The Abia State government says it has not placed a ban on the use of styrofoam foils, popularly known as “t akeaway” plates which restaurants mostly use to package foods. The state government through the Ministry of Environment however warned residents on the environmental hazards associated with the single-use foil. This was contained in a…
Gov Alex Otti of Abia State has advocated increased production of cashew as a means of foreign exchange earner to boost the economy of Nigeria. He said both cashew and they Agricultural sector generally ” potentially holds the magic wand that will transform the economy of Nigeria and sub saharan Africa.“ Dr Otti who spoke…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State visited the section of Ahia Ohuru (New Market) at Ngwa Road, Aba, which was gutted by fire on Saturday night. Governor Otti headed straight to the market on Sunday after worshipping at the Methodist Church, Wesley Cathedral, Aba. He frowned at the poor condition of the structures housing the…
Peter Mbah, Governor of Enugu State governor, has called for collaboration between the organised private sector and the government needed to attract investments that would grow the state’s economy. The governor made the call in his speech at 50th Annual General Meeting of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), recently in…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on Saturday inspected the ongoing work on Port Harcourt Road and expressed satisfaction with the progress on the project. Addressing residents shortly after the inspection in Aba, Otti urged them to cooperate with the contractors, adding that building a cordial relationship with them would encourage completion of the job in…
Abia State Commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie onSaturday announced the arrest of five suspected fake personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the state. Onwuemelie who spoke through the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed that the command through intelligence by the Central…
The Federal Government of Nigeria/ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), is assisting 150 benefiting farmers in Ebonyi in dry season farming. Mr Sunday Ituma, the IFAD-VCDP State Programme Coordinator, made the disclosure while flagging off the 2023/24 dry season farming at Odomowo, Inyimegu in Ikwo Local Government Area of…
Abia State ministry of environment has banned the use of Styrofoam foils, popularly known as ‘Take Away’. The ministry in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna on Saturday said the use of the product as food containers has been banned in the state. He noted that Take Away had earlier been…
The wife of Ebonyi governor, Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, has kicked-off a free cervical cancer screening for 1,000 women in the state. Mrs Nwifuru did this while inaugurating the free Cervical Cancer Awareness Programme in Elinwovu General Hospital, in Abakaliki Local Government Area (LGA) at the weekend. The programme, in line with the Nwifuru pet project, Better…
Contrary to the claims from the Nigeria Police, Imo State command that they have cleared the camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its arms wing Eastern Security Network (ESN), the pro-Biafra agitators said it has no camps in Umulolo at Okigwe and Owerri environs of Imo State. The Army had accused the…
