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Abia State Government has arrested touts and miscreants in Aba, disobeying the Government directive on suspending all levies imposed on transporters and traders. Handing over the louts and miscreants at Area Commander Central Police Station Aba, the State Deputy Governor, Engineer Ikechukwu Emetu, noted that he embarked on the spot monitoring of adherence to immediate suspension of all forms of levies payable to Government by tricycles (Keke), taxies and other commercial vehicles plying Abia roads based on information on continuous extortion and illegal collection of such levies by some undesirable elements who are bent on being a clog on the…

House of Representatives member-elect for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Obinna Aguocha on Tuesday visited the Director ABN TV, Mr. Ifeanyi Okali at his Umuahia home. Okali and his wife had recently welcomed their first baby after eleven years in marriage. Following the birth of their baby girl, Okali's home has been a Mecca of sort as friends and loved ones have continued to identify with the family over this piece of good news. Hon. Aguocha elected on the platform Labour Party commended Okali and his wife for their patience within the period of no-child. He also commended…

Residents of Ebonyi on Tuesday decried the high cost of petrol in the country. In separate interviews, the residents in Abakaliki spoke about the fuel subsidy removal as the pump price rose to N1,200. Darlington Okeke, a resident, said panic buying was occasioned by the announcement by President Bola Tinubu, during his inaugural speech, of an end to the subsidy regime. Mr Okeke stated that a pump fuel price in filling stations was sold between N800 and N1,200, against N230. Another resident, Ibrahim Ali, said that black marketers sold a litre of fuel for N1,500. Mr Ali said the development…

Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years to have her pound of flesh. She further revealed that she committed the act because the deceased snatched her boyfriend about 10 years ago. Occupants of the building were alerted by a shout for help from Ofili’s one-room self-contain apartment at 1.20p.m., penultimate Sunday. They reportedly forced the door open, only to discover Ofili thrusting a kitchen knife into Okon’s neck. Unfortunately, the…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo -Olu has announced that the state has taken delivery of two new trains set for the blue line rail. Sanwo-Olu made this known via his Twitter page on Monday. He wrote, “Dear Lagos, we have taken delivery of two new train sets for the blue line rail. “These passenger trains have been cleared at the port of entry, and have been moved to the National Theatre station where they have been lifted onto the elevated rail tracks. “I am indeed glad to inform the good people of Lagos that with the arrival of these…