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As Nigeria Slides Into Lockdown, Ikpeazu Orders Immediate Payment Of Civil Servants, Pensioners
The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the state ministry of finance led by Dr Aham Uko to commence payment of civil servants and verified pensioners from Friday, 27/03/2020 and conclude latest Monday 30/3/2020. Describing the directive as compassionate, the state Commissioner for Information Chief John Okiyi Kalu in a release made available to ABN TV said it...
Court Yet To Hear Orji Kalu’s Appeal Challenging His Conviction – Lawyer
Counsel to Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, Barrister Victor Etie has stated that the Appeal court is yet to hear Kalu's suit challenging his conviction by federal high court in Lagos. This is contrary to rumours making rounds that the Appeal court has dismissed the former governor's appeal, ordering him to remain in prison. Barrister Victor Etie, informed...
We Are Ready To Contain Coronavirus – Abia Govt [PHOTOS]
Abia State government says it is 100 percent above many states of the federation in its readiness to contain the dreaded Corona virus scourge should it manifest in the State. Conducting journalists round the isolation centres located within Amachara Specialist Hospital, Umuahia, which is one of the three designated in the State, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Osuji,...
LEAKED AUDIO: Buhari, Abba Kyari Allegedly Flown Out Of Nigeria For Coronavirus Treatment
President Muhammadu Buhari has been allegedly flown out of the country as his health deteriorates after unconfirmed reports suggest that he has tested positive to COVID-19. According to the former Director of Strategy/Communication under President Goodluck Jonathan, Jackson Ude, President Buhari and his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari have been secretly flown out of the country last night for medical...
BREAKING: Court Grants Orji Kalu’s Co-Defendant Post-Conviction Bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted post-conviction bail to a former Abia State Commissioner for Finance Jones Udeogu, who was convicted of N7.65billion fraud alongside former Governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. Last December 5, Justice Mohammad Idris sentenced Udeogu to 56 years imprisonment while Kalu bagged 133 years imprisonment. But on Thursday, Justice Mohammed Liman granted bail to...
BREAKING: 6 Lagos Coronavirus Patients Ready For Discharge
Six patients being treated for coronavirus have recovered in Lagos. Tunde Ajayi, the Special Assistant to Lagos state governor on health, made this known via Twitter on Thursday. According to him, the patients are set to be discharged soon. He wrote: “Six of our #COVID19 inpatients have recovered and will be discharged soon. There is something Lagos is doing right. Lagos takes...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: FG To Stop Inter-State Travels
Federal Government says it will stop interstate travels including railway. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who stated this at an ongoing press briefing in Abuja this afternoon said the government will also deploy firefighting equipment and personnel to fumigate markets, towns and cities. He insisted that with time running out, the government will not hesitate to enforce compliance...
COVID-19: Abia CP Warns Against Undermining Govt Instructions, Releases Helplines
The Commissioner of Police Abia State Command, CP Ene Okon, has called on the people of the state to always abide by the instructions from the government of the state under the leadership of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and the police authorities as a measure to curtail the spread of COVID-19. This is contained in a release signed by the state...
BREAKING: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Jump To 51 As NCDC Confirms Five New Cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that cases of coronavirus in the country have hit 51. The NCDC on its website said, “On the 25th March 25, 2020, Six new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was recorded in Nigeria. “Till date, 50 cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and one death from COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria “Of...
COVID-19: Anambra Govt Commence Inspection of Travellers’ Manifests In Onitsha
The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Christian Mmadubuko, as well as officials of the ministry, Anambra Traffic Management Agency today Tuesday 24th March 2020, visited bridgehead Onitsha to inspect passengers’ manifests of all inter-State commercial buses entering into Anambra state. Dr Mmadubuko said that the exercise was in line with Governor Willie Obiano's directive that all persons coming into the state...
