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Abia PDP Guber Candidate, Prof Ikonne Visits Chikwe Udensi
A chieftain of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA Sir Chikwe Udensi on Thursday played host to the PDP governorship candidate in Abia state come 2023, Prof. Uche Ikonne at his Abuja home, ABN TV reports. The outcome of the meeting was however not disclosed to newsmen. ABN TV reports Sir Udensi, a factional governorship candidate of APGA has weeks ago played...
Petrol To Cost N410 Without Subsidy, Says NNPC
Without the current subsidy on petrol, the actual importation and retail cost would be at N410 per litre as market conditions take price to thrice of N170 pump price, said the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari. ABN TV reported on Tuesday that marketers are pushing for over N200/l as some stations in Abuja city centre sold...
Hoodlums Burn INEC Office In Ogun (PHOTOS)
Suspected hoodlums have set on fire an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. ABN TV reports that the hoodlums, numbering about eight, had scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. They were said to have soaked loaves of bread with...
Abia Labour Party Signs Undertaking To Maintain Peace During Rally Aba [DOCUMENT ATTACHED]
The leadership of the Labour Party, LP in Abia State on Wednesday held a meeting with the Commissioner of Police, CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala where the party signed an undertaking to maintain peace at a planned rally in Aba on Thursday. The state government had earlier warned the party to stay away from Ngwa High School Osisioma Aba, planned venue...
Abia CP Bala Visits Army Brigade Commander In Ohafia, Seeks Synergy (Photos, Video)
The newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the 14th Commander in charge of the 14 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Adegoke Moses Adetuyi at the Brigade Headquarters Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks in Ohafia. He said the visit is to create a good relationship with the...
Group Takes South East Governors, Others To Two Powerful Shrines Over Nnamdi Kanu’s Continuous Detention
An Igbo group known as Eziokwu Bu Ndu (Ofo n'Ogo) which is sympathetic to the Biafra course, said it has dragged the five South East governors and some other Igbo leaders to two popular shrines in the country over the plight of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu's predicament. The other Igbo leaders said to...
Contempt: EFCC Chairman, Bawa Moves To Avoid Jail, Appeals Court Ruling
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa has appealed the contempt of court verdict handed down to him by the Abuja High Court. Mr Bawa disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists at the House of Representatives. ABN TV reports that the Court had ordered him to be remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility until...
Sen. Ekweremadu Asks Court To Dismiss Application Seeking To Declare Seat Vacant
Former Deputy President Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu State to dismiss the application seeking to declare his Senate Seat vacant. Senator Ekweremadu who hails from Mpu community in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State is representing Enugu West senatorial district at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly. However, Ekweremadu...
Contempt Of Court: EFCC Chairman Found Guilty, Sent To Prison
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, held that “the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is in contempt...
Court Seals First Bank Offices In Umuahia (PHOTOS)
An Abia state high court in Umuahia Abia state in the early hours of Tuesday sealed the First Bank PLC headquarters off bank road and Uzuakoli road branch in Umuahia, ABN TV reports. According to a source who spoke with ABN TV, the development hampered operations in the bank as the enforcement team stormed the bank, sealing the gate at...
