Federal legislator reacts to trending news of Arochukwu dilapidated community school
The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency, Hon. Uko Nkole has reacted to a viral video of Ndia Ememe Abam community school in Arochukwu local government area of Abia state where pupils study under scorching sun without seats. This is following an earlier report by ABN TV about the poor state of the only public primary school in the area. The federal...
Meet Abia community school where children learn under tree without seats (Photos+Video)
The poor state of Ndia Ememe Abam Community School in Arochukwu local government Abia State has brought the academic activities in the school to a stand still as pupils now stand under tree to receive lessons, ABN TV findings reveal. The school located in Ohafor ward 1 our correspondent discovered has been in a very dilapidated state for years without...
Amotekun: North should be ready for their own version – Yerima Shettima says
As controversy continues to trail the formation of a security outfit to tackle rising threats in the Southwest, a northern group has thrown its weight behind the group, known as Amotekun. The National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, said in an interview with Vanguard that they were in full support of Amotekun given the rising...
Imo Speaker jittery over imminent forfeiture of seat, set to join APC
Palpable tension seems to have gripped the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chiji Collins as to what action he will take next to save his speakership position which is currently under serious threat. Chiji Collins who jumped ship from the All Progressives Grand Alliance to the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party to secure his seat having...
Boko Haram kill five, abduct dozens in Maiduguri
Gunmen from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed five people and abducted several others as they collected firewood in restive northeast Nigeria, security sources said Friday. Fighters opened fire on the group as they fetched wood on Thursday outside the town of Dikwa, 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the regional capital Maiduguri, an anti-jihadist militia leader, Babakura Kolo, told AFP. "A group...
Unizik staffs protest kidnapping of colleague
Nnamdi Azikiwe University branch of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities on Friday staged a protest at Government House, Awka, Anambra State, over the kidnap of one of their colleagues, Emeka Chiaghana, by yet to be identified gunmen. They carried placards with various inscriptions. Some of them read, "We want to know the whereabouts of our colleague", "Chiaghana cannot...
Man drowns after jumping into well to retrieve phone
A 26-year-old man, identified simply as Cisse, has lost his life after jumping into a well to retrieve his phone at his shop located at No 7 Olanrewaju Street, Mohan bus stop in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The phone was said to be worth N3,000. Cisse was sitting on the edge of the well when his phone...
Amotekun: Start operation immediately, Ondo monarchs urge South-West govs
Traditional rulers in Ondo State has called on governors in the Southwest to ignore negative comments about Operation Amotekun and conclude necessary arrangements for the immediate take-off of the security outfit in the six states of the zone. The monarchs, under the umbrella of “De 130 Krown Obas”, spoke through their state president, the Owa-Ale of Ikare-Akoko, Oba Kolapo Adegbite-Adedoyin,...
I never ordered arrest of any pensioner, Abia Commissioner for Finance insists
Following media reports that he ordered the arrest of two pensioners who allegedly visited him for a meeting in his office on Thursday, the Abia State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Aham Uko has denied the report. Dr. Uko in a statement he personally signed and obtained by ABN TV described the report as false and malicious, insisting that he was...
APC, PDP responsible for Nigeria’s poor rating on corruption – Ohanaeze Youths
Following the recent low rating of Nigeria by Transparency International on corruption perception, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (OYC) Worldwide has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to do more in fighting corruption, saying those in the president's party, the APC and the main opposition party, the PDP are responsible for the low rating. The Council in a statement signed by the...
