We Can’t Allow Abia Polytechnic To Bleed Any More, Ikpeazu Vows
As part of efforts to reposition Abia State Polytechnic Aba, Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has convoked a summit. This submit schedule to take place from 20th - 22nd of September, 2020, consists of important stakeholders. The Governor says it will address issues regarding regular payment of staff salaries. In a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Information, Chief...
Governor Ikpeazu Denies Telling Resident Doctors To Forget Salary Arrears
Abia State government has debunked reports that it told medical doctors to forfeit its salary arrears. The Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu on Sunday said the report making the rounds was false. The statement urged Nigerians to disregard the reports, noting that Governor Ikpeazu’s administration was determined to continue to support...
Lawyers Sign Petition To Strip Malami Of SAN Title
Over 380 lawyers have signed a petition demanding that the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, be stripped of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The petition, started on Change.org by Izu Aniagu, is titled, “Sign to strip Nigeria’s AGF, Abubakar Malami the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria”. Aniagu predicated his petition on the recent unilateral amendments...
Increase In Food Prices Is Only For A Little While – Gambari
Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Ibrahim Gambari, says the hike in prices of food items should be seen as a transient situation. Speaking on Thursday during the national food security council meeting, held at the State House, Abuja, Mr. Gambari said the recent prices of grains show a significant decline which suggests that the decrease would soon be...
Bauchi State Governor Lauds Uche Ogah On Mining Promotion Initiatives
Minister of State, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has been commended for the many laudable initiatives that he has brought to revitalize the mining sector in order to reposition the sector as the next available revenue earner for the country after oil. ABNTV reports that Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who made the above remark...
Customers Without 12-Hour Supply Daily Exempted From Electricity Bill Increase – NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC on Friday insisted that electricity Distribution Companies must not increase tariffs of customers enjoying less than 12 hours of power supply daily. Mr Dafe Akpeneye, NERC Commissioner, Legal Licensing and Compliance, made the clarification during the regulatory agency’s online town hall meeting with customers on the new electricity tariff regime. The DisCos had on September...
Ikpeazu Visits Family Of Man Shot Dead By NSCDC Officer In Abia (Photos)
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday evening, visited Umuokpo Village, Obingwa LGA to commiserate with the family of Late Onyedikachi Nwogu who was allegedly shot dead at close range by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps right in front of his compound three days ago, 8th September 2020. The Governor who arrived the village along the Aba...
“This Is Evil” – Buhari’s Aide, Onochie Asks Police To Take Action Against Ibiyeomie Over Daddy Freeze Saga
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social media, Lauretta Onochie has reacted to Pastor David Ibiyeomie’s attack on a popular On-Air Personality (OAP), Daddy Freeze. Onochie took to her official Twitter account on Friday to condemn Ibiyeomie’s threats to kill Freeze. She also called out the Nigeria Police Force to take action against Ibiyeomie, describing the pastor’s action as ‘evil’. DAILY...
DSS Invites Ex-CBN Deputy Gov Mailafia For Third Time
The Department of State Services, DSS has extended the third invitation to a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia. Mailafia, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said this during an interview with The PUNCH on Friday. “It is true. I have been invited to their office in Jos. I was asked to appear...
Group Advises Ikpeazu On How To End Extra-judicial Killing Of Abians
A human right organization, Foundation for Environmental Right Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), has reacted to the irresponsible killing of Abians by security agents. ABN TV reports that the group expresses worry that extra-judicial killing of people of the state by security agents has become a recurrent decimal. The latest in this orgy of careless killings was the murder of an Abian...
