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National Assembly Suspends Planned Hike In Electricity Tariffs
The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020, and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021. This was contained in a statement issued late Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and...
#EndSARS: Nigga Raw, J Martins, Dauda Others Lead As Abia Govt Shuns Protesters (Photos, Video)
As the #EndSARS protests continue across the country, top celebrities from Abia on Monday led a group of protesters to Abia state government house in Umuahia. ABN TV gathered that major roads in the capital city were blocked, causing massive traffic gridlock. The protesters were chanting solidarity songs in front of the Government House but were not addressed by any official...
Forgive Our Leaders, Umahi Begs #ENDSARS Protesters
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has appealed to youths to forgive the country’s leaders, noting that the leaders had learnt valuable lessons from the prevailing disturbing situation. Umahi, who made the appeal on Friday during an address to the people of the state, insisted that the country needed to move forward after the killings and destruction of valuable properties. The...
Anger As ABSU Mandates Students To Pay ₦15,000 “Pandemic Prevention Fee”
The management of Abia State University (ABSU), is allegedly demanding N15,000 “pandemic prevention fee” from students as they resume for the completion of their 2019/2020 academic session. In a memo signed by the institution’s registrar, Acho Elendu, obtained by ABN TV, the school said this has become important for the health of the students. The memo further instructed returning students to...
Abia Speaker Partners NOA, Others, To Stop Violence Against All Persons
Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has committed to using his office to continue to advocate for a halt to all forms of violence to all persons including the weak and the vulnerable as well as sexual and gender-based violence. ABN TV reports that the Speaker made the commitment recently during a working visit...
BREAKING: CJN Swears In Eight Supreme Court Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of Justices of the court from 12 to record 20. The CJN presided as the eight of them, in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution. After their swearing, they climbed to the...
Nnamdi Kanu A Hero, Says Yul Edochie
Nollywood Actor, Yul Edochie, Friday celebrated the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, describing him as a hero. In a short write-up via his verified Instgram handle, the 39 year old Nigerian actor, said that Kanu was grossly misunderstood. He noted that Kanu is fighting for the emancipation of Africans. His words: “Today is not his birthday...
Declare Fulani Herdsmen Terrorists Now, Chief Onitiri Tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly have been told to immediately declare killer herdsmen as terrorists, if peace and progress will return to the country. Lagos-based socio-political critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri, who disclosed this in a statement, said the killer herdsmen do not represent the true and genuine Fulanis going about their life lawfully. According to him, it is...
Stop Unguarded Comments Against Igbo Elders, Chief Iwuanyanwu Cautions IPOB
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, elder statesman and grand patron of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has warned youths of Southeast extraction including the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to always be mindful of their utterances and attitudes to their elders in order not to incur the wrath of Igbo ancestors. Iwuanyanwu had in a recent...
ENDSARS: Delta State Govt Rebuilds Burnt Asaba High Court Complex
Delta State Government on Tuesday unveiled the rebuilt High Court Complex in Asaba burnt down during the ENDSARS protests in 2020. The State's Chief Judge, Justice Marshall Umukoro, who unveiled the complex, announced that court processes would resume at the complex along Ibusa Road, on Monday. Conducting journalists round the rebuilt court, Umukoro commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his commitment to...
