APGA Rejects Abia LG Polls, Heads To Court To “Reclaim Mandate” (Video)
All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) leadership has rejected the outcome of the November 2nd local government elections in Abia, alleging irregularities. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia on Tuesday, the acting state chairman of APGA in the state, Hon. Onuouha Egbe Benon said the election result released by Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) does not represent what transpired at the polls. https://youtu.be/C53tL_g7HVI The party...
Gov. Otti Has Abandoned Governance, Engaging In Financial Recklessness — PDP
The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the state governor, Dr. Alex Otti of abandoning governance in a short while and engaging in what the party calls financial recklessness. The party says this came after its review of the 3rd Quarter 2023 budget performance report provided by the state government. "This publication is coming on the...
Northern Governors Ask President Buhari For Special Fund To Combat COVID-19
The Northern Governors Forum has asked for a special fund from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the region. President Buhari had approved N10bn for Lagos. In a communique issued after the Northern Governors Forum held a teleconference on Wednesday, the governors said their states have 54 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases...
BREAKING: Stop Buhari From Medical Trips, Senate Tells State House Officials
The Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain the President, Muhammadu Buhari, from foreign trips for medical treatment in order to ensure the State House clinic becomes functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs gave the warning when the State House Permanent Secretary, Tijani Umar, appeared before the panel to defend his 2021...
“I Fear Him”, Nnamdi Kanu’s Brother Says After Meeting Him In DSS Facility
Brother to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Prince Meme Kanu has said he fears the guts of the secessionist agitator after being permitted to see him at DSS facility in Abuja. Recall that DSS had last week barred family members and lawyers from meeting Nnamdi Kanu as against the directive of Justice Binta Nyako, the trial judge...
2023: Court Orders INEC To Accept LP Candidate’s Name For House Of Reps Poll
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Labour Party (LP) to submit the name of its candidate, Clarita Ogar, for the 2023 Cross River House of Representatives election. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the Electoral Act, 2022 is superior to INEC guidelines on elections. Justice Okorowo stated further that...
Atiku Shifts Date For Abia PDP Presidential Rally
The presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has re-scheduled his visit to Abia for presidential rally. According to a release by his Presidential Campaign Council, the rally earlier scheduled for Tuesday, January 10, has now been moved forward to Monday, January 9. The release signed by the Director Media & Publicity, Atiku/Okowa Presidential Council,...
Abia North Protest: I’m Happy Organisers Refused To Be Hooligans — Hon. Kalu
Member representing Bende federal constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has applauded persons alleged to have planned to stage a protest in Abia North for having a rethink, saying they listened to voice of reasoning. ABN TV gathered that the protesters who had earlier protested in Aba were being sponsored by the PDP led state government. The protest took place shortly after the Aba...
Coup: Tinubu Again Sends Islamic Leaders To Niger For Another Round Of Dialogue
President Bola Tinubu has approved the return of a delegation of Islamic leaders (Ulama) to Niger Republic for another round of dialogue with the coup leaders. Tinubu made the decision on Thursday after a meeting with the top clerics led by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi who were recently in Niamey, the Niger Republic capital, two weeks ago for dialogue with the...
Senate Introduces Bill To Create Agency For Repentant Boko Haram Members
The Nigerian senate has introduced a bill to create an agency for all repentant Boko Haram members. According to a report by Premium Times, the Senate on Thursday began moves to establish an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant insurgents in the country. A bill, sponsored by Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe East senatorial district, was...
