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Former Governor of Abia state, Sen. Orji Kalu and PowerChina, Monday, in Abuja, signed the deal for the establishment of five Agro-Industrial parks, worth $500 million, in different parts of Abia state. Sen Kalu is facilitating the parks through SWIBER Africa in Alayi, Igbere, Ozu Item, Abiriba and Ukwueke.   According to him, PowerChina and SWIBER Africa would jointly fund the project to be handled by the Chinese firm. The former governor said that the industrial parks would fulfill objectives of providing employment opportunities for members of the communities and raising foreign exchange for the country, especially the weak foreign…

The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja ordered that the legal action which arose on the conduct of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the nomination of the governorship candidate in Ogun State be retried by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa in a judgment delivered held that it was wrong of the Federal High Court in Abuja to have declined jurisdiction when in actual fact the constitution of the country conferred jurisdiction on it. In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel of the apex court, it was ordered that the suit…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of seventeen internet fraudsters before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Ladoke Akintola, and Mohammed Owolabi of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on a separate one count charge each. The jail terms range from two to nine months community service, and one year in prison. The convicts are Oduola Kunmi Ireola, Igbamidun Joshua Olamiposi, Ismael Fatai Olatunji, Osundele Oladapo Daniel, Olawale Isaac Adeleke, Olorunyomi Idowu Babatunde, Aneh Ojonimi, Olaide Iyanuoluwa Sadare, Akintola Babatunde…

The First Lady Aisha Buhari has been rushed to an Abuja hospital (name withheld) after suffering a leg fracture at the weekend. Details of the incident leading to the injury is still sketchy as sources simply told Daily Nigerian that “she fell down and suffered leg fracture”. Prior to the incident, the online newspaper gathered the first lady is billed to host a wedding reception in honour of Bilkisu Rimi, the daughter of Nigerian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, Mohammed Rimi, on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa. Sources however said she may not attend the dinner tonight.…

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has given presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) two weeks to clear debts of posters and billboards or have them defaced. Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency, (ANSAA) threatened other candidates and parties to pay up too or face similar action. A statement by ANSAA MD/CEO Tony Odili Ujubuonu on Sunday warned it would deface billboards and-posters of political parties and candidates owing the agency. The agency said the enforcement of the order would begin on December 5,2022 The statement reads: “Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency through a letter dated 14th November, 2022, urged all…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, has said that the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah, who secured a court victory over the governorship ticket of the party, does not have their support. The party leaders, who shunned Ogah’s celebration of his court victory on arrival from Abuja, explained that the absence of the Abia APC hierarchy at the event was a clear message to the former minister that his court victory meant nothing to his party. Chairman of Abia APC, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, stated that Ogah was celebrating a dummy…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has vowed to bring to book the security operative who attacked and almost killed the Director General of the Abia State PDP Campaign Council, Rt Hon Barrister Chinedum Elechi over the weekend. Addressing the press when he visited Rt. Hon Elechi at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia, Governor Ikpeazu thanked God for sparing his life despite the degree of machete cuts sustained in the attack. The Governor stated that it is unfortunate that someone could use matchet to slash the head and skin of his fellow human being as well as destroy his car for no…

The days of double taxation and heavy tax burdens on petty traders in the commercial city of Aba may be over, as the governorship candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP) in Abia state, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, has assured the people of Aba that his administration, if elected into office, will simplify tax collection and lessen the tax burden on the petty traders of the city. Chief Kalu, who traced the source of his training to trading, having come from a business family, decried the outrageous rate of taxation the government heaps on petty traders while adding that his…