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I’m Not Responsible For Freezing Of Abia Govt Account, Says Otti, Accuses Ikpeazu Of Attempts To Evade Payment Of Salaries
Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti of the main opposition Labour Party, has denied any involvement in the freezing of Abia State Government Accounts. Otti rather alleged that the freezing of Government accounts was a smokescreen by the out-going Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to wittingly evade payment of workers’ outstanding salaries as well as Government contractors on the excuse that Government accounts...
Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team Ready For Your Charges, IPOB Replies Malami
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday, said the legal team of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is prepared to answer the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami in any law court. IPOB made the remark while noting that its leader would continue to win against Malami and the federal government. IPOB was reacting to the Federal High Court in...
Federal High Court Releases Guidelines For Virtual Proceedings
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has released guidelines and practice directions authorising judges to adopt virtual proceedings for court cases in all its judicial divisions. The Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, issued the practice directions for cases to be heard virtually on Zoom, Skype or any other audio-visual means approved by the court. The guidelines take effect from...
Doctors In Abia Protest Over 24-Month Salary Arrears
Medical Doctors in Abia State, Thursday, barricaded the entrance gate to Abia Government House Umuahia, to protest 24-month salary arrears owed medical and non medical staff of Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, ABSUTH. The doctors who thronged out in their numbers were also protesting 13 months arrears owed doctors and other staff of Health Management Board. Doctors from different parts...
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Work Only 3 Days in Week, Obaseki Tell Edo Civil Servants
The Edo State Government has announced a reduction in the workdays for workers in the state to three days a week as part of the palliative measures to cushion the biting effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it would be recalled, had during his inaugural speech on May 29, announced the...
Three Men Escape Unhurt After Container Fell On Their Car In Lagos (Photos)
Three men gracefully came out unhurt after they were involved in a ghastly accident involving a car they were travelling in and a container carrying goods. ABN TV gathered. According to some eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at Liverpool in Apapa, Lagos — a rather ecstatic social media user who shared a video from the scene of the incident, showed off...
Abia North Farmers To Sen. Kalu: Empower Us With Wheelbarrows, Shovels, Cutlasses, Others
Farmers in Abia North senatorial district have pleaded with the Senator representing the Senatorial District, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu to support them with farming tools such as wheelbarrow, shovels, cutlasses for increased food production in the zone. The farmers in a letter sighted by our correspondent and addressed to the Senate Chief whip was co-signed by the Chairman of Abia...
President Buhari Swears In RMAFC Commissioners
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday swore in seven federal commissioners of the Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). The president performed the brief ceremony before the start of the Valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The federal commissioners were Senator Ayogu Eze (Enugu State), Peter Opara (Imo State), Hawa Aliyu (Jigawa...
Soludo Dismiss Claims Suggesting Southeast Christians Victim Of Religious Genocide
Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has rejected claims suggesting that Christians in Nigeria’s South-East are victims of a religious genocide, describing such assertions as false and misleading. Soludo, who spoke during a live media chat on Channels Television, said the violence in the region is rooted in social, political and economic grievances, not religious persecution. The governor’s remarks come in...
2023: We Need N305bn To Conduct Election — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it requires N305 billion to conduct the 2023 elections. According to the commission, the fund would be used majorly to meet the commission’s technological needs to better serve the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, INEC’s National Commission, Festus Okoye, disclosed that part of the money will be used...
