Rain Of Cash As Firm Empowers 122 Imo Indigenes
It was a Naira rain as laboratory firm, Finlab Nigeria Limited carried out an empowerment programme in Imo State which saw 122 indigenes receiving empowerment packages as part of its 40th anniversary celebration. The beneficiaries were given cash of N50,000 to N100,000 as grants to establish new businesses or expand their already established businesses. Speaking at an event to mark the...
Ikpeazu To Support Prison Service In Setting Up Shoe, Garment Factory in Abia
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has assured that his administration will support the Human Resource Development Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service towards ensuring the successful completion of it's Shoe and Garment Industry at the Aba Medium Correctional Center. Governor Ikpeazu gave the assurance when he received at Government House Umuahia the new Comptroller, Nigerian Correctional...
‘Anti Islamic Haircut’: Release My Constituent Now, Sen. Moro Demands
The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abba Moro, has demanded the unconditional release of Elijah Odeh, a young barber from his constituency being held in Kano State over hairstyles. Moro, in a statement by his media office in Abuja on Sunday, said the barber was allegedly arrested for barbing different hairstyles on his customers, which...
Amb. Ogbonna Bags Life Patron of South East Physically Challenged Persons
In recognition of his humanitarian gestures, physically challenged persons in South East under the auspices of Wheel Chair Confined Persons Organization (WHEELCOPO) have conferred the honour of Life Patron And Advocate Of Persons Confined To The Wheelchair on the founder IGNES OGBONNA Foundation, Amb Ifeanyi Elvis Ogbonna. Amb. Ogbonna with this latest honour is expected not only be lending his...
Senator Kalu Greets Fayemi At 56
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has felicitated with Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman, Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi on the occasion of his 56th birthday anniversary. Describing the Governor as a true progressive, whose political ideology is anchored on probity, transparency, and accountability, Kalu urged Fayemi to sustain...
N81m Approved For Education Research In Kaduna
The Kaduna State Government has approved the disbursement of N81 million to 13 researchers to study the various aspects of education reforms in the state since Governor Nasir El Rufai administration came into office. A statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye on Thursday, said that the decision was taken by the State Executive Council...
Abia Speaker Mourns Ossy Prestige, Says Abia Has Lost A Political Giant
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji has sent his condolences to the family of Late Hon. Ossy Prestige, the Member who represented Aba North/Aba South at the National Assembly, people of his constituency, his party, APGA, and indeed, Abians in general over the unfortunate demise of the Lawmaker. The Speaker described Late Hon Ossy...
I Feel Honoured To Lead WTO – Okonjo-Iweala
The first female Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has declared she is honoured to have been selected to lead the organisation. “I am honoured to have been selected by WTO members as WTO Director-General,” Okonjo-Iweala said on Monday afternoon. “A strong WTO is vital if we are to recover fully and rapidly from the devastation wrought by...
WTO: Prof Ibe Salutes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala As First Female DG
The Chancellor & Proprietor, Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe has congratulated the first woman to emerge the Director-General of the world’s leading trade body, the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Prof. Ibe says Dr. Okonjo-Iweala's resounding victory and selection by the WTO’s General Council as the 7th Director-General gives him joy. In a statement issued and made...
Pastor Who Refused To Wed Couple Few Days Ago After They Came 5 Minutes Late Is Dead
According to reports shared by many sources on social media platforms, Pastor Essa Ogorry of Fulfilling Word Foundation in Port Harcourt has died of a yet-to-be confirmed cause. Recall that Pastor Essa Ogorry had gone viral on the 6th of February after he cancelled a couple’s wedding in his church after the couple arrived church 5 minutes late. One of the...
