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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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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, from October 1, 2023. This, he said, was to give room for total maintenance work at the airport. The minister said this during a tour of the international airports in Lagos, where he was accompanied by the Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed. The minister, while speaking at the sideline of the airport tour, directed the airlines and companies operating in the airport to…

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Designer of Nigeria’s flag Taiwo Akinkunmi has died after a brief illness. One of his children said in a Facebook post that the national hero died in the early hours of Tuesday. He wrote: “Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly that you live a life with a landmark. Continue to rest, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R.): Great Man has gone.” Akinkunmi was born on May 10, 1936. He began his career as a civil servant at the Secretariat of Ibadan and later travelled overseas to study…

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Daniel Elechi Abia State Accountant General, Njum Onyemenam, has debunked reports making rounds in social media platforms that she was chased out of her office on Tuesday by angry civil servants, describing it as fake news and absolute falsehood.Onyemenam, who was in attendance at the Abia State 32nd Anniversary Celebration lecture, which held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, said she was never in the office at the time the purveyors of the fake news were busy spreading their falsehood.In a statement by Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the…

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Mandy Park Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25; 2023 election, Peter Obi has cautioned blackmailers bent on linking him with negative things that are not of his person to re-channel their energy in raising a better Nigeria. Obi was reacting to a mischievous statement alluding that he had bribed a Television Journalist, Mr. Rufai Oseni by financially sponsoring the burial of his father.Obi described the allegation as wicked blackmail against the courageous journalist who has been doing his jobProfessionally. “Ordinarily, I do not get involved…

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