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Sixty Percent Of Coronavirus Cases In Rivers Are Oil Workers – Wike
Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that Sixty percent of coronavirus cases recorded in the state are from oil workers returning from rigs. ABN TV reveals that Governor Wike disclosed this today when the Management Team of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Port Harcourt. He stated that it is for this reason that the...
We Will Continue To Repatriate Almajirai – Northern Governors
Governors from the 19 States in the North under the aegis of the Northern Governors’ Forum have resolved to continue with the exercise with strict compliance to laid down protocols. This decision was made despite the call by some members of the National Assembly that almajirai should not be repatriated to their respective States due to the increasing cases of...
Gov. Ikpeazu Set To Check Ndiegoro Flood, Fix Ngwa Road In Aba
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu says massive construction work at various roads around Ndiegoro axis of Aba, including Ngwa Road, Obohia Road, and their environs would commence in two weeks as the State has signed funding agreement and paid its own counterpart fund for the N27.4bn World Bank assisted project. The Governor disclosed this while speaking in...
Electricity Workers Protest In Abuja Over Sack Of MD
Electricity workers are protesting at Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Corporate Headquarters in Abuja. The electricity workers are protesting against the sack of the Managing Director of TCN, Gur Mohammed. They are also calling for the immediate resignation of the Power Minister. The FG had yesterday sacked the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Mohammed, and...
Alleged N7.65bn Fraud: Court Fixes June 2 To Hear Orji Kalu’s Application For Immediate Release
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed June 2 to hear an application by the former Abia State governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu seeking his immediate release from the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje, Abuja. Channels TV reports that Justice Mohammed Liman fixed the date on Wednesday after the application was assigned to him. Besides seeking his...
Nurse Accused Of Stealing Baby After She Was Caught With Newborn Outside Hospital Premises (Video)
A nurse was caught carrying a newborn baby boy far from the hospital where she works and she was confronted by passersby who accused her of stealing the baby. ABN TV reports that the nurse was seen standing by the side of the road, carrying a newborn baby boy with the placenta still intact. She claimed she was waiting for...
FEC Approves N623m For Customs To Buy Computers
The federal executive council, FEC has approved N623 million for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to purchase computers in all its zonal and area commands. Speaking with reporters after the FEC meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said the money was approved after Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance presented a memo. The minister said the N623 million...
Police Arrest 10 Suspects For Flogging Pastor Over Facebook Post Against Politician
Ebonyi State Police Command said it has arrested 10 suspects in connection with the flogging of one pastor Oko Chukwu Obeni, 30, of Ndukwe Amasiri Village in Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State. It was alleged that the victim was flogged over 36 strokes of the cane because of the post he made on Facebook against the...
Ikpeazu Assures Abians Of Quality Reconstruction Of Roads In Aba
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has assured the people of Aba and the entire State that his administration will do an excellent job in the total reconstruction Ngwa, Uratta, Port Harcourt, Ohanku and Obohia roads. Speaking for the very first time on the impending reconstruction works on the roads today on a live radio programme on Magic FM...
Nothing Like Niger-Delta Or South-South – Nnamdi Kanu
The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has faulted the establishment of Niger-Delta and South-South in Nigeria. In a statement Nnamdi Kanu sent to Vanguard, through Emma Powerful, the group’s publicity secretary, Kanu argued that Abia, Cross River, Akwa Ibom are the same people. Nnamdi Kanu said there is nothing like Niger-Delta or South-South,...
