Month: September 2023

By Mandy Park Olympic -bound Abia female Para-weight lifters have lauded the administration of governor Alex Otti, stressing that it usered a breath of new air in the state. This is coming barely two weeks after Otti warmly received a contingent of Abia players in the nation’s female football team, Super Falcons, to the World Cup in Australia. The group of female Para-Power lifters who are headed to the Olympics next year for the Dubai championship made the observation when they played host to Otti on Tuesday Governor Otti, who…

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Mandy Park Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has ordered the immediate suspension of a Government House driver, who got involved in an accident with an Okada rider in Ohafia, on Sunday, pending investigation. A Government House statement signed by Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor says the investigation will be conducted with a view to establishing the culpability or lack thereof of the driver. Otti also directed the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, to follow up and ensure that the injured Okada rider, Orji Felix,…

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Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday paid a surprise visit to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) where he met the 12-year-old boy identified as Adebola Akin-Bright, whose mum claimed his small intestines went missing. In an SoS message to Mr Sanwo-Olu, the boy’s mother Debola Abiodun begged the governor to as a matter of urgency, probe the mysterious disappearance of her son’s small intestines, which she claimed occurred while he was receiving treatment at LASUTH. The hospital management has since refuted the allegation.

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Dignitaries on Sunday attended the 70th birthday party of the retired Justice of the Supreme Court Amina Augie in Abuja. Among them were the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 election, Peter obi; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; and former governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-rufai. Also present was the senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome; former minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed; former governor of Cross River, Donald Duke; and media mogul, Dele Momodu. Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and also the immediate…

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By Apostle Sam Okeke It is not often that an institution of higher learning HONOURS a serving Staff with an award alongside other notable Nigerians. But that is exactly what is happening at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, as it rolls out the drums to celebrate notable Nigerians with awards including its Staff,Dr Philips OKORE OKPO NTO, the immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, ASCETA and former Abia State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning. This award is significant because it is coming at…

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By Mandy Park Abia State Government on Saturday demolished a two-storey building in Umuahia, the state capital in a proactive move to save lives and property.A statement by Josephine Ogwo, Director of InformationMinistry of Lands & Housing noted that a rapid response team, comprising the Ministries of Lands and Housing; Power & Public Utilities; Works; and also the Umuahia Capital Development Authority (UCDA), the Nigerian Police Force, the Abia State Fire Service, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and the Nigerian Society of Engineers,…

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Mandy Park Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, said the emergence of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, as the Governor of Abia State is not just an answered prayer for the people of Abia State but for the South East and the whole of Nigeria. Soludo spoke on Thursday at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Ikwuano Local Government Area, Abia State, where he delivered the keynote lecture at the 30th Anniversary of the creation of the institution and Founder’s Day ceremony. Referring to Gov. Otti as the…

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