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With Commissioning Of Aba Geometric Power Plant, Our Intervention Has Paid Off — Ikpeazu
Immediate Past Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed delight at the final completion and impending commissioning of the Geometric Power Plant at Osisioma, Aba Abia State. The former Governor is particularly delighted that the project, which had witnessed several challenges that threatened its very existence and shook it to its foundations, has finally seen the light of...
Emefiele: Hold Those Responsible For Fight Between DSS, Prison Officers – SERAP Tells Tinubu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on President Bola Tinubu to hold to account those responsible for the fight between the Department of State Services, DSS, and operatives of the Nigeria Correctional Service. DSS operatives and prisons officers engaged in a face-off after the trial of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele,...
IPOB Says It Did Not Call For Protest In South East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied calling for protest in the Southeast even as it maintained that no amount of blackmail or threats will make the group lose focus on the restoration of Biafra. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful who disclosed this in a statement he released to newsmen on Monday also distanced itself from some names...
“No Regrets Removing Subsidy, Tax Reform Will Go Ahead“ — Tinubu
President Tinubu has said there is no going back on the tax reform bills because it is needed to eliminate colonial-based assumptions. Tinubu, who stated this during a media chat in Lagos on Monday, said the tax reforms were necessitated by the need to eliminate colonial-based assumptions in the nation’s tax environment. The Presidential Media Chat, Tinubu’s first, was aired on...
We Will Resist Attempt To Militarize Cross River – PDP Threatens
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River has said that it will resist any attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to militarise the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly polls in the state. Mr. Effiok Cobham, Director General of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council, stated this at a news conference in Calabar late Thursday. Cobham said that the...
FG Declares October 1 Public Holiday To Celebrate Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, October 1, 2025, a public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. The declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement signed and released on Monday by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Magdalene Ajani. According to the statement, Tunji-Ojo congratulated Nigerians at home and in the diaspora and urged...
VDM: “I’m No Longer Selling My Miracle Water, Soap, I’ll Arrest Anyone Selling Any Of My Spiritual Products – Prophet Fufeyin
The founder and senior prophet of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry (CMDM), Prophet Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, has announced that his spiritual products, including ‘Pool of Bethesda water’ and ‘Red Sea water,’ will not be sold anymore. Prophet Fufeyin’s declaration comes after weeks of public scrutiny and pressure from social media activist Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), who questioned the legitimacy...
Ikwuano Mayor Vows To Restore People’s Confidence, Assures Readiness To Synergize With OMPAN
The Mayor of Ikwuano local government area of Abia State, Mr. Osinachi Nwaka has assured that his administration will restore the confidence of the people of Ikwuano LGA who have suffered misgovernance and neglect over the years. The Mayor gave the assurance on Tuesday while receiving members of the Abia State chapter of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria...
Court Sentences Police Officer To Death For Murder
A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba has convicted and sentenced Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force to death on a murder charge. The court was presided over by Hon. Justice C.D. Diai and the police officer was convicted for the killing of Emmanuel Ibeh Onyeka, a telephone repairer and seller. The prosecution, led by Messrs. E.H. Edema...
NLC Storms Abia Assembly Over Alleged Intimidation Of Legislative Workers (Video)
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abia State Chapter, on Tuesday stormed the Abia State House of Assembly Complex, Umuahia, to protest the alleged intimidation of members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) in the state legislature. https://youtu.be/Swv2ygr1pOA Led by the Abia State Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Okoro Ogbonnaya, the labour union condemned what it described as the unlawful...
