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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, has commenced the second phase of solar powered street lights-up project across his constituency. A statement by Kalu's media office on Monday, said the installation of the street lights up projects cut across the five local government areas of the Senatorial District with 51 communities as beneficiaries. The statement said that the project is meant to light up dark spots around the communities, increase social and economic activities and reduce criminal activities in various benefiting communities. The former Abia State Governor urged community leaders and residents of the various…

RE: MY ALLEGED PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT IN THE ONGOING ABIA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS My attention has been drawn to series of write-ups and press statements traceable to the PDP in Abia State, wherein I was alleged to have conducted myself unprofessionally by undertaking (in writing) to the Secretary of the Abia State Election Petition Tribunal to serve some processes on the PDP’s counsel in their Petition against the election of Dr. Alex Otti. It was further alleged that upon the said written undertaking by me, that I procured a fake counsel or a counsel unknown to the PDP legal team…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed new Service Chiefs after he retired the former in a bid to reposition the security architectures to battle insecurity. The new Service Chiefs are: Maj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff; AVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff; DIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye, Chief of Defense Intelligence. Below are the profiles of the new Service Chiefs: 1. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, Chief of Defence Staff Major General Christopher Gwabin…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest. This is contained in a statement Monday night by Mr Willie Bassey, the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). This is coming hours after the President sacked all the nation’s service chiefs and named their replacements. Details later…

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION PRESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT June 19, 2023 PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES ALL SERVICE CHIEFS, ADVISERS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, APPOINTS NEW ONES President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect. The newly appointed Officers are: S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff 3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday, held a meeting with Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group, and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The visit was part of the Gates Foundation’s commitment to working with leaders and partners to support innovation that can help accelerate progress and improve lives across Africa. According to the Gates Foundation, during the visit, the billionaire would meet with national and regional leaders to encourage them to make investments and advance policies that promote innovation and provide equitable opportunity, despite challenging economic conditions. During the meeting,…

The member representing Obingwa-West state constituency in Abia State House of Assembly (ABHA), Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jnr. has expressed readiness to serve Abians and his constituents effectively through quality legislation. Erondu Jnr, who stated this during an induction workshop for members of Abia State House of Assembly, organized by National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, at lkot lkpene, Akwa-lbom state, noted that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as ammended accords the concept of separation of powers to be practiced among the three arms of governments. This, he said…

Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, on Friday met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, insisting that crude oil theft is perpetuated by notorious cabals in the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy. Speaking with correspondents after the meeting, he said the people of the Niger Delta have now resolved to ensure zero crude oil theft in the region. The former militant leader argued that ordinary Niger Delta citizens who are often blamed for the action are not responsible as they do not have the wherewithal to perform the stealing. According to him, there…