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GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Abia State Local Government Service Commission. The Governor thanks all the former members of the Commission for their services and wishes them well in their future endeavors. SignedBarr Chris EzemSecretary to State Government

The Executive Members of the Abia state Trado Medicine Practitioners Association, have paid a courtesy visit to their Board Chairman and former chairman of the Association , High Chief (Dr ) Ebubedike in his place at Old Umuahia,to show appreciation for his support towards the growth and development of the association. Interacting with Newsmen during the visit,the Chairman Abia state …

Threat to Publisher NewsLeverage, Is Threat to Abia Online Practitioners PRESS STATEMENT Abia Online Media Publishers, the umbrella body of Online media practitioners in Abia state and a member of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria OMPAN, has described as barbaric and uncivilized the latest threat by one Chidi Okoronkwo on her member Nneka Torti, Publisher of Online Platform, NewsLeverage. …

President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expanded by the Trump administration. The memorandum will “reverse my predecessor’s attack on women’s health access,” Biden told reporters during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office.He added that the measure “relates to protecting women’s health at home and abroad, …

Nigeria gets worst corruption rating since 2015 Nigeria gets worst corruption rating since Nigeria has got its worst rating on the Transparency International corruption perception index since 2015. According to the 2020 TI index released on Thursday, Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points — with zero signifying the worst performing countries and 100, the best-ranked. It also dropped to …

Okowa mourns Delta House Leader, Tim Owhefere Delta Governor, Senator (Dr). Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed shock and sadness over the sudden demise of the Majority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Mr Tim Owhefere. Owhefere passed on Wednesday night after a brief illness at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, at 57. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, …

JUST IN: Governor Ortom Tests Positive To COVID-19 The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has tested positive for COVID-19. Mr Ortom confirmed his positive status of the viral infection on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday. “This is to confirm that the result of my last COVID-19 test returned positive,” he wrote. The Governor said though he has not shown …

Sunday Igboho: Tinubu Gave Me N2m To fuel My Car In 2009 Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, says he only met Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), once in Lagos. Igboho was reacting to a claim by Babafemi Ojudu, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, that he …

Sunday Igboho: I Don’t Have Interest In Amotekun Job Sunday Adeyemo, a youth leader better known as Sunday Igboho, said he is not interested in being a commandant of the Western Nigerian Security Network code-named Amotekun. A source had told TheCable that during a meeting of south-west governors in Akure, Ogun state capital, on Monday, Igboho was tipped to head …

Service Chiefs: Nwodo faultsF Buhari Over Non -Inclusion Of Igbo The newly-appointed Coordinator of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum, SMBF, and immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has expressed shock and disappointment at President Muhammadu Buhari’s exclusion of Igbo in the appointment of the new Service Chiefs. Nwodo insinuated that Buhari’s action was an obvious expression …