NEWS
Senators Earn Luxury Wages While Workers Are Paid Peanuts – Sen Ali Ndume
A former Senate Leader, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army in the 9th National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, declared on Sunday that federal lawmakers and other highly placed public officers were earning luxury wages to the detriment of Nigerian masses. He said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi,...
Abia APC’s Strength Surges As Former LP Chieftain, Nzechi Joins Party
Candidate of the Labour Party, LP for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency seat in the 2019 election, Chief Charles Nzechi has joined the All Progressives Congress. This comes few months after leaving his former party the Labour Party, LP, without disclosing his next political move. He documented his membership at his Isingwu ward in Umuahia North local government area of Abia state. It is...
PHOTO: Imo Pensioners Block Govt House Entrance, Demand Payment Of Pensions
Protesting Imo State pensioners on Tuesday barricaded the entrance of the state Government House's in Owerri, Igbere TV reports. The pensioners are demanding for their unpaid pensions owed by the state Governor, Mr Hope Uzodinma for over 5 months. The retirees who were heard chanting protest slogans accused the governor Uzodinma-led administration of insensitivity.
Facebook User Cries Out After Account Hack, As Friends Get Duped
An Abia based social media user Obaji Xtopher Chidiebere has decried the compromise of his Facebook account by hackers who have allegedly duped no fewer than 4 of his friends in his name. Narrating his ordeal to ABN TV on Monday, Xtopher said he woke up in the morning to check ABN TV his reliable online media channel for trending...
Atiku Defends Buhari Over Aso Villa Meeting
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of wrongdoing over the All Progressive Congress (APC) meeting held inside Aso Villa in Abuja. Atiku Bagudu, Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the president did not violate any constitutional provision. Buhari and the APC were criticized for holding a party meeting within the precinct of...
COSEYL Canvasses Support For ABN TV Over Damage Of Equipments
The umbrella body of youth leaders in Igbo land, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has expressed regret over the damage of broadcast equipment belonging to ABN TV due to Monday night heavy downpour. COSEYL while describing the incident as unfortunate and disheartening especially at this period of economic hardship said it is not a personal loss but a...
“Ghana Persecuting Us Since 2007” – Nigerians Tell Gbajabiamila
THE leader of Nigerian traders in Ghana, Chief Chukwuemeka Nnaji, on Wednesday told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, how Nigerian traders had been subjected to hardship by the Ghanaian authorities since 2007. He added that Nigerian traders had their businesses registered with appropriate agencies while they pay their taxes as and when due, yet they were...
Trump Nominated For 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. According to Fox News on Wednesday, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament, submitted Trump’s name for the award for helping to broker the Israel-UAE peace deal. Trump’s nomination comes amid racial tension and violence in the US. In May, there was an outbreak of protests across US states...
Nigeria Overtakes India As World Capital For Under-five Deaths
Nigeria has taken over from India as the world capital for under-five deaths, according to the 2020 mortality estimates released by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The development comes two years earlier than the World Bank projected. The global bank had said in 2018 that Nigeria will take over India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age...
Food Prices Are Coming Down — Presidency
The Presidency on Friday says the prices of food items in the country are dropping as a result of the agricultural reforms of the regime of the President, Muhammadu Buhari. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. Shehu was reacting to the President’s directive Thursday that...
