MAN holds workshop on cyber crimes, cultism, drugs for secondary schools
Edet Okpo The Management of Maritime Academy of Nigeria is relentless in the advancement of its sustainable template for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the host communities of the Academy. On Friday, November 22, 2019, the Academy successfully organized a Sensitization workshop on the theme: “Curbing Drug Abuse, Cyber Crime and Cultism Among Secondary School Students”. This was one...
[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...
Suspected Land Grabbers Invade Ondo Community
The Akure West LCDA headquarters in Ondo State's Isinkan community is tense after alleged land grabbers carrying lethal weapons interrupted a housing project that was in progress. According to reports, about 10 individuals stormed the site in a convoy, drove away workers, and allegedly destroyed equipment. Sources claim the intruders acted on the orders of the Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladelusi...
What My Father Told Me About The Biafran War – Osita Chidoka
As the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB celebrates and honours its fallen heroes and heroines, many Nigerians of Igbo extraction, Saturday took to the micro-blogging sites, (twitter and Facebook) to pen down stories that touch the heart. The 48-year-old, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, was not left out, as he enlightened Nigerians with his father’s words of wisdom. Read...
Political Inclusion: Governor Udom Emmanuel’s Matrix
B. N. Etim Last week, precisely on Thursday, November 21, eleven (11) bonafide members of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom state who are stakeholders of the party in...
ABN TV Boss Congratulates Nyerere On Appointment Into PenCom
The Director ABN TV, Ifeanyi Okali has congratulated the South East Commissioner in National Pension Commission (PenCom) Chief Anyim Nyerere on his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. Okali while expressing confidence in the capacity of Nyerere said his track record stands him out, describing him as a square peg in a square hole. He further wished Chief Nyerere well in his...
Ibom Airline’s success spins new perspective on Udom’s industrialisation prog’
By Abasifreke Effiong Ibom Airline's success story within 100 days of operations in the Nigerian Airspace has spin a new positive perspective on the industrialisation agenda of Governor Udom Emmanuel administration. The visibility, excellent operations as well as testimonies of good services rendered by the Akwa Ibom State government-owned airliners are significantly pushing renowned, unapolgetic pessimists and opponents of...
Birthday: DIG Udah (rtd) Invaluable Asset, Well Of Wisdom, says Benjamin Kalu
The member representing Bende federal constituency Abia state, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has congratulated a Deputy Inspector General of Police (rtd) Azubuko Udah as he becomes a year older today. ABN TV reports that the lawmaker in a birthday message on Tuesday described DIG Udah (rtd) as a big brother and invaluable asset. According to Kalu, Udah stands as a deep well...
Sharpeville Massacre And The Quest For Human Liberation By Ifeanyi Okali
My heart goes the entire Black race, particularly South Africans as she marks the 60th anniversary of the mindless massacre of over 60 people in Sharpeville today. Though a very sad reminder of how the black's life has been a pawn in the chessboard of the white, it is a very remarkable signal of how dogged and resilient the...
Birthday: Hon. Kalu Celebrates Sen. Kalu’s Wife, Describes Her As Pillar Of Support
The member representing Bende federal constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has felicitated with Lady Ifunanya Orji Kalu, wife of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Senate Chief Whip. ABN TV reports that Hon. Kalu described her as a pillar of support to Sen. Kalu, former Abia governor, adding that no man can reward her for standing by her husband in difficult times to...
