Former Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu has assured members of the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus that he has no plan to leave the party, saying he would retain other members to rebuild the umbrella party in the state. Ikpeazu, who spoke during a caucus meeting held at the new PDP secretariat…
The Enugu State government has warned that vandals of the state’s water facilities will henceforth be treated like terrorists. This was disclosed on a press conference addressed by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Friday at the Abuja Building, Government House, Enugu, following the invasion of a water facility in…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia has said that Local Government (LG) funds cannot be hijacked under his watch. Otti said this on Friday during the monthly media parley at Government House, Umuahia. The governor said that he was intentional about ensuring that funds meant for the Local Governments would be utilised to facilitate balanced socioeconomic…
The Nigeria Police have said that they can’t arrest transvestites because crossdressing isn’t a crime in Nigeria. The Force Police Public Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated this while featured in a recent television programme. He said that they were aware of the allegations that some crossdressers were gays which is a natural crime but there…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it is not bothered by the defection of some of its members to the rival All Progressives Congress, APC. It said the defectors realized that they were no longer useful to the PDP. The party has also disclosed that most of those…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has said that he is not weak and that his action of implementing the Presidential resolution is a mark of respect for Mr. President and should not be taken as weakness if not he will surprise those thinking in that direction. Governor Fubara stated this on Wednesday at Government…
The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has written an open letter to South East Governors, seeking their immediate action and intervention to secure his release. This is coming barely one month after the family had accused Igbo political elite of abandoning the IPOB Leader to…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has declared that the era of tampering with Local Government funds in the state is over. This is as he has waded into the rift between traders at Ariaria International Market and a developer engaged by the previous administration to remodel the market. Otti said he had directed that…
Chukwuka Utazi, the immediate past senator representing Enugu North senatorial zone, has declared that only through the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ndigbo can produce a Nigerian president. Utazi, who recently defected to the ruling party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urged Ndigbo to serve in the APC to stand the chance of producing a…
Some artisans in Enugu State have expressed dismay that they were not being patronised by potential exhibitors at the forthcoming 35th Enugu international trade fair. The artisans said this in separate interviews in Enugu on Tuesday. They said it was unfortunate that they had been going to the trade fair complex in search of jobs…
