Tag: Abia State Governent

Dec

2020

BREAKING: Gov Ikpeazu suspends chief of staff for lousy spraying money on proph. Odumeje

NEWSAbia State Governent, Chief ACB Agbazuere

By Editor Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has indefinitely suspended his chief of staff, Chief Anthony Agbazuere from office with immediate effect. This was following a viral video of Agbazure recklessly spraying new naira notes on the popular controversial preacher, Chukwuemeka Odumeje at his office. Peoples Gazette reported the controversial video on Sunday morning, including widespread calls for the governor to immediately exert disciplinary measures against the top aide. Reportedly, High Chief John Okiyi, the Commissioner for Information, without elaborating the incident in a statement issued to newsmen, Sunday's afternoon, disclosed that the suspension would take effect forthwith.

Oct

2020

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EXCLUSIVE: Nollywood Actor, Emma Ehumadu, (aka. Labista) Speaks On Attack By Nigeria Police During #EndSars Protest In Umuahia … They first teargassed us (A must read)

NATIONAL NEWS#emma ehumadu Labista, #EndBadGovernment, #Endpolicebrutality, #EndSARsProtest, Abia State Governent, federal government of Nigeria

By Charity Uwakwe Famous Nollywood Actor, director, and producer, Emma Ehumadu, (aka. Labista) has cleared the air on the attack unleashed on the protesters in Abia state, yesterday, by some trigger happy Nigeria Police officers.The renowned son of Amafor Isingwu, in Umuahia North LGA of Abia state, while speaking in an exclusive interview today, with Famous Reporters, at one of the Hotels in Umuahia, the state's capital, debunked the romour that went viral in the early hours of today, concerning a purported restriction of his movement by the Nigeria Police, Abia state command.Labista said point blank that there was no…

Sep

2020

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Onyendilefu Reveals Location For Memorial Library in Abia *Says youths’ reading culture will be provoked

NEWS#Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Abia State Governent, good parenting, late pa Ishmael ikpeazu memorial library, sir Gabriel Onyendilefu

The Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Abia state has disclosed that the proposed Pa Ishmael Ikpeazu Memorial Library of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu's administration will be best situated at Umuobiakwa, in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia state.Sir Gabriel Chinenye Onyendilefu made this disclosure while speaking with Famous Reporters, in Aba, the state's commercial hub, pointing out that the proposed library will be best situated at an interior part of the state, hence the choice of Obingwa.The immediate past Accountant General of the state who expressed joy over the monumental project as embarked upon by the present…

Aug

2020

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20-Months Unpaid Salaries: ASUP drags Ikpeazu to Human Rights Commission

NATIONAL NEWS#Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Abia State Governent, abia state polytechnic, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, backlog of salaries

Consequent on the unpaid 20 months salaries of the staff of Abia State Polytechnic, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has dragged the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu to the Human Rights Commission, Abuja, over In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the commission dated August 5th 2020, the union said all the teaching staff in the Polytechnic are owed salaries from July 2018 to October 2019; and from March 2020 till July 2020. The union reportedly has made several petitions to the Institution’s Management, Governing Council, as well as the Government of Abia State to pay…

Jul

2020

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Abia State Govt approves 19 road projects: * Ikwuano wrongfully sidelined? * Rep Member Nwabuisi blows hot; *Demands for justice for Ikwuano

POLITICSAbia State Governent, award of road contracts, Ikwuano LGA

The member representing Ikwuano State Constituency, Hon stanley Nwabuisi has, amidst heartfelt pains, demanded for equity, fairness and justice for Ikwuano people, following the recent approval of the award of 19 road construction projects accross the state in which Ikwuano was wrongfully not included.The illustrious son of Ikwuano LGA who moved this motion of urgent public importance, on the floor of the House of Assembly regretted that the State Executive Council had not considered the great people of Ikwuano in the approval and award of road projects, during the last meeting of the Exco, held on June 22, 2020 at…

Jul

2020

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Cattle Market Saga: Relocate Obehie cow market to conducive area, Uruakpa begs Gov.Ikpeazu, Ndukwe …Asa leaders, not in support of the deal

POLITICS#Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, #engr. Chinwendu Sterling uruakpa, Abia State Governent, cattle market, Rt. Hon. cosmos ndukwe

Engr. Chinwe Sterling Uruakpa, a stakeholder in Ukwa West LGA of Abia state has implored Governor Okezie Ikpeazu led administration alongside the Ministry of Trade and Investment to consider the proposed relocation of the Cow Market from Waterside to Obehie, to a more favourable and convenient area.Engr. Uruakpa made this appeal while responding to a recent facebook post made by the Honorable Commissioner, Ministry of Trade and Investment, Rt. Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe Ph.D, explainining in details the inconveniences the action would impose on the occupants of the land, hence relocating the Cow Market from Ogbohill to Obehie. He lamented that…

Jun

2020

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Abia Gov’t misinformed Abians over Commissioner Ogunji’s death?… Figure it out yourself!!

POLITICSAbia State Governent, COVID-19, death, hon. Solomon Ogunji

There is pandemonium among the the Governor of Abia state, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and his Executives following the outcome of tests conducted on close family members of a late member of the state executive council (Exco) and member of the Inter-ministerittal committee on COVID-19, Hon. Solomon aOgunji. It would be recalled that the late Commissioner for Environment had evidently died of the dreaded Coronavirus disease, hence the health status of his Survivors and the immediate isolation of the latter alongside Governor Ikpeazu and his exco members. This is even as Abians express great disappointment in the Ikpeazu's administration, having…

Apr

2020

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Two Private Hospitals Shut Down In Abia For Treating COVID-19 Patients

NEWS#COVID-19, #dr. okezie Ikpeazu, Abia State Governent

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has disclosed that the government has shut down the private hospitals where the two index cases of Coronavirus were initially admitted for treatment before they subsequently tested positive for Coronavirus yesterday. Addressing Journalists in the state, yesterday at at Governor's lodge, the Dr. Ikpeazu who further revealed that the doctors, alongside the nurses working in the unidentified hospital had been quarantined, stressed that the medical team in the hospital located at Umuahia North and Ukwa West local government areas of the state had to be put away for 14 days to enable the government…

Apr

2020

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COVID-19: OMPAN Family Monitors Public’s Compliance To “Stay-At-Home” Order

METRO#Sit-@-Home, Abia Online Media Practitioners, Abia State Governent, COVID-19

In a bid to carry out it's watch dog function in the society, the Abia Online Media Publishers, the umbrella body of All Online Media Practitioners in Abia state, on Thursday, monitored the level of compliance to the stay at home directive declared by the Abia State government to check the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the State. Recall that the Governor of Abia State, Dr, Okezie Ikpeazu had on April 1st, 2020 during a Statewide broadcast, announced a total lockdown of the state to avert the spread of the Virus in the State. Monitoring on Thursday at Ohiya…