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Abia online Media Publishers, the umbrella body for all Online Media Practitioners in Abia State has named speaker Abia state House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Engr. Chinedum Orji as Man of the Year 2021. According to the group, the honour is in recognition of the role the Speaker is playing in "...stabilizing the political climate in the state." "The speaker has...

The Golf section of Port Harcourt Club, on Sunday, 24th October, 2021 bestowed a prestigious Platinum Award on the Honorable Minister of Transportation, His Excellency, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi. The award presentation held in an elaborate ceremony in Port Harcourt, marked the end of the 2021 Port Harcourt Club Amateur Open Golf Championships. The two-day golfing tourney which began on Saturday,...

The Ebonyi APC Chairman Elect Hon Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha has thanked Ebonyi APC and stakeholders for electing him chairman of the party in the state. In an appreciation letter signed by Hon Emegha and made available to TN24, he called on all contenders to join hands with him to move the party forward. Read full text of the letter: LETTER OF...

Ahead of the Anambra State gubernatorial elections on November 6, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained a new technology to be deployed in lieu of the card-readers used in previous elections. This was explained by Festus Okoye, INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Committee, during an interview with AriseTv monitored by Ripples Nigeria on Thursday. According to Okoye, the three-stage...

The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to compensate the people of the South-East for the losses recorded during the country’s civil war of more than 50 years ago. The governor made the call during the public hearing on the review of the revenue allocation formula held in Owerri, the state capital. He described the effect...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Sunday threatened to resume its nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s “unsatisfactory” implementation of the agreement signed by both parties. The union was protesting the poor state of public polytechnics and monotechnics and non-payment of 10 months’ arrears of the new minimum wage. ASUP suspended its nationwide strike in June. The union’s Publicity Secretary,...

The Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Tunde Bakare, has formed a new movement, Nigeria for Nigerians (N4N), ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. Bakare, who disclosed this during his state of the nation address titled: “The black box of Nigeria’s politics” in Oregun, Lagos, said the new movement was inaugurated because “it was time for...

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State says the possibility of the declaration of a state of emergency in his state is not an idea of President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this Wednesday while speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with president in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission will today hold an emergency security meeting in Abuja to take a final decision on the conduct of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. There are fears that the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the state may hinder the conduct of the election. Political parties and candidates have reportedly suspended...

Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has won his retrial case against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Recall that the EFCC has filed a suit to retry the Abia North Senator over his alleged money laundering case. Delivering judgement, Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday pronounced a judgement prohibiting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...