Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, says the issue of employment in the state civil service is not in the plans of his administration. The governor said this during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in Umuahia. According to him, the issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what…
Some gunmen suspected to be suspected to be bandits on Thursday night invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene in Kogi State and abducted some students. According to reports the bandits swooped on the university around 9pm while the students were reading for their upcoming exams. The reports said the bandits came…
The Anambra State Government has stepped in to resolve the longstanding boundary dispute between the Amaetiti and Okpeze communities in the Orumba North Local Government Area. The government waded into the dispute through a delegation of Anambra State Boundary Committee led by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, who visited the area on Thursday, May…
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State continues to record massive defection from its fold, the opposition All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has urged the defecting members to pitch their political tent with the cock party, saying it gas enough membership cards for all. The state chairman of APGA, Chief Emmanuel Egwu (Ebekuo…
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has approved the reconstitution of the Abia State Judicial Service Commission. The approval was disclosed in a release by the governor’s chief press secretary, Kazie Uko, on Wednesday. According to the release, Governor Otti has nominated the following persons as members of the commission pending their confirmation by…
Ilerioluwa Babalobi, a thirty-one-year-old Nigerian tourist, has kick-started a visit to all 54 African countries to raise awareness for social interventions across the African continent. The 31-year-old, who started his tour from the Red Cross office in Lagos, would tour the continent spending an average of five days in each African state visited without using…
The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed the Public Ranch Management Agency bill. The bill, which was passed on Tuesday in Enugu by the lawmakers, authorised the state government to establish an agency to manage both government and privately owned ranches in the state. Speaking before the passage of the bill, the member representing…
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has criticised the quality of renovation carried out in the senate permanent chamber. Mr Ndume, the senator for Borno South, lamented that the chamber was poorly renovated despite the billions of naira expended on it. The senator made the remarks during the plenary on Tuesday. The federal…
The lifeless body of a father of 12 has been found in a brothel on Tombia-Amassoma Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. According to the residents of the area, the deceased who hailed from Delta State, left home around 8am on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, for the brothel. He was later found dead and naked in…
The Federal government has stated that the country’s healthcare system now attracts foreign patients. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa said this during a television interview. According to him, foreign patients, including Indians seeking medical treatments now visits the country’s health care system. He claimed that with improvements in the healthcare system,…
