Operation license of all motor parks in Umuahia North Local Government of Abia State, have been revoked by the Council Chairman, Victor Ikeji with effect from December 11, 2023. This development was contained in a press release made available by Tochukwu Eluwa, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the LGA Chairman. The press release said…
Governor Alex Otti has signed into law the Greater Aba Development Authority (GADA) bill, which was passed on December 8 by the Abia State House of Assembly. The GADA, which is the first bill to be signed into law by the Governor since his assumption of office, seeks to give special developmental focus to Aba…
Abia State Government says it will give workers in the state a welfare package that will make them smile by doubling their salary this month, December 2023, known in the organized labour circle as 13th month. The State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu who dropped this hint while briefing the press on…
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Tuesday, presented the 2024 budget proposal of N592.2 billion to the state’s House of Assembly for approval. In his address while presenting the appropriation bill, the governor said N100.9 billion was set aside as recurrent expenditure and N491.2 billion as capital spending in the document christened: “Budget of…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has presented the 2024 state budget before the Abia State House of Assembly in Umuahia. The budget, known as “A New Beginning,” is estimated at N567,240,095,972, with 84 per cent of the sum targeted at capital project expenditure and 16 per cent to be spent on recurrent expenditure. In…
To boost sufficient food production especially birds in Imo State, poultry farmers have been given chicks, feeds and food nutrients by Asia Africa Corporation (AAC). The birds, feeds and organic food were given to the farmers who went through a training/seminar organized by AAC for three months through a low interest loan disbursed by Microfinance…
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that powerful Nigerians are sponsoring banditry and kidnappings in the country. He also accused them of being behind illegal mining in the country. Alake spoke at the National Assembly when he appeared before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate….
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says the state recorded zero bank robbery in four years, the longest period over the past 20 years. Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday at the 17th Town Hall Meeting on security organised by the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), linking the development to the continuous review of the…
An old picture of popular Nigerian clerics Late Archbishop Benson Idahosa and Pastor Enoch Adeboye is eliciting reactions from Nigerians. The time and place of the picture was taken is not known but a close look at the picture will make you want to guess how old there were at that time. Archbishop Benson Andrew…
The Senate on Tuesday announced President Bola Tinubu’s request seeking the confirmation of the nomination of 19 commissioners of the National Population Commission (NPC). The President also asked the red chamber to confirm the nomination of Bashir Indabawa (North-West), Enorense Amadasu (South-South) and Babajide Fasina (South-West) as NPC commissioners. The Senate led by Senator Godswill…
