The Abia State House of Assembly has passed into law H.A.B.12 titled ‘The Abia State Medicine and Health Commodities Management Agency Bill, 2024’. The Bill which seeks to ensure regular availability of quality medicines and health commodities at affordable cost and strengthening of manufacturing units for local production of medicine among others was sponsored by…
As part of efforts to ensure availability of staple food in Nigeria amidst the dwindling global resources and food shortages, the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has distributed agricultural inputs to farmers in Abia state, in South East and Kebbi and Yobe states in North West Nigeria. The accredited beneficiaries of the program received…
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested three minors for alleged attempted rape of another minor. The State Commandant of the Corps, Elijah Willie, who revealed this to newsmen on Saturday in Abakaliki, said two of the suspects are aged 15 and 13. He added that the…
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 Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment and deployment of dedicated police public relations officers and a deputy public relations officer at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday. According to Adejobi, the appointments aim to…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has warned of the likelihood of heat stress and thunderstorms across various parts of the country on Saturday. The agency made the predictions in its Weather Report released in Abuja on Saturday. According to NiMet, the heat index over Nigeria is expected to soar, with strong prospects of heat stress in…
Mexico says it is severing relations with Ecuador after its embassy was stormed by Ecuadoran police in Quito to arrest former Vice-President Jorge Glas. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had “forcibly entered” the embassy in a “flagrant violation of international law”. Glas took refuge in the embassy last December after Ecuador issued…
The Nigerian army has revealed how the names of the traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom, HRM Clement Ikolo, the university professor, Arthur Ekpokpo, and six others found their way into the list of wanted persons by the army over the killing of 17 soldiers around Okuama, a community in Ughelli south local government area of…
