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ABIA STATE: GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT In line with Abia State Government's efforts to ensure food production, the government, in collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rolled out CBN ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT…

By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Recently, another milestone was achieved in Abia when one of its top-flight Football Clubsides, Abia Warriors unveiled its Unders 13 and 15 Academy. The event came on the heels of this year's Abia Warriors Football…

By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Since the inception of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration on May 29, 2015, it has been rain of awards. The awards have come from religious groups and secular organistaions and these awards have greatly…

Recently, so much noise has been made in relationship with youths empowerment. I have come across several posts made by some youths claiming they have not been empowered by the government. And I want to ask; how many of them have keyed into…

A 14-year old boy, Mutiu, and 29 others were on Tuesday sentenced to one month’s imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for dumping refuse on the streets of Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The convicts were arrested on Tuesday at…

The National Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Development Programme said on Tuesday that top government officials, including the sacked Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, “immensely benefited” from…

THE traditional heads of Abonemma community in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State have suspended the Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Gbobo Bobmanuel, as the Chairman, Council of Chiefs. Bobmanuel was suspended…

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday resisted a bid by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tender his account statement. His lawyer Norrison Quakers (SAN) told Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the…

Senator Stella Oduah has alleged that she was removed as Minister of Aviation in 2014 at the prompting of the then Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Oduah’s claim is contained in a book, ‘On a Platter of Gold: How…

Former Vice-President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former Zimbabwean Vice President, who was sacked by Robert Mugabe, would be sworn in today, media reports said last night. Local media and Zimbabwean sources said Mr. Mnangagwa would…