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Ohafia Community in Aba, Abia State, under the umbrella of Ohafia Improvement Union (OIU), Aba Branch will on Friday, November 25, celebrate their new yam festival and N200m fund raising for the Ohafia community Ultra-Modern motor Park. The event tagged "2022 Iri Ji Ohafia Ohafia Festival and Fund Raising for Ohafia Ultra Modern Park", which will hold at the recreation club, Park road by York, in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State, from 10am, will feature various traditional and cultural dances of the community which includes, Ekpe Ukwu, Iri Aha etcetera. In a statement by the chairman, publicity…

The immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been rated as the best chief executive of the state in the past 23 years, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, trade and investment. Obiano’s administration was reportedly focused on introducing leadership reforms for optimum social impact, devoid of media fanfare that beclouds the real performance of state governors while they are in office. In a survey conducted by a financial literacy and content platform, Financial Street (financialstreet.ng), which targeted project funding, impact and scale of investment as well as security of projects, the immediate past governor was credited…

Ndi Ebem Umunne’m kaaniwoo, I am very aware of the situation occurring in our beloved Ebem and I am equally saddened by the situation on ground. I want to join my voice in appreciating the efforts of those lending their voices in seeking a peaceful resolution to this sad situation. I want to assure you my brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers that I have been working tirelessly in support of the efforts being made in Ohafia by also putting due pressure on the authorities at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja to find a swift resolution to the situation and…

Farmers in Abia North senatorial district have pleaded with the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial zone, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu to support farmers with farming tools such as wheelbarrow, shovels, cutlasses for increased food production in the zone. The farmers in a letter sighted by our correspondent and addressed to the Chief Whip of the Senate signed the Chairman of Abia North Farmers Association, Mr Mike Ndukwo and Secretary of the association, Mrs Ifeoma Akuma said government should encourage farmers not to lose focus or interest in farming to sustain food production in the country. The letter partly reads: “…

President Muhammadu Buhari has named Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Board (NDDC). He also appointed 15 other nominees as members of the board. The appointments were contained in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it out at the start of plenary on Wednesday. Ms Onochie, currently a special assistant to the president on new media, was enmeshed in a controversial appointment into the electoral umpire, INEC, in 2020. She was appointed by Mr Buhari as an INEC commissioner to represent Delta State. The appointment generated public outcry from individuals, civic…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday finally unveiled the re-designed Naira Notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele had on Tuesday said that the president will unveil the newly designed N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. The unveiling today, marks the first time in 19 years, Nigeria will be redesigning it’s currency notes. At a briefing after the ceremony before the Federal Executive Council meeting, the CBN governor debunked insinuations suggesting that the early unveiling of the new notes is a means to target some Nigerians. Mr Emefiele appealed to members of the…

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, has disowned a statement credited to him over his alleged admonition to the Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo on his verbal attack of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. In a press release, dated November 21, 2022, he personally signed, Dr. Kalu, emphasized that the statement entitled: "Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, Nigeria's former Minister of Finance writes to Chukwuma Soludo", was an abuse of the social media, and a delibrate attempt to misrepresent him. The statement reads: "MY ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN to publications in the social media that clearly…

A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, said the exercise ought to last until 90 days before the 2023 general election. In June 2021, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres. INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the CVR ahead of the 2023 elections. But a federal high court in Abuja had stopped the commission from ending the…