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Abia Assembly Intervenes In The Invasion Of Ubaha Community By Fulani Herdsmen
Abia State House of Assembly on Monday considered the report of its Committee on Agriculture on a petition titled "Save Our Soul": A Call for Urgent Intervention in the Looming Crises between Ubaha- Umunna Nsulu Community and Fulani Herdsmen", in the Committee of the Whole. Ubaha- Umunna Nsulu Isiala-Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state is reportedly under the invasion...
Ikpeazu Appoints Ikeokwu Chinedu General Manager TIMAAS
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, has approved the appointment of Ikeokwu Bright Chinedu as General Manager, Traffic Indiscipline Management Agency, Abia State (TIMAAS) This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to Abia State government, Barr. Chris Ezem and made available to ABN TV on Monday. He added that this appointment takes effect from March...
BREAKING: WAEC Postpones School WASSCE Over Coronavirus
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has postponed the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, 2020 indefinitely. In a statement, WAEC Nigeria’s Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan, said the examination scheduled to begin April 6, 2020 in member countries, was postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The statement reads in part: “The West...
COVID-19: Nigerians Blast FG For Begging Elon Musk For Ventilators [See Reactions]
Nigerians have descended on the Federal Government of Nigeria for taking to Twitter to beg billionaire engineer, Elon Musk, for ventilators, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Taking to Twitter, the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, requested for Elon Musk’s contributions with 100-500 ventilators. This came after the billionaire had revealed that he had some ventilators to export worldwide....
Real Palliatives Shared by Abia Speaker Rt Hon Orji Emerges (Photos)
Contrary to the pictures being circulated on the internet as the palliatives distributed to the People of Umuahia Central State Constituency by their representative, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, the real picture of the food palliatives distributed by the lawmaker has emerged, says Promise Uzoma Okoro, the Special Assistant (Media)...
EU Begins Distribution Of Food Items To 1,200 Households
The European Union has commenced the distribution of food items to vulnerable households in Nigeria. EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, flagged off the distribution of food items on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Karlsen explained that the intervention, targeted at 1,200 vulnerable households, was to support the Nigerian government in its bid to...
PTF Advise Governors To Suspend Interstate Movements Of Almajirai
The Presidential Task Force, PTF also advised governors to suspend interstate movements of Almajirai so as not to frustrate efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Northern Governors’ Forum, in a statement issued after its meeting on April 21 unanimously decided to ban the Almajirai system of education. They decided that the children should be sent back to their parents or states...
Ikpeazu Bans Street Trading At Opobo Junction Aba
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered the Traffic and Indiscipline Management Agency of Abia State (TIMAAS) to, as a matter urgency, rid the popular Opobo Junction area at Ogbor Hill of forms of street trading. Also Read: Ikpeazu Appoints Ikeokwu Chinedu General Manager TIMAAS Governor Ikpeazu gave this order to the General Manager of the agency, Engr. Bright Chinedu Ikeokwu while on...
98-Year-Old Woman Recovers From COVID-19 In Lagos
A 98-year-old woman has recovered from coronavirus in Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who made this known via his Twitter handle, said the woman was part of the 26 patients who were discharged in the state on Wednesday. According to the governor, she is the oldest COVID-19 patient to recover in the state. He tweeted, “Today, we discharged a 98-year-old woman, our oldest COVID-19...
COVID-19: Advise Your Kinsmen, Abia Gov’t Tells Northern Community Leaders
Abia State Government has called on the leadership of northern communities in the state to strongly advise their members against inviting or receiving their kinsmen from other parts of the country into the state until the ongoing war against COVID-19 is won. Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Barr Chris Ezem, made...
