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…
Africa’s number one Table Tennis player, Quadri Aruna has called out Table Tennis governing body. World Table Tennis over the injustice meted out to him for missing two major tournaments. Aruna in a post on his social media page was quoted as saying “Two ranking penalties in two consecutive months plus monetary penalty” said such…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians over its Easter message which has stirred controversy among adherents of the faith. In its Easter message to Christians in Nigeria, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine with the caption, “Jesus paid your debt, not your taxes”. The…
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…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged the people of the Southeast to return to farming and invest in agriculture. IPOB said Igbos would avert food shortage and starvation in the Southeast and Nigeria by engaging in farming and agriculture. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB urged all Igbo philanthropists…
Some prominent leaders were noticeably absent at the South-East All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders meeting held on Tuesday in Owerri, Imo State. The meeting was led by the National Chairman of the ruling party, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was represented by the Deputy National Chairman, South, Emma Enukwu. During his address, the APC national chairman urged…
Tricycle operators in Abia State have protested against the alleged imposition of a particular union, Abia State tricycle operators union (ASTOPU) on them by officials of the Ministry of Transportation. The tricycle operators commended the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, for his infrastructural development. The protesting tricycle operators specifically alleged that earlier this year, the…
There was great Joy and excitement on Monday in Ohanku ancient kingdom as five native doctors gave their lives to God and totally surrendered their shrines for destruction. The event took place in Ohanku community during a monthly fasting and prayers organized by His Royal Majesty, King Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, the King of Ikwuorie…
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has thorn out an appeal from the International Boxing Association (IBA) after it was stripped of its rights to organise boxing events at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee withdrew its recognition of boxing’s governing body, the IBA, last year due to longstanding concerns over governance issues. In…
