The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed gratitude to Ohanaeze Ndigbo for its steadfast support of the self-determination leader. In a Yuletide message signed by IPOB’s leader younger brother, Kingsley Kanunta Kanu, the family also extended thanks to the Chairman and members of the Joint…
The Abia State Police Command has said that it has strategically deployed personnel throughout the state for the safety and well-being of its residents before, and during the festive period. The operational strategy, according to the command, encompasses a visible police presence at various places of worship and event centres. In a press release signed…
…Probes Missing Hospital properties The Secretary General Isuikwuato Development Union, Akabueze Ndukwe has attributed the deplorable conditions of Isuikwuato General Hospital to alleged disappearance of 125KVA power generating set and some ‘unserviceable ‘ vehicles from the hospital. Ndukwe, who was being cross-examined by the Counsel to Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery…
The Abia State House of Assembly has passed the budget proposal for 2024 into law. This followed a comprehensive presentation by the House Joint Committee on appropriation, budget, and planning. Recall that Governor Alex Otti presented a draft budget on December 12th, valued at N567,240,095,972. In the “Budget of New Beginning,” Otti proposed to spend…
Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), Saturday said he had no regret fighting in the Nigerian civil war from 1967 to 1970. Babangida, who made the remarks while speaking on Search FM, the radio station of the Federal University of Technology Minna, said he was convinced he was fighting for the unity of Nigeria….
Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Saturday buried his father, Pa Simeon Soludo, who died on November 6 at the age of 92. The funeral service was held at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Umueze-Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Soludo praised his late father saying he died a “staunch” member of the Catholic…
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has applauded the former gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah on the occasion of his 54th birthday anniversary. In a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma on Friday, Governor Otti described Ogah as an illustrious Abia son…
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday presented the state’s N800bn 2024 budget proposals to the State House of Assembly, tagged ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity’, the Rivers State Executive Council had earlier approved the budget estimates. The Governor presented the budget to the Ehie-led Assembly of lawmakers sitting within the premises…
Either deliberately or by error, but most probably deliberately, the drafters of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, made the courts the final arbiters in the country’s electoral process. Apart from winning overall majority votes in an election, there are conditions precedent that a contestant must have to fulfill. To this…
A man, simply identified as MC Sweet, who made a fake online post claiming that Aba Ngwa indigenes tried to stop Julius Berger from constructing the Port-Harcourt Road in Aba, has been arraigned at a Magistrate Court in Aba, Abia State. In the fake post, the online skit maker also claimed that Governor Alex Otti…
