Dr. Ogunji Served Our State Meritoriously, Loyal Party Man — Abia Speaker
Tributes have continued to pour in following the death Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Solomon Ogunji late Saturday night. The latest came from the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji who described the late Commissioner as his friend. While stating that he received the news of Dr. Ogunji's death with shock, the Speaker described him...
Ramadan: Ogah Felicitates With Muslims, Calls For Continued Prayer To Defeat COVID-19
The Honorable Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah has congratulated the Muslim faithful on the completion of this year's Ramadan fast. Dr. Ogah in a message he personally signed on Sunday and made available to ABN TV, called on Nigerians to continually offer prayers to God as efforts are ongoing to reduce the impact of...
Eid-il-Fitr: Sultan Declares Sunday 24 Sallah Day
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar on Friday declared Sunday as Eid-il-Fitr day. The declaration followed the no report of moon sighting in the country. The ongoing Ramadan ends Saturday, marking the end of 30-day fasting. A statement by the Wazirin Sokoto and Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Prof...
Prof Ibe Felicitates With Muslim Ummah At Eid-El-Fitr, Urges Peace, Tolerance
The Chancellor/Proprietor Gregory University, Prof. Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe has congratulated the Muslim faithful on the completion of the Ramadan fast, saying it has availed the country opportunity to reflect on the blessings of God even in this trying period of COVID-19 across the world. Prof. Ibe in a statement he personally signed urged Muslims in Nigeria and Abia, in particular,...
Post COVID-19: Help Us Develop Blueprint, Ikpeazu Begs New Economic Advisory C’tee
The Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has inaugurated the State Post COVID-19 Economic Advisory Council with a charge to them to develop a blueprint for the state to manage its economy beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor told the members of the Council, at an online meeting on Friday, to take into consideration the shocks generated by the pandemic and...
Nigerians Evading Tax On Foreign Properties Will Be Prosecuted – AGF, Malami
Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) has announced that the federal government will henceforth prosecute anyone found guilty of evading payment of tax on foreign properties. ABN TV reports that Malami who advised defaulters to take advantage of the voluntary offshore assets regularisation scheme (VOARS) to declare and regularise their assets, added that any bank or intermediary that is...
COVID-19: Buhari’s Government Totally Irresponsible, Has Failed Woefully – PDP
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has come hard on Buhari-led government in its approach towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The party said the government’s approach was parochial and marred by corruption, nepotism, incompetence and narrow-minded politics. The PDP, in a statement on Friday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, spanked the Buhari administration for rebuffing wise counsels on the pandemic. The party chided the...
President Buhari Signs Bill On Financial Autonomy Of State Legislature, Judiciary
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of Financial Autonomy of State Legislature and State Judiciary Order, 2020. ABN TV reports that This was disclosed in a statement issued by Dr Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and made available...
BREAKING: No Moon Sighted, Fasting Continues Saturday – NSCIA
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has announced that the Ramadan fast would continue on Saturday. The National Moonsighting Committee of the NSCIA said no moon was sighted in the country on Friday. Also Read: Ramadan Begins On Friday, Says Sultan It said the Ramadan fast would reach 30 this year as against preparations earlier made by Muslim faithful to...
Soldier, Others Who Kidnapped & Killed Imo Undergraduate Over N800k Arrested, Paraded
A soldier and other suspects have confessed to killing a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after collecting N800,000 in his account, so that “our image will not be dented.” Our correspondent learnt that Isiah was an undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri. One of the suspects, Ifeanyi Nwaiwu of the Nigerian Army School of Military Engineering, Makurdi, Benue State,...
