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The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has sent a message of goodwill to the good people of Abia State on the fifth anniversary of his emergence as Governor of Abia State. The Governor thanked God Almighty for His grace upon our people and our State, assuring that his vision for a stronger Abia remains intact. Governor Ikpeazu notes with gratitude, the support he has received from the people of the State in his quest to make Abia a stronger state and renewed his total commitment to the Abia dream. According to the Governor, "as we mark the first anniversary of our second term in office and our fifth year in the service of our state, I make bold to state that even in the face of daunting challenges, we have made tremendous progress in practically every facet of governance and evidence abound that we shall finish very strong in our quest to stabilize governance in our state". The Governor noted further that since the beginning of his second term, efforts have b

The Abia State Government has declared a Covid 19 victim wanted for escaping from isolation center According to information from a reliable source Emmanuel Ononiwu whose photograph appear underneath is   wanted by Abia State Government after he tested positive to COVID-19 and absconded from a holding center in Aba prior to being moved into isolation. He is a generator mechanic, uses a Mercedes V-Boot car, previously used a Mercedes 190 brand and is believed to be from Ikeduru LGA of Imo State but resident in Aba. The Government said it will appreciate any effort that will help apprehende him to secure lives.If seen, please call 0700 2242 362 and do not approach him physically without adequate protection to avoid being infected with COVID-19. All enforcement units at the borders and security checkpoints are hereby notified to be on the look out for him as there are indications he is planning to flee the state.

By Anya C. Anya The Member representing Umuahia South in the Abia state House of Assembly Hon Barr. Jerry Uzosike  has called  on the people of Umuobia Olokoro to be calm and peaceful in all they are doing because there is no contention on real owners of the location of Modern Ceramics Umuahia which the Abia state government is planning to resucitate Hon. Barr Jerry Uzosike said it is necessary to make this clarification in the light of the wrong announcement going on in the radio concerning the ownership of the location of Modern Ceramics Umuahia The Abia State Government is planning and making effort at reviving the modern Ceramics but ongoing announcement on radio is placing the location to be Afara Ibeku in Umuahia North This announcement has not gone down well with the people of Umuobia Olokoro in Umuahia South and is the reason why Hon Barr Jerry Uzosike  said " He has been inundated with barrage of calls and visits since yesterday concerning the Radio news going

By Anya C. Anya The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has  condemned the continued unlawful detention of a Journalist, Mr. Kufre Carter by the Department of State Security (DSS) at Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State Command, despite being granted bail by the Court and he, having perfected the bail conditions. This was contained in a press release made available to AFNEWS by the organization ,The National President of CDHR Osagie Obayuwana while speaking unbehalf of the organization as contained in the press release said the Agency demand the immediate release of both Kufre Carter and Barr Emperor Ogbonna from the DSS custody since it has become both illegal and unconstitutional AFNEWS had brought you a report That Mr. Kufre Carter a sports journalist was arrested on April 27, 2020 by the DSS in Uyo and charged with criminal defamation for allegedly “castigating” the Commissioner for Health, Akwa-Ibom State, Mr. Dominic Ukpong, over the Commissioner’s alleged poor handling of t

By Anya C. Anya The chancellor of Gregory University Uturu Professor Gregory Ibe has felicitated with the Governor of Abia State Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu on the commemoration of year 2020 Democracy day which cumulatively marks the 5th year anniversary of the administration of Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu as the Executive Governor of God's own state In a Goodwill message sent to the office of the Executive Governor of Abia state and made available to AFNEWS ,Prof. Gregory Ibe said "it is with joy that I write to felicitate with you and the good people of our dear state state , as we jointly mark the 21st edition of the celebration of our nation's nascent democracy and the 5th anniversary of your divine emergence as Governor and Chief Servant of Abia state.While appreciating God for His unending mercies for our nation, which has enabled us surmount innumerable daunting social, economic and political challenges within these 21 years of uninterrupted democratic gover

The lead counsel to Mr Kufre (an XL 106.9 FM UYO Journalist) arrested by the government has expressed dissastifaction in the way the men of  State  Security Service are handling his client case, Barr. Inibehe expressed regret on how and why the SSS will stoope so low to be remote control by the Akwa Ibom state Government Mr Kufre a Journalist and a presenter with XL 106.9 FM UYO was arrested by the state security service on 27th April 2020 over a purported private phone conversation he had with an anonymous medical doctor . The allegation from the Akwa Ibom state Government is that he was castigating the Akwa Ibom state commissioner for Health Dr Dominic Ukpong over his poor handling of the COVID 19 pandemic in the state This allegations was the reason why the Journalist was arraingn before the court on three count charge of defamation with a maximum punishment of three years  imprisonment if convicted and counsel to the Journalist have been at the court seeking for the Release o

