Insecurity: Restore peace in south-east for sake of national unity, Ikeyina Tells Tinubu

Senator Ebenezer Ikeyina, who represented Anambra Central at the upper chamber of the National Assembly has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to restore peace in the South-East region of the country for the sake of national unity. Ikeyina in an interview on Wednesday said that Tinubu should demonstrate that his administration is ready to bring Nigerians together who are more divided now than ever. The former lawmaker said that the South-East economy has shrunk, with...

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has appointed former Super Eagles captain Kanu Nwankwo as the chairman of Enyimba International Football Club, Aba. Nwankwo’s appointment was announced on Tuesday by Kazie Uko, the chief press secretary to the Governor. Nwankwo’s appointment is coming after the People’s Elephant won the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, title. He takes over from Felix Anyansi-Agwu, who has headed the team for 24 years, winning nine league trophies. Uko...

Governor Alex Otti appoints Nigerian singer, J. Martins, and others as special aides

The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has appointed Nigerian singer Martins Okechukwu Justice, better known as J. Martins, as his special assistant on tourism and entertainment.  Martins was among the 21 special assistants appointed by Governor Otti on Tuesday. Below are the other appointees: Mrs Mathilda Anyamele – Special Assistant, Special Duties. Mrs Chinwe Kanu Uba – Special Assistant, Women Mobilisation. Mrs Chinwe Onyeukwu – Special Assistant, Women Affairs. Mr Ugochukwu Okoroafor – Special...

The Bauchi State House of Assembly on Tuesday adopted the Hausa Language in conducting business of the House. Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Abubakar Y Suleiman, announced this at the plenary shortly after member representing Shira Constituency, Hon. Auwal Hassan, moved a motion to that effect. Hassan said Section 97 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Order 3 Rule 8 of the Standing Orders of the Bauchi State House...

Akpabio constitutes Senate committees, names leaders

Senator Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, has constituted the committees for the upper legislative chamber and their leadership. The Senate President announced the committees and their leaders during plenary on Tuesday. Below is the list of the committees and their heads: Committee on Rules and Business — Titus Zam (chairman), Opeyemi Bamidele (deputy). Committee on Senate Services — Sunday Karimi (chairman), Williams Eteng Jonah (deputy). Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions...

TETFund Engages Students In Projects Monitoring

To ensure projects are executed according to specifications, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has urged students to monitor the contractors handling projects in various institutions across the country. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of TETFund, stated this during a 30-seater brand-new Toyota Coaster bus presentation to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. Echono urged the student body to report erring contractors to encourage transparency in the system, noting that TETFund was also...

Hope Uzodima Is Fueling Insecurity In Imo, South-East – Ugochinyere

Lawmaker representing Ideato North/South at the House of Representatives, Hon Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has said that Governor Hope Uzodnma of Imo State is fueling insecurity in Imo State and South-East region. The lawmaker made the remark in an interview on Monday, stressing that it is important to identify the remote cause of insecurity in the region and address the need to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for...

West African leaders elect Tinubu chairman of ECOWAS

President Bola Tinubu was elected the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Sunday. President Tinubu’s election was the unanimous decision of the leaders of member states of the regional group at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. President Tinubu enthusiastically accepted the honour, on behalf of Nigeria, with a solemn pledge to bear the responsibility of the office and run...

NASS: APC nat’l chairman berated over comments on principal officers

Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been berated over his comment on the nomination of principal officers in the National Assembly. House of Representatives members on Sunday lambasted Adamu, saying that what he has done is an attempt to sabotage that harmonious working relationship that is aimed at delivering on parliamentary goals. Ikenga Ugochinyere, the deputy chairman, House Ad-hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, while speaking at a press...

Otti describes demise of Prof. Irukwu as great loss to Abia, Nigeria

…Says Abia, south-east will give him befitting burial Dr. Alex Otti, Governor of Abia State has described the death of Prof Joe Irukwu, a former President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide and former Managing Director of Nigerian Reinsurance Corporation, who passed on at the age of 89 as a great loss to Abia State, South-East, Nigeria as a whole. In a statement issued in Umuahia by his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, the governor said he...

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