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Ikpeazu To Establish Agro Based Cottage Industries In 17 LGAs Of Abia
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu says he will establish Agro based Cottage Industries in all the 17 LGAs in the State commencing with 7 pilot Local Government Areas. According to the Governor, his administration is committed to reduce rural-urban drift in the State and improve the economy as agriculture has been known to provide jobs and raw materials for industries. The...
Just in!!! Senator Kalu visits Popular Cleric, Reverend Uma Ukpai (Photos)
Shortly after departing St. Anthony's Parish Amaekpu, Ohafia, for the homecoming reception of Most Rev Michael KALU UKPONG, the Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia Diocese, The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu paid a courtesy visit to the revered Christian leader and preacher Reverend Uma Ukpai. The Abia-North Senator arrived the Ohafia hilltop residence of the popular evangelist...
Get all touts off Osisioma Flyover now, Ikpeazu orders Council Chairman
Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered the Executive Chairman of Osisioma Ngwa LGA, Hon. Christian Kamalu, to clear the area around the Osisioma Flyover of all forms of touting. The Governor while urging that this should be done as a matter of urgency further ordered that people who harass motorists under the guise of collecting any manner of...
Ikpeazu Moves To Tackle Inferno In Aba, Donates Fire Fighting Truck
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday donated a fire fighting truck to the State Fire Service in an effort to reduce incidences of fire outbreak during yuletide seasons in Aba and environs. The Governor while recalling the unfortunate burning of a fire truck by hoodlums recently in Ariaria expressed regret over the development. He also ordered the Commandant of...
Nigeria Contributes 25 Percent Of Global Malaria Burden – FG
Nigeria currently accounts for 25 per cent of global deaths due to malaria. This translates to 53 million deaths yearly, with nine (9) people dying every hour from the disease, the Federal Government stated. It further disclosed that the covid-19 pandemic, asides its attendant economic consequences, also hugely impacted on the nation’s malaria program especially during the lockdown across the...
South-West Has The Highest Allocation In Buhari’s Appointments – Adesina
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity President Muhammadu Buhari has said checks by the government shows that the South-West has the highest allocation in the appointments made so far by the government since coming to power in May 2015. An article titled 'Buhari At 78: If Only We Knew This President, Adesina said the evidence put paid to...
Nigerians Needs Security, Restructuring, Not Yoruba Presidency – Makinde
The Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has said Nigerians need adequate security and restructuring of the country much more than who occupies the presidency. The governor, who taunted those who he said were running around the country because of their presidential ambition, said those politicians would soon know better. Makinde, in a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary,...
Youths Protest, Ask Abia Governor To Recall Suspended Chief Of Staff
Youths have taken to the streets of Umuahia, the Abia State capital asking Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to recall his suspended Chief Of Staff, Anthony Agbazuere. The Abia governor had on December 6 ordered the immediate suspension of Agbazuere following a viral video that captured him spraying naira notes on a controversial Nigerian prophet, Odumeje, inside the Government House. But the youths...
BREAKING: IPOB Announce New Security Outfit
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) says it has launched an outfit known as the Eastern Security Network (ESN) for the south-east and south-south regions. Advertisement In a statement on Sunday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesman, said the objective of the security network is to protect the south-east and south-south from “criminal activity”. According to Powerful, the outfit is a replica of Amotekun...
How To Tackle Fake News, By Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr.
Technology is amazing! It has brought about unbelievable improvements across the world, particularly for developing countries, which today have tools that can assist them in leapfrogging development in unbelievable ways. That said, the increasing threat we all face today is that unscrupulous elements are leveraging some of these tools to cause fear, panic, despair, and ultimately wreak havoc. It is rather...
