Abia Autonomous Communities Head To Appeal Court To Challenge Withdrawal Of Recognition By State Assembly
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Two autonomous communities in Ohafia local government area of Abia, Eziukwu Ebem and Ekeluogo Ebem autonomous Communities have appealed against the judgment of the Abia State High Court upholding the exclusion of their communities as duly recognised autonomous communities in the state. The two autonomous communities were in 2002 created out of then Ebem Oha autonomous community by the state...
Sen. Kalu’s Bill Seeking To Allow Candidates Recruit Personal Agents Pass First Reading
A Bill seeking to enable candidates of political parties field polling agents alongside the ones provided by their respective parties has scaled first reading at the Senate. The bill titled Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill , 2024 (SB. 328) First Reading is sponsored by Abia-North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu's Bill seeks to amend section 61 of the 2022 electoral which only...
7 Zamfara Lawmakers Suspend 16 Colleagues Over Threat To Impeach Speaker
Seven out of the twenty-four members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly at a sitting on Monday suspended sixteen members who threatened to impeach the Speaker of the House Bilyaminu Moriki last Thursday. They accused the members of breaking into the offices of the clerk of the house and sergeant at arms and destroying things at the assembly complex The...
New Nigerian Constitution Will Be Ready In 24 Months – Deputy Speaker, Kalu
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Committee on Constitution Review, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu said on Monday, February 26, that the nation’s new constitution will be ready for presidential assent in the next 24 months. Speaking at the formal inauguration of the House Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, Kalu said the...
2024: I Reorganize Ondo, Leave Behind Imprints Of Development In Arebuwa
A governorship aspirant under the platform of the People Democratic party in Ondo state, Bosun Arebuwa, has promised to reposition the state and leave legacies of development if given party’s ticket. Arebuwa, who said this in Akure, the state capital, lamented that ” the APC government in Ondo State has taken Ondo State to the lowest low in the socio-economic...
PDP Rejects Shaibu, Gives Ighodalo Certificate Of Return Tuesday
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will on Tuesday present Certificate of Return to its Edo State governorship candidate, Dr Asuerinme Ighodalo, on Tuesday. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this on Monday in a statement titled “PDP presents Certificate of Return to its Edo State Governorship Election Candidate, Dr. Asuerinme Ighodalo.” The statement is, however, silent about the fate...
If Other Senators Worked Like Orji Kalu, Abia Governor Will Have Less Work To Do — APC Chieftain
A chieftain of Abia APC and a former chairman of Ohafia local government area, Hon. Barr. Emeka Uduma has praised the Senator representing Abia North District, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu for his outstanding performance as a member of the Nigerian Senate. In an interview with ABN TV at the weekend, Hon. Uduma who recently returned to the APC said if...
Edo APC Youth Leader Reverses Course, Supports Gov Candidate
Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth leader, Tony Adun, has apologised to the party for leading youths and women to vandalise the secretariat after the first primary election on February 17, which threw up three winners. The crowd who were led by Adun, popularly known as Kabaka, forced their way into the offices and brought out the furniture, bags...
VIDEO: Sen. Kalu Urges NLC To Cancel Planned Protest Over Hardship
Former Governor of Abia State and Chairman Senate Committee on Privatization, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has called in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to reconsider its decision to embark on a nationwide protest over lingering hardship in the country. The Abia North Senator in a video release obtained by ABN TV urged NLC and its affiliate unions to instead explore...
Barr Emeka Re-Joins APC In Abia, Says It’s Popular Demand From His Followers
A stalwart of Action People's Party (APP) in Abia State, Hon. Barr. Emeka Kalu Uduma has announced his defection from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying it is on popular demand of his followers. Announcing his defection in an interaction with ABN TV on Friday, Barr Emeka a former chairman of Ohafia local government said his followers...
