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Rep. Onuigbo Makes List Of Top Nigeria’s Environmental Professionals

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Sam Onuigbo Wins Abia Central APC Senatorial Ticket

Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia State, Hon. Sam Onuigbo has made the list of top 100 environmental professionals in Nigeria. He featured along with the Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, Prof. Oladele Osinbajo, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, Hamzat Lawal and others. Environment Africa Magazine, the selecting organisation said "the listing highlights the professionals and activists who have become...

“Keeping Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Custody Is The Best” – Adamu Garba

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Court Gives Condition To Grant Nnamdi Kanu Bail

Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has said the decision of the Court of Appeal Abuja, to halt the execution of its judgement which freed Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of terrorism charges, is “the best”. ABN TV had reported that the Abuja Appeal Court ordered that the enforcement of the judgment discharging Kanu be put...

What You Need To Know About The New Commissioner Of Police Abia State, Mustapha Mohammed Bala

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What You Need To Know About The New Commissioner Of Police Abia State, Mustapha Mohammed Bala

CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala psc hails from Sandamu in Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State. He is a graduate of the prestigious Bayero University Kano (BUK) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Sociology in the year 1990. He holds a Masters degree in Law and Criminal Justice (MLCJ) from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in...

Continued Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Despite 3 Court Rulings Proof Buhari Has No Regards For Law, Igbo People – CUPP

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Continued Detention Of Nnamdi Kanu Despite 3 Court Rulings Proof Buhari Has No Regards For Law, Igbo People - CUPP

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government have come under fire from the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) for continuing to hold Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in custody despite three separate court rulings. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, who noted that...

Nnamdi Kanu To Challenge Appeal Court Ruling Ordering His Further Stay In Detention

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Court Adjourns Till 12noon To Allow FG File Charges On Why Nnamdi Kanu Should Be Detained Further

The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said he will challenge the ruling of the 3-man panel of Justices of Appeal court, retraining his release from custody despite being discharged and acquitted by the same court. The federal government had applied for stay of execution pending the determination of an appeal pending before...

CBN Insists It Followed Due Process In Naira Redesign

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CBN Raises ITMO Application Fee To N10m, Restricts Banks, Fintechs From Providing Services

In an apparent response to claims by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, that her ministry was not carried along by the Central Bank of Nigeria, in the ongoing process of redesigning three series of the naira, the bank insists it followed the law and due process to carry out the exercise, which is 12...

Journalists Boycott Government Activities On Alleged Intimidation And Harassment By Security Agents In Yobe

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NUJ Mourns, Condemns Death Of VON Reporter In Zamfara

The Correspondents’ Chapel, (NUJ) Yobe State has resolved to boycott all state government activities in the state alleging intimidation and harassment of its members by security operatives attached to the government house. The Chapel also alleged that there is a lack of formal invitations to government activities by handlers of information in the state. A statement from the Chapel also reads:...

Gov. Ikpeazu Receives Abia Born Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria, Assures To Support Pet Projects

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Gov. Ikpeazu Receives Abia Born Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria, Assures To Support Pet Projects

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has received the winner of the 2022 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant show, Miss Ada Joy Eme, urging her to remain focused and resilient in order to bring more laurels to the herself and the State. The governor while receiving the beauty queen at Government Lodge, Aba assured that he would support her...

Appeal Court Stops Execution Of Judgment Freeing Nnamdi Kanu

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We Cannot Release Nnamdi Kanu Now, FG Gives Reason

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday stopped the execution of its own judgment which faulted the rendition of Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria and also set aside the terrorism charges against him. Justice Haruna Tsanami in a ruling upheld the application of the Federal Government and ordered that the execution of the judgment be put on hold. The...

New Commissioner Of Police Officially Assumes Duty In Abia (Photos, Video)

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New Commissioner Of Police Officially Assumes Duty In Abia

The newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Mustapha Mohammed Bala has assumed office at the command headquarters in Umuahia. The immediate past CP, Janet Agbede handed over the Bala as a brief ceremony on Friday. https://youtu.be/xFsEYDsB5VU Agbede now an AIG has been deployed as the Commandant of the Police Staff College, Jos Plateau State. ...

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