Abia State
No fewer than 250 shops and business premises at the Eziukwu Road Market in Aba, Abia State have been shut down by operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) in an ongoing operation against producers of suspected fake products. The operation which started on Monday, December 11, had on […]
The reports making rounds that the Abia State government under the administration of Governor Alex Otti has spent over N900 million on feeding and welfare from July to September 2023 is false. It was reported that Otti’s government has spent N927 million within three months on meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances, and welfare […]
Following the verification of civil servants in Abia State on supposedly ghost workers, over 200 million naira have been saved by the state government on monthly wage bills. According to a statement made by Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, the State Accountant General, through Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, they were able to […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has voided the candidature of Abia State governor-elect, Dr. Alex Otti. The presiding judge, Justice M N Yunusa while ruling on the matter on Friday said the Labour Party failed to comply with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act in nominating Otti. The Court in […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has denounced an online report accusing its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu of attempts to violate its guidelines and consequently distort the Governorship election result in Abia State. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi said the only communication sent to the State Returning Officer was […]
The crisis going over the new naira redesign and swap policy for weeks now will be decided by the Supreme Court today. The seven-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro said new parties wishing to join the suit would no longer be allowed. He said new parties would abide by the outcome of […]
A Yoruba agenda group and loyalist of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Remilekun Tijani Usman, has challenged both the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to openly declare their support for Tinubu’s presidential ambition, saying their silence is not the best at the moment, Vanguard reports. Usman, challenged […]
No fewer than three persons have been reported killed following a fire explosion at an illegal refinery situated in Uzuaku Community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The casualties involve a husband and wife together with the only son of another family. This is coming barely two weeks after a […]
The National Assembly has begun moves to challenge, in court, the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022. The PUNCH on Thursday gathered that the nation’s apex legislature had started the process of appealing the judgment of a Federal High Court, […]
It is jubilation for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra as High Court in Umuahia, Abia State has ordered the Federal Government to pay him N1billion for the invasion of his house in September 2017. Going with the judgement, Justice Benson Anya ordered Federal government and the Nigeria Army to […]
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