The immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has called for the validation of folk medicine in Nigeria as one of the best ways of finding lasting solutions to the rising cases of organ failures. The former governor, who is a teacher and author in Pharmacology and Environmental Biochemistry, said this during a…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu believes Nigeria’s 2024 budget proposal will address the challenges facing the country. President Bola Tinubu had last week presented a budget proposal of N27.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly, his first since taking over as Nigeria’s leader in May. While there…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, Transmission Company of Nigeria, and power distribution companies will in May next year complete a total of 53 power projects worth N122bn currently under construction across the country. During a tour of three of the projects located at Ojo, Isolo and Oworonshoki Transmission stations in Lagos on Wednesday, TCN’s Programme…
…Says SOLADs use funds appropriately The Sole Administrator of Oru West and Chairman, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo State Chapter, Hon. Admin. Willie TC Okolieogwo, has stated that the local government funds are being managed by Sole Administrators who he said appropriate the funds judiciously. He noted that the allocations which come…
Currency scarcity has been observed in Imo State as depositors were allowed to withdraw only N50, 000 limits. Consequently, Point of Sale (POS) operators reduced their disbursement rates to customers, increasing their charges from N100 per N5, 000 to N200. Investigations on commercial banks operating in Owerri, the state capital revealed that the Central Bank…
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has headed to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the three-man panel of Appeal Court judges that validated the election of Alex Otti as the validly elected governor of the state. Three man judges of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos at…
The wife of Abia governor, Priscilla Otti has pledged to put up a workable action plan in collaboration with the state Ministry of Women Affairs to domesticate Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV policy trust of the Nigeria Governors’ spouses forum by ensuring that gender-based violence becomes a thing of the past in Abia. Mrs Otti…
The newly inaugurated Transition Committee Chairman of Ikwuano LGA, Mayor Osinachi Nwaka warned hoodlums ravaging the area, who engage in burglary and vandalising of government property, mandating them to desist from perpetrating evil and causing mayhem in the Council. “Let me pass this note of warning; I’m humble, easy going but I don’t take nonsense….
Following the controversy generated by Preliminary Test Session examinations in Abia State nursing schools, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has suspended the exercise indefinitely. The latest development was made known to journalists in Umuahia by the Abia State commissioner for health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo, flanked by the commissioner for information and culture, Okey…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has commended the Catholic Church for establishing the first university in Umuahia, the state capital. The institution, named Lux Mundi University, is located at the new Ndagbo City, IsiamaAfaraukwu/Ossah, Ibeku, in Umuahia North Council. Lux Mundi, an Italian word, which means ‘Light of the World,’ is one of the private…
