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Ex-Abia LG Chairman Dumps PDP For APC
Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday, received the former Executive Chairman of Ukwa West LGA, Abia State, Chief Sylvanus Nwaji of the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC. Presenting the broom to Nwaji on behalf the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the APC , Governor Mai Buni, Kalu commended the former LG Boss...
EFCC Arrests Juju Scam Kingpin, Abayomi Alaka over N250m Fraud [PHOTOS]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of juju scammers that operates from a shrine at Ashipa Town, near Abeokuta Ogun State. Awise’s arrest followed a petition by a victim, Bright Juliet who lost N250m to the syndicate after she was tricked to provide money for sacrifices and...
Infrastructure: Buhari Will Surprise Ndigbo, Says Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu
Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Sen. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has said President Muhammadu Buhari will surprise Ndigbo with more developmental infrastructure, urging them to support him. The former Abia governor insisted that President Buhari has good intentions towards the people of the Southeast, noting that several infrastructures going on or completed by the Buhari-led federal government show that...
Meet 27 New Commissioners In Abia And Their Portfolios [MUST READ]
The governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday swore in 27 new Commissioners with a charge on them to work for the socio-political and economic renaissance of Abia, ABN TV reports. The Commissioners were appointed several months the state ran in a slim cabinet. The new Commissioners and their portfolios are; Mazi Donatus Okorie - Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural...
After NDA Attack, Activist Deji Adeyanju Says Bandits Will Soon Abducting Governors
Activist and Convener of the Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju has warned that if care is not taken, Bandits will soon start kidnapping Governors. Adeyanju, in a statement via Twitter, condemned Tuesday’s attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy in Kaduna by daredevil bandits. The attack resulted in the death of some soldiers while two were abducted. READ ALSO: Nigeria Defence Academy Confirms...
Killing Of Petrol Attendant: You Can’t Cover This Up — Ikpeazu Tells Lai Mohammed
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed shock over a quote credited to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in which he alleged that Mr Chibuisi Okameme, petrol attendant who was shot dead recently in Aba by a policeman was instead killed by a vehicle, saying the minister did not get his facts right. The...
Supreme Court Strikes Appeals By Former Bayelsa Gov Dickson And PDP
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out two appeals filed by a former Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, and his party – the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The appeals were against the January 7, 2021 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt Division, which held among others, that a suit seeking Dickson’s disqualification from contesting the last...
APC Convention: Kingsley Ononogbu Leads Abia Delegates, Says No Faction In Party
Hon. Kingsley Ononogbu, the Abia State APC chairman on Saturday led a delegation of the party stalwarts in the Saturday convention of the party that is about now taking place in Abuja. Speaking with ABN TV, Hon. Ononogbu insisted that there is no faction in the state chapter of the party. The chairman who had earlier welcomed Hon. Acho, the factional...
BREAKING: Abia Elder Statesman Chief K.K. Owen Is Dead
An Abia state Elder Statesman, Chief K. K. Owen has been confirmed dead. He hails from Elu Ohafia in Ohafia Local government Area. ABN TV gathered that he died in the early hours of Saturday. The cause of his death could not be confirmed at the moment of filing this report. The member representing Ohafia South Constituency of Abia State House of Assembly,...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Blasts Buhari, FG Over Twitter ban
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. He said restriction of social media use has no place in a democracy. In a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of Twitter. READ ALSO: Suspension...
