The Chairman of Abia State Judicial Panel on recovery of government properties and funds, Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd) has said the bench warrant the Panel issued on an Auctioneer, Chikwendu Ahiwe, who allegedly carted away a 125KVA generator set belonging to General Hospital Isuikwuato LGA, is still in force.Justice Duruoha-Igwe, who said this after…
Opinions concerning steady power supply in Aba, in the aftermath of the newly commissioned Geometric Power Plant to guarantee steady power supply have been nothing but mixed and polarized. Residents say they were still living in darkness despite the assurances that the plant would solve their electricity problems once it was inaugurated. It would be recalled…
The South-East chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) proposed N540, 000 and N447, 000 respectively, as new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The chairperson of NLC in Lagos State, Funmi Sessi, also made the demand of N794,000 for workers at the ongoing public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on National…
The National Directorate of Employment NDE Abia has flagged off a five (5) day intensive training for 20 women in Abia state on Cosmetology under the Women Employment Branch (WEB). Delivering a keynote address of the Director General, NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, the State coordinator NDE Abia, Mrs Tessy Wachuku encouraged the beneficiaries to…
The General Manager of the Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), Honorable Frank Nzewodo has found himself at the center of a legal storm, facing grave accusations of corruption and abuse of power. Reports suggest that Nzewodo may have succumbed to bribery, resulting in the unlawful demolition of a residential property entangled in a heated legal…
Nigeria Football Federation has declared the position of the Super Eagles head coach vacant. This follows the expiration of Jose Peseiro’s contract in February With the departure of the Portuguese who led the Eagles to second place at the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the Glass House is out shopping for a…
Security has been beefed up around the Edo State House of Assembly. This comes a day after members of the house served an impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu. According to the House, the Deputy Governor has seven days to respond to the notice. Meanwhile, members of the Edo State Security Networks,…
The lawmaker representing the ward of former Governor Nyesom Wike in Obio/Akpor Local Government in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Akor Prince Nna has announced his resignation. The lawmaker stated that he is backing Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the ongoing power tussle in the state. He has stepped down from his position as…
The move to impeach the embattled deputy governor of Edo state Philip Shaibu has not gone down well with indigenes of Jattu, in Edo North where the deputy governor comes from. On Thursday, thousands of youths, women and men, yesterday, protested to register their anger at the plot to impeach Shaibu, calling on the Edo…
Aston Villa were held to a goalless draw by Ajax in the first leg of their Europa Conference League last-16 tie. In a game of few clear chances, both sides finished with 10 players after Villa’s Ezri Konsa and Ajax defender Tristan Gooijer were both shown a second yellow card in the final 10 minutes….
