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Amaeke Abam community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State has commended the lawmaker representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for embarking on some developmental projects in their community. The community in a letter of appreciation to the former Abia State Governor dated 2nd September, 2023 and signed by Pastor Kalu Isong, President General Amaeke Abam Development Union, and Mr. Emeka Emeaba, Secretary General of Amaeke Abam Development Union, expressed their gratitude to Senator Orji Kalu for renovating and refurbishing Central School Amaeke Abam. The community also appreciated the lawmaker for donating school desks to the…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered immediate revocation of 165 plots of land located across several districts in the federal capital. The FCTA Director of Information and Communication, Muhammad Hazat Sule, said the lands were revoked because their owners failed to develop them. Sule, in a press release on Thursday, said the affected landowners breached the terms of agreement established in the 1978 Land Use Act. The revoked plots are owned by both individuals and corporate entities who have consistently failed to adhere to the terms stipulated in Section 28(5) (a) & (b) of…

The Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, declaring the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the March 18 election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the poll in March. But on Wednesday, the three-man panel, after hearing the petitions, ordered the withdrawal of the certificate of return which INEC presented to Yusuf and directed a certificate of return to be issued to Gawuna. The court deducted 165,663 votes…

The Global President of One Love Foundation, Chief Dr. Patrick Osagie Eholor has called on the National Assembly to consider an amendment to the electoral law to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission take over the conduct of elections into the 774 local government areas in the country from the state independent electoral commissions. Eholor, in a letter addressed to the letter of the National Assembly on Friday, said this was the only way to stem the ugly tide of arrested development in most states, deepen democracy and boost the confidence of the masses in democracy as truly a government…

The yearly "INTEGRITY AND PATRIOTISM CONFERENCE, 2023 version, is gathering momentum as it's set to hold on Friday, October 6, at Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos. According to the official statement from the organization and signed by the National President, Dr Charles Okhai, plans are on top gear to honor a few eminent Nigerians with the prestigious INTEGRITY Award in recognition of their due diligence on the in the corridors of Integrity, Patriotism, and Selfless service to the society. The Press Statement reads, " We are delighted to painstakingly select a few eminent Nigerians who have been able to distinguish themselves…

Chief Dr. Patrick Osagie Eholor, the Global President of award-winning humanitarian group, One Love Foundation, has urged the leadership of the National Assembly and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to investigate the alleged labelling of Nigerians as money launderers by the Chinese government. Raising the alarm through a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas; Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, Majority Leaders of both Chambers and the Minister of Foreign Affairs titled 'Nigerian citizens in China money laundering allegation', Eholor called for an investigation on why every Nigerian would be tag a money…

Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu says he has no hand in the alleged disenfranchisement of the people of Abiriba in Ohafia local government area in the February 25 National Assembly elections. The lawmaker says the allegation that he accused Agboji and Ameke communities in Abiriba of being sympathetic to the agitations of IPOB, hence voters did not come out to exercise their civic right is false and unfounded. The former Abia governor's response comes after a group Abiriba Communal Improvement Union (ACIU) insists that Sen. Kalu's alleged comment was instrumental to why they did not…

The President of One Love Foundation, Chief Dr. Patrick Osagie Eholor, has written to the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), to verify the qualification and eligibility of Mr. Nosa Edo-Osagie. Eholor, in the letter addressed to the National President of NBA, Mr Yakubu Maikyau and obtained by our correspondent on Friday, accused Edo-Osagie of being a partisan politician and member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). The letter reads in part: "We write you in the interest of Edo citizens in particular, and Nigerians in general, over the election of your State Chairman, Barr Nosa Edo-Osagie. "Barrister Nosa…

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES NEW CBN GOVERNOR AND MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR SENATE SCREENING AND CONFIRMATION President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Michael Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests in the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the authority to appoint the Governor and Four (4) Deputy Governors…

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Abia State chapter has held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) successfully with Deacon Felix Olunkwa emerging as the new State Chairman of the Institute. Deacon Olunkwa who garnered 32 votes, defeated the embattled ex MOUAU Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs. Onyinye Ralph-Nwachukwu who scored 26 votes. Speaking during the event at Bishop Anthony Nwedo Pastoral Centre, Umuahia, the Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti reiterated his administration resolve to work closely with Members of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations NIPR in information management and dissemination. He reassured the group that the state…