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Senator Kalu Is The Most Reliable Businessman I Ever Met — Apostle Alozie
An Abia based Cleric, Apostle Chuks Alozie, has announced Forbes rated international businessman and astute politician, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the most reliable businessman he ever met. Addressing Participants at the NYFC annual business seminar for young entrepreneurs held in Abuja on Tuesday, the cleric has used the eminent businessman as an inspirational example of the integrity demands of...
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Pushes For 5% Employment Quota For PWDs
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has called for the amendment of Disability Act to provide for at least, 5 % quota of employment for People Living with Disabilities (PWDs). He also pledged the parliament's readiness to evaluate a suggestion that 10% percent of all social intervention projects of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs)...
Tinubu To Review Military Operations After Borno Massacre
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Armed Forces to review ongoing security operations, including the deployment of advanced military hardware and surveillance equipment, to eliminate terrorist groups across the country. This comes as Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima expressed deep condolences to the government and people of Borno State over the recent terrorist attack that claimed many lives in Darajamal...
‘Respect Court Order’, Nsulu Stakeholders Tell Govt Over Abia Airport
The Abia State Government has commenced clearing the access road leading to the proposed runway of the Abia Airport in Nsulu, Isialangwa North Local Government Area, despite a court order mandating a stay of action on the project. A state High Court sitting in Okpuala Ngwa had previously ordered the government to halt all activities on the project until the...
COVID-19 Has Taught Us Invaluable Lessons – Buhari
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, inaugurated the $2.592bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipeline project, admitting that the COVID-19 pandemic has thought his regime invaluable lessons. He said the government also learnt from some oil-rich countries that have utilised their crude to achieve economic and industrial diversification. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President...
Obi Holds Talks With Soyinka
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, yesterday, paid a special visit to Nigeria’s only Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. In a tweet, Obi described the visit as enriching as he had a useful discussion with him. “Today I visited one of Nigeria’s most revered figures and an international literary icon Prof. Wole Soyinka. Prof. Soyinka has been...
Govt Takes Action To Combat Non-Communicable Diseases, Mental Health
Multi-stakeholder partners and govt. officials have promised to increase their dedication to tackling mental health and non-communicable diseases. They made the pledge at a side event held during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia, Samoa, according to a statement made available to our correspondent on Thursday. The event, titled “Weaving a healthy Commonwealth Aiga for combating NCDs and promoting...
Abia APP Governorship Candidate, Mascot Uzor-Kalu Visits Lady Who Gave Birth To 5 Babies, Others (PHOTOS)
Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, the governorship candidate of Action People's Party (APP) in Abia state on Sunday paid a solidarity visit to Oluomachi Lynda Nwojo, an undergraduate who gave birth to quintuplets, 5 set of babies at Federal Medical center Umuahia Abia State. Chukwuemeka Adile, the state administrative secretary of APP who represented Mascot Uzor Kalu said the...
Eight Kwara TESCOM Applicants Dismissed Following Failed Drug Tests
A minimum of eight candidates from the 1,800 shortlisted for teaching positions by the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission have been disqualified after testing positive for prohibited substances. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the TESCOM Press Secretary, Sam Onile, who quoted the Chairman of the Commission, Bello Abubakar. According to the statement, the disqualified applicants tested positive...
Completion Of Reconstruction Work On Umuahia-Ikwuano-Ikot Ekpene Road My Top Priority — Rep. Onuigbo
The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has decried the challenges of road infrastructure in Ikwuano, assuring that total reconstruction of the Umuahia-Ikwuano- Ikot Ekpene federal road remains his ultimate priority. “I have been working tirelessly to ensure the total reconstruction of the Umuahia-Ikwuano- Ikot Ekpene federal road. I am optimistic that the ongoing reconstruction will be completed...
