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Appeal Court Affirms Prof. Gregory Ibe Abia APGA Governorship Candidate
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri Friday affirmed the nomination of Prof Gregory Ibe as the validly elected candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State in the forthcoming governorship election of 11 March 2023. Delivering the lead judgment in the appeal brought before it by General Ijioma N Ijioma, an aspirant in the APGA guber primary...
Police AIG Zone 5 Benin, Lawan Jimeta Is Dead
The Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG in-charge of Zone 5 Benin Edo State, AIG Lawan Tanko Jimeta is dead, ABN TV report. He died in the early hours of Sunday at an undisclosed medical facility. A police source who revealed this to ABN TV on Sunday said the late senior police officer fell in a domestic accident. READ ALSO: Driver, Gang...
2023: PDP Governors Wike, Ikpeazu Will Support APC’s Tinubu – Orji Kalu [VIDEO]
The chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that the Governor of Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike will support All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in Saturday's election. https://youtu.be/fGcKVAESEQk Senator Kalu made this known during a Channels TV programme, "The 2023 Verdict" monitored by ABN TV. According to him,...
Gunmen Attack Ugwunagbo Police Station Aba (Photos)
Unidentified gunmen have attacked Ugwunagbo Divisional police station in Aba, Abia State, ABN TV reports. The attack which happened in the early hours of Thursday was confirmed by the police PRO of Abia State command, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna. It is not clear the level of damage done on the facility or if there was any casualty. READ ALSO: Enugu Labour Party Senatorial...
Abia North: APP Senatorial Candidate Steps Down For Sen Kalu
The Action People Party (APP) candidate for Abia North senatorial district, Adijeh Ifeanyichukwu Kingsley has announced his decision to step down from the contesting, supporting his APC opponent, the incumbent Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu. This is coming barely 48 hours to the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections in which Sen. Kalu a former governor of Abia State is...
Simon Ekpa Arrested By Finland Authorities (Photos)
Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a man said to be a Nigerian popular separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, ABN TV learnt. According to a Finland news outlet HS, the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their surprise, the Finland police, KRP, answered when...
Simon Ekpa Released Hours After Grilling By Finnish Police
Finnish police on Thursday released a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, hours after he was arrested and grilled. ABN TV earlier reported that Finnish authorities arrested Ekpa. The police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. Ekpa was later released on Thursday evening after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime in Finland. The Finnish Central Criminal...
INEC Shifts Enugu East Senatorial Election, Gives Reason
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has shifted the conduct of the senatorial election in Enugu East following the death of the Labour Party LP candidate. The election would now hold alongside the governorship polls on March 11 Details later…
Man Electrocuted While Reconnecting Electricity In Abia (Photos, Video)
Chinwendu Samuel Mark, a 26-year-old man, has died of electrocution while reportedly trying to illegally reconnect electricity disconnected by operatives of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Plc in Umuahia, Abia State, ABN TV reports. Chinwendu Mark, popularly known as Oku Na Wire Mark died on Saturday at Warri Street in Umuahia while performing the task. ABN TV gathered that the...
EFCC Confirms Abdulkarim Chukkol As Acting Chairman
Following Tuesday, June 14, 2023, suspension of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, as Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by the Federal Government, Mr. Abdulkarim Chukkol has stepped in as Acting Chairman of the Commission. Until this new role, he was the Director of Operations of the Commission. A pioneer staff of the Commission and an illustrious member of the...
