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Gov. Ikpeazu to inaugurate committee on minimum wage Wednesday
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the setting up of a joint negotiating committee on the implementation of the new minimum wage in the state. In a release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu made available to ABN TV, the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu will on behalf of the governor inaugurate...
Ikpeazu frowns at activities of street traders in Aba, warns them to steer clear
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has noted with great dismay what he called the unwholesome activities of emergency street traders around the area between Oomne Road Junction through Ngwa High School up to Osisioma Junction. In a release signed by the chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Onyebuchi Ememanka, the activities of these street traders are negatively affecting...
Better Days Are Ahead, Gov. Ikpeazu Tells Abians
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has assured Abians that better days are ahead despite the challenges confronting the State. He gave the assurance while speaking at the Bible Believing Mission, aka Talk Na Do, Osisioma. Dr Ikpeazu admitted that the task of State building is not easy but stated that his administration was building a foundation that would last. He...
Ikpeazu vows to arrest, prosecute those erecting illegal structures in Ariaria market
Following the successful dislodging of all street traders around the Enyimba area of the Ariaria International Market by the Ministry of Trade and Investment, and in a bid to restore sanity and order to the area, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered that on no account should any form of street trading return to that area under any guise whatsoever. The...
BREAKING: ASEPA launches house-to-house waste collection in Umuahia
Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) has launched a new house-to-house waste collection program in Umuahia as part of its efforts to further improve sanitation within the capital city. Speaking during the launch, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Ude Oko Chukwu, PhD, expressed the determination of government to ensure that...
Unqualified teachers to exit classrooms December 31, says TRCN
OYO - The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has directed that all unqualified teachers should be flushed out of the classrooms by December 31, this year. TRCN Registrar, Prof Olusegun Ajiboye, while inducting over 200 Education graduates of the University of Ibadan, said quacks teaching Nigerian children would be thrown out and replaced...
Akwa Ibom internal revenue chairman bags award for improved IGR
AKWA IBOM- The Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) Akwa Ibom state has presented an award to the Executive Chairman, Akwa Ibom Internal Revenue Service (AKIRS), Mr. Okon Okon. The award is in appreciation of his ingenuity in repositioning tax collection and the concomitant improvement in the internally generated revenue of the state. The AKIRS generated N26.6 billion between...
Go back to site – NDDC to contractors
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Acting Executive Director Projects, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh on Monday, directed all contractors handling NDDC projects to return to sites or be ready to face the consequences. Ojougboh, who gave the directive while addressing newsmen, said this had become necessary following President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s avowed commitment to ensure that the Niger Delta Social Economic...
BREAKING: Fire guts oil facility in Ogoni
Abasifreke Effiong RIVERS - Environmental right activist, Fyneface Fyneface has drawn the attention of our reporter to an inferno in an oil facility in B-Dere and Bolo communities in Ogoni, Rivers State. According to videos and photos served up on Facebook, the fire incident started about 1p.m on Monday, 25th November 2019. WATCH VIDEO: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213120369958047&id=1658161286 https://www.facebook.com/fynefacef/videos/10213120367797993/ Fyneface said nothing has been done to...
Buhari opens 2019 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference
PHOTO NEWS ABUJA - President Buhari declares Open the 2019 All Nigeria Judges' Conference at National Judicial Institute Abuja on 25th Nov 2019. President Buhari with Chief Justice of Nigeria Hon. Justice Tanko Muhammad and Fmr. President National Industrial Court of Nigeria Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo Rtd.
