The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed that it will fully participate in Saturday’s bye-election and win in Aba North and Aba South federal constituency seat with its candidate, Mr. Mascot Uzor Kalu. INEC has scheduled Saturday March 27th to conduct the State House of Assembly election in Aba North and Aba South of […]
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Effium community: Ebonyi indigenes seek FG intervention over fresh killings
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) said it is alarmed by the persistent killings ongoing in Effium community, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, calling on the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene and put an end to it. The Ebonyi indigenes said The “senseless attacks […]
Ekiti Bye-election: Fayemi promises NYSC DG of improved security
Ekiti State Governor, His Excellency Dr. Kayode Fayemi has pledged that his administration will do more on the security and welfare of Corps members serving in the state. He made the promise when he received the Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim in his office in Ado Ekiti, the state […]
ALGON disassociates self from Abuja factional meeting
The Association of Local Government Nigeria (ALGON) has disassociated itself from a meeting purportedly convened by unauthorized persons in Abuja on Wednesday. The association described the meeting as “illegal and should be disregarded by its members nationwide and the members of the public.” A faction of the association led by one Kolade Alabi, chairman of […]
Flights: Catering services resume locally, Kano, Enugu, PH int’l flights soon
Catering services, hitherto suspended at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic are to resume on domestic flights immediately. Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this at the weekly media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday. According to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu, the Minister […]
South-south forum lauds Buhari, Sylva over plan to fix PH refinery
A group under the aegis of South-south Emerging Leaders Forum (SELF) has expressed happiness over the approval of $1.5 billion (about N600 billion) by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery. The forum described as exciting even as it commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for […]
Buhari fires NiMet DG, appoints new NCAT Rector
President Mohammadu Buhari has Monday approved approved the sack of erstwhile Director General of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi. He was immediately replaced with Professor Bako Mansur Matazu. Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu described the development as reorganizations within the Agencies under the Ministry of Aviation. He also […]
Buhari inaugurates $3.2Billion PH-Maiduguri Railway Rehabilitation, to revive economic activities
President Muhammadu Buhari has Tuesday commissioned the rehabilitation of Port-Harcourt Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Guage Railway project. The President is hopeful the project will reactivate economic activities along the Eastern corridor. Buhari who stated this virtually during the event that held in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State added that the completion of the project would berth activities that […]
Christian, Muslim clerics endorse Covid-19 vaccine, laud NPHCDA’s efforts
Some renowned Christian and Muslim clerics in the country have approved the Oxford/Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine for all Nigerians irrespective of faith. Adopting the slogan ‘Covid-19 Vaccine is Safe for Health and Life’, the inter-faith group, under the auspices of National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace (NIFROP) declared the vaccines safe and effective for Nigerians. The […]
AESID tasks EFCC on Ebonyi Airport project victims, insecurity
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has asked the new leadership of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) under Abdulrasheed Bawa to beam its search light on the activities of Ebonyi state government, described as ‘shrouded in secrecy.’ The group also condemned what it called “abandonment of Ezza natives in Okaleru, […]