BREAKING: Court Orders DSS To Release Sowore, Bakare Within 24 Hours
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services to release human rights activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, within the next 24 hours. The judge also ordered the DSS to pay the sum of N100, 000 to Sowore for refusing to release him on bail despite two court orders to that effect. The...
ABN TV bags best online news medium 2019
In recognition of its professionalism in information dissemination, the management of National Broadcast Academy (NBA) Lagos, the training arm of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria has awarded ABN TV the best online news platform for the year 2019. The Executive Director ABN TV, Ifeanyi Okali has also been invited as a special guest to the Academy's end-of-course ceremony where the...
BENJAMIN KALU, A FANTASTIC FEDERAL LEGISLATOR – GOVERNOR IKPEAZU
Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has described the Member representing Bende Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu as a fantastic federal legislator and a great representative of his people and the people of Abia State. The Governor who stated this on Tuesday at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House Umuahia when he received a...
BREAKING: ASEPA launches house-to-house waste collection in Umuahia
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has launched a new house-to-house waste collection program in Umuahia as part of its efforts to further improve sanitation within the capital city. Speaking during the launch, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, PhD, expressed the determination of government to ensure that...
AbiaPoly Alumni Association Visits Abia Speaker, Requests for Collaboration to Move Institution Forward
President of the association while addressing the Speaker and Honourable Members present, eulogized the Speaker and his colleagues “for all the wonderful works you people have been doing including the remodeled Assembly to world class standard, quality laws emanating from the House and the productive oversight functions by the different House Committees that have brought about positive changes in...
BREAKING: Court Asks T.A. Orji, Saraki, Akpabio To Refund Pensions Received As Ex-Governors
A federal high court in Ikoyi has asked the federal government to recover pension and allowances received by Bukola Saraki and Godswill Akpabio as former state governors. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) sued the federal government in 2017 over its “failure to stop former governors from receiving double pay and life pensions”. It also sued the government for failing...
My son learned good marriage practice from me – Amobi Ogah
Following a dramatized wedding by kids of Pinecrest School Enugu that recently broke the internet, father of the little bridegroom, Chief Amobi Godwin Ogah has said his kid's excellent performance was influenced by how he lives with his wife at home. In a chat with ABN TV on Wednesday, Ogah said his son, Prince Amobi Jnr learned the art of...
INEC to conduct local council polls as Senate grants full autonomy to LGAs
The National Assembly on Tuesday, granted full financial and administrative autonomy to all the 774 local council authorities across Nigeria by amending section 124 of the nation’s constitution. The section provides a consequential provision for the making of the local councils, a full third tier government without undue interference from the state governments. The amendment was one of the 22 others...
Ikpeazu sacks Abia North waste management team
Few months after its constitution, the Abia state Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Waste Management Team for Aba North LGA for dereliction of duty. According to a release signed by the chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, s new team to manage waste collection, especially along Aba Owerri Road would be reconstituted...
Abia Speaker, Ikuku Rewards Assembly Staff (Photos)
In fulfilment of the pledge made in June to the Staffers of the Abia State House of Assembly, the Speaker Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, on Tuesday presented a Sienna Car, on behalf of Members of the 7th Abia State House of Assembly, to Mrs Ijeoma Ezuta, a Staff of the Assembly, as reward for her dedication to duty. Recall...
