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A group, Lord's Side Assembly, LSA, has extolled Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for performing excellently well as the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district. The group said the Chief Whip of the Senate is among the outstanding senators of the 9th Senate judging by the quality of bills and motions sponsored by him. The Abia North Zonal Coordinator of the group, Evang. Kalu Williams stated this on Wednesday evening during the Easter Prayer Summit of the group at Uturu, Isikwuato Local Government Area. According to Williams, "The numerous road projects attracted to the zone by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is…

Following the death of Osinachi Nwachukwu, Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis Gospel International Gospel Center, Abuja, the church attended by the late singer and her family before her demise has finally spoken. According to the pastor, he was not aware of any domestic violence until news came out after her death. In a video shared on his Facebook page, titled: What I know about the passing of Mrs. Osinachi Nwachukwu. The pastor narrates what he knows about the situation, “Over two and half months ago, she came to see me with her husband with complains of chest pains, respiratory…

GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Following formal resignation of appointment by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Prof. ACB Agbazuere, the Governor of Abia State Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has approved the appointment of Chief Okey Ahiwe as the new Chief of Staff to the Governor. This appointment is effective from April 11, 2022. BARR. CHRIS EZEM Secretary to Abia State Government

Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu, is married to another woman. She spoke on Wednesday while she featured as a guest on NTA’s Good Morning Nigeria’s breakfast show monitored by The PUNCH. According to the minister, Peter, who is now in police custody, physically assaulted his late wife and her four children. Tallen noted that the children of the deceased opened up to her when she visited the Abuja residence of the late singer this week. She said the children told her that their late 42-year-old…

Chief Kalu Idika Okwara, a renowned Administrator and frontline gubernatorial aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Abia State has promised better days for Abians if elected governor of the state in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Idika Okwara made the promise on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja. He described his personality as his selling point, insisting that he is capable of winning the governorship election for the People's Democratic Party in 2023. He pledged that as an Administrator, he would position that state on the path of greatness. He said he…

Presidential hopeful, Tein Jack-Rich, has commiserated with ex-Zamfara Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Wakkala, who was a victim of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack. Jack-Rich who led a strong delegation to Wakkala's residence on Wednesday in Abuja, expressed joy and gratitude to God for preserving the life of the former deputy governor after the unfortunate incident. ''We are one united country. I am here as a corporate citizen, and also as a Nigerian. ''The key thing is the heart of love that is set to feel the pain of others by being our brothers keeper,''Jack-Rich said. The philanthropist, who pledged to reach out…

Frontline governorship aspirant, Etigwe Uwa SAN, has again met the Govenor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo. Details of the meeting remains sketchy as at time of this report. He was accompanied by a seasoned technocrat, Mr. Oracle Nwala mni. Also in the meeting was a billionaire businessman, Sir. Emeka Offor.   Details later.

The Social Welfare Service Bill, 2022, aimed at reducing extreme poverty in Nigeria has scaled first reading at the Senate. The bill entitled “Social Welfare Service Bill, 2022 was sponsored by Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu(APC- Abia) at Tuesday’s plenary. The bill sought to establish a department domiciled in the Ministry for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development towards reducing acute poverty in the country. It also sought to establish a welfare service department in all the offices of the Ministry, across the 36 states of the country as well as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.  

The senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Peace Corps. The bill passed third reading after Sadiq Umar, chairman of the senate committee on interior, presented a report. The bill is being sponsored by Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno north. While presenting the report on the floor of the senate on Tuesday, Umar said his committee received “hundreds of memoranda” from stakeholders who are supporting the passage of the legislation. The senator said the bill, if passed and assented to by the president, would help tackle rising unemployment in the country. After presenting his report, the senate…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of three new polytechnics in various parts of the country. A statement issued on Tuesday by, the director of Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, said the new institutions will be located in Kano, Abia and Delta states. “In line with his determination to make tertiary education more accessible, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) has approved the establishment of three New Federal Polytechnics in the country,” Goong said in the statement. “The polytechnics are to be sited in Umunnoechi in Abia State, Orogun in Delta State and Kabo in Kano State.” According…