Chief Princess Monica Uche Ottah Bags Traditional Title Of ‘ADA KA IBEYA’ In Ohafia, Pledges N10million (Photos, Video)
Board member National Films and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Chief Princess Monica Uche Ottah has bagged the chieftaincy title of Ada Ka Ibeya of Ohafia Ancient Kingdom. ABN TV reports that the honour was conferred on her on Sunday by the Chairman, Ohafia Council of Monarchs, Ezie. Prof. E.U.L Imaga in recognition of her philanthropic and humanitarian...
Dr. Chidia Maduekwe’s Narrative Change At NFC A Spawn For President Buhari’s Blueprint In Nigeria’s Film Industry
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), established in 1979, is empowered to lay a solid foundation for the development of viable and sustainable film industry and cinema culture in Nigeria with the mandate of planning, promoting, and organising an integrated and efficient growth and development of the Nigerian film industry, including support and training for Nigerian filmmakers. The Corporation is...
[OPINION] POOR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN ABIA STATE, BY NWAGBOGU AMARA
Education in Abia state, especially in the public sector is in a state of dysfunction. The students are disillusioned with public education. Their teachers are frustrated in the face of poor motivation and Lack of good facilities. What is clear is that successive governments have paid lip service to revamp a sector bedevilled by low budgetary allocations, poor incentives for...
First COVID-19 Vaccine Tested On Humans Yields Positive Results
The first COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on humans has produced positive initial results. Moderna, the biotechnology company leading the effort, made the announcement on Monday. Stéphane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, said this was based on the results of an initial clinical trial involving eight humans, who were given two doses of the vaccine mRNA-1273 back at the start of March. ...
COVID-19 IS ALREADY IN NIGERIA DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR LEADERS BUT WHAT NEXT?
By Great Imo Jonathan By now we all can say with boldness that Nigeria could have missed being affected by this global pandemic but for the failure of our leaders to act swiftly. I mean leaders across the board, including religious leaders who held services last Sunday despite government instructions and opposition party leaders who are only good at pointing...
When Orji Kalu Shook Abia With Constituency Projects
Many, especially those who bungled the opportunity to positively impact the lives of the people, had thought that the reported infrastructural revolution currently running through Abia North senatorial district was a fluke. Last month, the Senate Chi...
Like OUK Like MUK
By Onyendi Victor Kelechi They golden descendants of Uzor Kalu dynasty. Gold they always say is very precious. So they great descendants of Uzor Kalu dynasty are gold and they are precious. The history of Abia politics can never be complete without making reference to the great exploits of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu the Senate Chief Whip (Miri yiri Enyi ala...
Buhari, Obasanjo, Orji Kalu, Ned Nwoko, Amaechi, Dino Melaye, Others For IgbereTV Awards
All is now set for the well-publicised and most anticipated award event of the century, the prestigious Igbere TV Leadership Excellence Awards, 2020 'lockdown' edition, organized by foremost African community TV/Online News platform, Igbere Television. The Leadership Excellence Awards recognises and honours the outstanding impacts of leaders across several sectors and industries in Nigeria. The 2020 edition is taking place...
The Untold Story of Ongoing Faulks Road, Aba, Project, By John Okiyi Kalu
Prior to the inauguration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in 2015, the dominant image of infrastructure deficiencies in Aba, the commercial nerve center of Abia State, also known as Enyimba City, was the perennially dilapidated “Ukwu Mango” area of Faulks (Ariaria) Road, along with the fabled Ama Ikonne “river” believed to be unfixable because of alleged activities of a certain...
Edo State Govt Declares Over 200 Vehicles Missing
The committee set up by the Edo government to recover government assets says over 200 vehicles belonging to the state are missing. The chairman of the committee Kelly Okungbowa shared the information with journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday. He said three of these vehicles have been recovered less than a day after the group was inaugurated. Okungbowa...
