Umuahia Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture UCCIMA has expressed the fears that the electricity tariff hike would pose the risk of higher operating expenses for businesses, particularly the small business owners. Aruoma said that the increase in electricity tariffs would impose additional financial burdens on businesses, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which…
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has cried out over the way and manner his trial in the terrorism charges preferred against him by the federal government is being handled. He said his trial is turning from prosecution to persecution. At a press conference in Abuja, the lead counsel…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release the result of its probe into the alleged dollar bribery video involving immediate-past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, said Ganduje should rather be ashamed of himself and prepare to face…
RULAAC said it had received disturbing information about the alleged ongoing indiscriminate mass arrests, harassment and brutalisation of people and residents of Umulogho Obowo community in Imo State. The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has called on the Imo police commissioner to ensure the restoration of public order and guarantee the safety…
Face to face battle between Biafra’s controlled Black Marine and the Brigadier Intervention Rapide (BIR) has claimed the lives of 11 persons in Abana, former headquarters of Bakassi Peninsula. According to report, deadly gunfire ensued between the two factions who are battling for control of the Peninsula at 11am on Saturday. Confirmations from sources revealed…
The Abia Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwumelie has confirmed the arrest of two males over the kidnapping of an Abia State University Uturu, lecturer Prof. Godwin Emezue on the 26th of January. Professor Godwin Emezue, was kidnapped while purchasing fuel at a filling station at Umuopara in Umuahia South LGA, close to his country home….
Abia community, Owo Ala Asa in Ukwa west local government area, has expressed concern over the litany of abandoned projects being executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the area. The community pointed out that the abandoned projects include the Owo Ala water project awarded by UNPADEC inherited by NDDC, Ngwaiyiekwe-Owo Ala Unuadienwe…
The Abia State House of Assembly has passed into law H.A.B.12 titled ‘The Abia State Medicine and Health Commodities Management Agency Bill, 2024’. The Bill which seeks to ensure regular availability of quality medicines and health commodities at affordable cost and strengthening of manufacturing units for local production of medicine among others was sponsored by…
As part of efforts to ensure availability of staple food in Nigeria amidst the dwindling global resources and food shortages, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has distributed agricultural inputs to farmers in Abia state, in South East and Kebbi and Yobe states in North West Nigeria. The accredited beneficiaries of the program received…
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested three minors for alleged attempted rape of another minor. The State Commandant of the Corps, Elijah Willie, who revealed this to newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki, said two of the suspects are aged 15 and 13. He added that the…
