Anambra Guber: APC Sets Up Screening Committee
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed a Screening Committee for the 2021 Anambra governorship election. The team will conduct the exercise in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution and guidelines for the nomination of candidates. John Akpan Udoedehe, National Secretary, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) made the announcement on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Why Some Nigerian...
8 Months After, Senate Sets To Clear Lauretta Onochie As INEC National Commissioner
The Nigerian Senate is set to screen and confirm President Muhammadu Buhari’s special assistant on Social media, Lauretta Onochie as a commissioner of the Independent national electoral commission (INEC). ABN TV learned that Senate President, Ahmed Lawan has sent the names of Onochie and five others as Federal Commissioners to the Senator Kabiru Gaya, All Progressives Congress, APC, Kano South...
Donald Trump Supports Nigeria’s Twitter Ban, Says He Should Have Done The Same
Former US President Donald Trump has supported the Federal Government’s suspension of operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter in Nigeria. He also called on more countries to follow suit. ABN TV reports Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed announced the “indefinite” suspension in a statement last week by his spokesman Segun Adeyemi. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned...
“Reverse Twitter Ban Immediately” – US Issues Warning To Nigeria
The United States government has warned the Nigerian Government to immediately reverse its ban on Twitter adding that it was tantamount to opposing free speech. Samantha Power, an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. She revealed that Twitter has over 40 million users in Nigeria adding that the directive...
Anambra Guber: APC Generates N315m From Sale Of Nomination, Expression Interest Forms
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is said to have raked in N315 million from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms to aspirants jostling for the party’s governorship ticket for the November 6 Anambra State Governorship elections. At the close of sales and submission of nomination and expression of interest forms yesterday, The Nation gathered that 14...
Sponsors, Perpetrators Of Violence In South East Must Have A Rethink, Senator Kalu Cautions
Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has advised individuals sponsorship violence in the South East to stop as it is not in the interest of the people. Kalu, also Chief Whip of Senate made this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the security challenge in the South East region was strange, saying that Igbo people were...
Abians Seek Completion Of Osisioma Flyover, Payment Of Workers In Gov. Ikpeazu’s Remaining 2 Years In Office (See Comments)
As the administration of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State enters the last half of second tenure, people of the State have urged the governor to put more efforts to ensure that the ongoing Osisioma flyover project is completed before the end of the tenure in 2023. This is even as they appeal to the Governor to ensure that workers...
I Want To Sit, Talk With Nnamdi Kanu – Governor Ikpeazu
The governor Of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has declared that he has no grudges against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The governor, who spoke during an interview with newsmen in Umahia, the state capital, said he was ready to engage the Biafra freedom fighter on how security would be restored in the...
Reps Summons Lai Mohammed Over Twitter Ban
The Nigerian House of Representatives has summoned the Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed over the recent suspension of Twitter’s activities in Nigeria. Last week, the federal government through the ministry of information ordered a suspension of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria over the platform’s removal of a ‘genocidal’ threat President Muhammadu Buhari posted on his handle. At a sitting on Tuesday, the...
2023: Atiku/Soludo Ticket Will Rescue Nigeria From Collapse — APGA Group
A leading All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) group, APGA Movement for United Nigeria (AMUN) has launched the Atiku/Soludo presidential campaign in Abuja. Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the national coordinator of the AMUN, Comrade Andy Ekwe said Nigeria is on the brink of collapse and only decisive action in getting a good leadership can save the country now. Also read: https://abntv.com.ng/2021/04/gov-ikpeazu-receives-3000-decampees-from-apga-apc-assures-them-inclusion/ According...
