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Jan
31
2021
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Over 4,400 held as police clamp down on protests

Over 4,400 held as police clamp down on protests

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Young Russian people living in Prague hold banners during a protest in support of Russian opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny on January 23, 2021 in Prague. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP) Police detained more than 4,400 people across Russia and blocked off the centre of Moscow on Sunday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Thousands of protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations over the arrest of President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent opponent. Navalny was detained at a…
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Nov
28
2020
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Breaking: Over 500 APGA, PDP Members Troop Into APC In Abia

Breaking: Over 500 APGA, PDP Members Troop Into APC In Abia

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Not fewer than 500 All Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Alln Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, PDP Members, today Saturday, defected to All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ikwun ward of  Ihechiowa in Arochukwu  LGA of Abia State.  Speaking while receiving the new members to the APC family, Sen Kalu congratulated the decampees for joining the APC  and extolled one of the defectors,  Chief Joe  Ezearo for his doggedness and belief in President Muhammadu Buhari.  The Chairman of the state party caucus and Chief Whip of the Senate,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu pointed out that  the APC had the interest of the people…
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Sep
10
2020
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Alex Otti and 400,000 Followers: Abia Governorship Seat Not For Specific Party… Bawas *Says what Abia needs is good governance.

Alex Otti and 400,000 Followers: Abia Governorship Seat Not For Specific Party… Bawas *Says what Abia needs is good governance.

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The Traditional Prime Minister of Ibeku land, in Umuahia North LGA of Abia state, Royal High Chief Uche Akwukwaegbu, (KJW), aka. Bawas has said that governorship stool in the state is not specifically designed for a particular individual or party. Chief Akwukwaegbu maintained in an exclusive chat with Famous Reporters that what Abia needed was an effective representation, irrespective of an individual's political affiliation, noting that "God chooses who should be there" Speaking with Famous Reporters, Bawas described politics as a competition, whileurging the APC and PDP members to eschew politics of hatred and bitterness, saying "if you want to…
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Aug
27
2020
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Abia @ 29: Sen. Kalu Commends Abians<br>*Urges Politicians to Embrace Constructive Critisms

Abia @ 29: Sen. Kalu Commends Abians
*Urges Politicians to Embrace Constructive Critisms

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Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu former governor of Abia state has urged the political class in the state and country in general  to embrace constructive criticisms in their dealings with the masses. Sen. Kalu who commended the people of Abia state for their steadfastness, selflessness and patriotism in a live broadcast, today, as Abia marked her 29th anniversary, insisted the political class must place the collective interests of Abians above personal ambitions so as to make better the lots of the people. OUK enjoined the people of Abia to sustain peace and unity across the state, adding,…
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May
20
2020
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Give palliative funds to farmers to invest in food production – Archbishop Opoko tells FG, Governors

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 The Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, and the Chairman, World Methodist Council (WMC) Social and International Affairs, Most Rev (Dr) Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various State Governments to focus on farmers in the grant of subsequent relief funds, saying that palliatives are not sustainable. Archbishop Opoko gave this charge in an interview with Famous Reporters, yesterday, at his office, in Umuahia, the state's capital, arguing that palliatives are transient, as Government at the various levels, should consequently, make sustainable offers to the citizenry, as the fight against the glaring adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic…
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May
20
2020
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Give palliative funds to farmers to invest in food production – Archbishop Opoko tells FG, Governors

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 The Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, and the Chairman, World Methodist Council (WMC) Social and International Affairs, Most Rev (Dr) Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various State Governments to focus on farmers in the grant of subsequent relief funds, saying that palliatives are not sustainable. Archbishop Opoko gave this charge in an interview with Famous Reporters, yesterday, at his office, in Umuahia, the state's capital, arguing that palliatives are transient, as Government at the various levels, should consequently, make sustainable offers to the citizenry, as the fight against the glaring adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic…
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May
20
2020
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Give palliative funds to farmers to invest in food production – Archbishop Opoko tells FG, Governors

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 The Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, and the Chairman, World Methodist Council (WMC) Social and International Affairs, Most Rev (Dr) Chibuzo Raphael Opoko, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and the various State Governments to focus on farmers in the grant of subsequent relief funds, saying that palliatives are not sustainable. Archbishop Opoko gave this charge in an interview with Famous Reporters, yesterday, at his office, in Umuahia, the state's capital, arguing that palliatives are transient, as Government at the various levels, should consequently, make sustainable offers to the citizenry, as the fight against the glaring adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic…
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Feb
23
2020
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Abia State Executive Council Declares Zero Tolerance For politically motivated protests… Read Details

Abia State Executive Council Declares Zero Tolerance For politically motivated protests… Read Details

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Abia State Executive Council has expressed utter dissatisfaction towards failed attempts by political actors in the state to sponsor violence and anarchy through malicious publications and politically motivated protests in the state. A release signed by the information commissioner, High Chief John Okiyi Kalu disclosed that the State Executive Council, had during her last meeting at the Executive Chambers of Government House, Umuahia, reviewed recent events in the state as the following resolutions were reached: RESOLUTIONS OF ABIA STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ABIA STATE GOVERNMENT SET TO CONDUCT LGA POLLS 1. That the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) provide details…
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Feb
22
2020
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Imo Governorship Election: Supreme Court Verdict Might Call For Fresh Election…See Parties Involved

Imo Governorship Election: Supreme Court Verdict Might Call For Fresh Election…See Parties Involved

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The removal of the previously declared winner of 2019 Imo state Governorship election, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, on January 14, 2020, by the Supreme Court of Nigeria has overtime sprung up confusion, hence the incessant protests. The perceived signs that the Supreme Court is in no doubts contemplating on conducting a fresh governorship election in Imo state is in a bid to make right what seems to have been wrongly done by some right thinking members of the society, hence the nullification the INEC's result in the state. Okechukwu Chukwuemeka Okechukwu (OCO) of APGA who spoke with Famous Reporters, today…
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