates for their peaceful disposition.

NAN reports that the primaries were monitored by INEC.

    • Pascal Arogorn Ibe

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