By Anya C. Anya A senior Advocate of Nigerian Barr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has pleaded with the President of the federal Republic of Nigeria  PMB to direct for the immediate release Mr Gabriel Emperor Ogbonna who has been facing condemnable incaceration in the custody of the Department of State Security Service since March 24th 2020 Emperor Ogbonna  is a legal practitioner and a human rights activist who is based in Aba, investigation revealed that he was adopted in commado style and whisked away on 24th March 2020 from his office while on duty by operatives of DSS and armed policemen on accusation of publishing falsehood against Dr Okezie Ikpeazu  who is the Executive Governor of Abia state that the governor swore to an oath at the ancient Harashima. After the arrest was made, Emperor Ogbonna was arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court and remanded in custody, from there He was later charged before the Federal High Court, Umuahia and was admitted to bail by the said court.Mr Emper

By Anya C. Anya The Executive Governor of Abia State Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has lauded the wonderful initiative of the Institute Of Chartered Accountant Of Nigeria (ICAN) in setting up an ICAN resource center in Abia state Dr Okezie Ikpeazu  made his opinion known while commissioning the Chidi Ajaegbu ICAN resource center named after the Ex ICAN President Mr Chidi Ajaegbu who is from Abia State The Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu represented at the commissioning by the Deputy Governor of Abia State Rt.Hon Sir Ude Oko Chukwu  called on the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) to partner with the State Government in adequate training of Abians and residents in the state to pass their examinations and qualify as professional Accountants. Dr Okezie Ikpeazu while performing the Foundation laying ceremony of the Chidi Ajaegbu ICAN Resource Centre held at Mgbarakuma Ubakala in Umuahia South LGA of Abia State Posited that the centre apart from helping in increasin

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the COVID-19 numbers for Tuesday, May 18, 2020. According to the figures there are 226 new cases Of COVID-19 in Nigeria taking the total number of infections since the pandemic hit Nigeria to 6,401. 226 new cases of #COVID19; 131-Lagos 25-Ogun 15-Plateau 11-Edo 7-Kaduna 6-Oyo 5-FCT 5-Adamawa 4-Jigawa 4-Ebonyi 4-Borno 3-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 2-Gombe 1-Enugu 1-Bayelsa 6401 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1734 Deaths: 192 pic.twitter.com/KJeNRAKFVG — NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 19, 2020 Via its Twitter account, the NCDC also stated that 1,734 people have been discharged and 192 patients have died

The task force on the fight against COVID-19 in Imo on Monday, May 18, declared that the state is now coronavirus free. Before now, the southeast state had seven active cases of the dreaded disease. Briefing journalists in Owerri, chairman of the committee, Professor Maurice Iwu explained that three out of the cases recorded in the state were discharged on Sunday, May 17 following their satisfactory condition. Professor Iwu was appointed to the position by Governor Hope Uzodinma. Photo credit: Imo state govt Iwu is a well-respected Nigerian professor of pharmacognosy and a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. He studied at the University of Bradford, England, receiving a Master of Pharmacy degree in 1976, and a PhD in 1978. He was appointed by Governor Hope Uzodinma to use his experience to help Imo state tackle the viral disease. Similarly, the Akwa Ibom state government has discharged five more recovered COVID-19 cases with only one posi

The Executive Governor of Abia state Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu will be on air tommorow This is in  continuation of his participation in the RADIO CLASSROOM organized and sponsored by the Abia State Government Special Intervention for Abia School Children, According to a press release by the chief press secretary to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu ,the Governor will Take another Biology class. For those in senior class Time is 11am. All concerned are to hook on to the Broadcasting Corporation of Abia State to be part of the RADIO CLASSROOM.

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has assured the people of Aba and the entire State that his administration will do an excellent job in the total reconstruction Ngwa, Uratta, Port Harcourt, Ohanku and Obohia roads. Speaking for the very first time on the impending reconstruction works on the roads today on a live radio programme on Magic FM Aba, the Governor made it clear that all preparations have been concluded to commence a total rebuilding of the afore mentioned roads. According to the Governor, the apparent delay in starting work on those roads was because his administration wanted to get a permanent solution to the problems on those roads, which led the State Government to seek collaboration with the international development partners. The Governor recalled the challenge of the Ndiegoro Water Disaster of the 1980s which lingers till date and assured that this project is designed to handle that problem. Continuing, Governor Ikpeazu stated that his administration successfully engag

A former lawamaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari cancelled his scheduled nationwide broadcast on Monday. You will recalls that the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Aliyu Sani had on Sunday disclosed that Buhari will be addressing Nigerians on Monday evening. However, in a tweet on Monday afternoon, a presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina said no presidential address on coronavirus updates was planned for Monday. According to him, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 would rather, during its usual media briefings, bring the nation up to speed on whether or not the country should go ahead with the second phase of easing the lockdown. Reacting to the development on his Twitter page, Shehu Sani suggested that Buhari may have called off the presidential address in order to avoid backlash from angry Nigerians. “Baba [Buhari] wanted to c

In a shocking revelation, Nigeria’s minister of transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he didn’t join politics to solve the country’s problems. Amaechi, who served two terms as Rivers governor, said unemployment drove him into politics. The minister made the revelation in an interview with Punch. The 54-year-old native of Ikwerre in Rivers State said although his father was a politician, his voyage into politics was not born out of the quest to be a leader. “My father was a politician. He ran for councillorship during his time. However, I didn’t join politics because I wanted to be a leader or because I wanted to solve Nigeria’s problems. “I joined because of unemployment. I also believe there is a part that grace played in it,” he told the newspaper. Amaechi’s political career dates back to 1992 when Peter Odili, as deputy governor of Rivers State, appointed him as his special assistant. He went on to become a member of the River

Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma is the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and Bishop of Enugu Diocese. He tells RAPHAEL EDE about the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Christendom You were reported to have said it was wrong for the government to stop worship services and that what they should have done was enforce hygiene. However, another report said you denied saying that. Which should Nigerians believe? I said you cannot shut down the church because the church is not the building. The church is the people and no government or security can stop people from praying either online or in their houses. You can shut the building but not the people because people who believe in Jesus Christ are the church. I pray with my family at home; you can’t come and shut it down. The bible says ‘where two or three are gathered in my name, there I will be’. When I was in Bauchi, they burnt our church building and we were still worshipping befor

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 338 as confirmed cases of coronavirus for Sunday May 17, 2020. The figures were announced at 11.30pm on the verified twitter handle of the agency. In the announcement, Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases with 177 followed by Kano with 64 As second highest according to tally presented by NCDC. Most of the states are from the North with few from the South. The total figure now is 5959 with  182 deaths and 1594 recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria has been recording increase in the confirmed cases since the first incase on February 27, 2020. 338 new cases of #COVID19; 177-Lagos 64-Kano 21-FCT 16-Rivers 14-Plateau 11-Oyo 9-Katsina 4-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Abia 3-Bauchi 3-Borno 2-Gombe 2-Akwa Ibom 2-Delta 1-Ondo 1-Kebbi 1-Sokoto 5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1594 Deaths: 182

Nigerian Presidency has reacted to the news going viral about the founder of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi saying he still have doubts in his mind and needs to be educated on the difference between COVID-19 and malaria. Dokpesi while addressing newsmen after his recovery said he still have doubts in his mind and needs to be educated on the difference between COVID-19 and malaria. He further stated that he was nursed back to health with malaria drugs after testing positive for COVID-19 Dokpesi and his family were discharged from the Gwagwalada isolation center in Abuja where they were kept after testing positive for COVID-19. He said: “I still have doubts in my mind and I need to be educated. What’s the difference between COVID-19 and malaria? Every drug we were given were malaria medications. “A number of persons who tested positive were checked in reputable labs, hospitals in Abuja and were found to have malaria parasites in their bloodstreams. When did malaria beco

MultiChoice Nigeria will raise its subscription fee for all DStv packages and some packages will be cancelled. Well, earlier today, DStv sent SMS messages to all her subscribers informing them of the new price rate taking effect in a few weeks. According to the text directed to customers,  effective from 1 June 2020 7.5% VAT will be applied to all DStv packages meaning you are going to be paying higher prices as seen below; New DSTV Prices Effective from June 1st: DSTV Padi: N1800 to N1850 DSTV Access: N2000 to N2150 DSTV Yanga: N2500 to N2565 DSTV Family: N4000 to N4300 DSTV Confam: N4500 to N4615 DSTV Compact: N6800 to N6975 DSTV Compact +: N10,650 to N10,925 DSTV Premium: N15,800 to N16,200 dstv For GOtv Users, here are the Changes GOtv Max: N3200 to N3280 GOtv Jolli: N2400 to N2460 GOtv Jinja: N1600 to N1640 GOtv Lite: N400 to N410

President Muhammadu Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast on Monday following the end of the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown. Aliyu Sani, the national coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19, made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. According to him, the president is to decide on whether or not the country should go ahead with the second phase of the easing of the lockdown.

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress and the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has filed an action before the Benin Division of the Federal High Court for the enforcement of his fundamental rights over the Benin Specialists Hospital. In the Originating Motion dated 25th of March, 2020 which was reported by TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL), Respondents in the suit are Edo State Government, Attorney-General of Edo State, Justice J.U. Oyomire (rtd.), Professor Emmanuel E. Obaseiki-Ebor, Mrs. Elizabeth Uwaifo, Enemaku Hilary Igemoh, Anthony Izevbekhale, Inspector General of Police and Department of State Security. In Motion with Suit No: FHC/B/CS/40/2020 signed by his counsel, Nnamonso Udo Ekanem (SAN), Adam’s Oshiomole is seeking the following reliefs: A DECLARATION that the action of the 1st Respondent in constituting the 3rd to 7th Respondents into a COMMISSION OF INQUIRY to probe the Applicant’s building and award of contracts for the building of th

President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina has claimed that the World Health organisation, WHO, offered his country the sum of $20m as bribe to poison COVID-19 cure, according Tanzania Perspective. The President went on to insist that the herbal remedy called ‘COVID Organics’ made from Artemisia can cure COVID-19 patients within ten days. Also appearing on France 24 News, Rajoelina said that the only reason the rest of the world had refused to take the herbal cure seriously and with respect was that it came from Africa. “I think the problem is that (the drink) comes from Africa and they can’t admit… that a country like Madagascar… has come up with this formula to save the world. “If it wasn’t Madagascar, and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” Rajoelina said. “What is the problem with Covid-Organics, really? He asked. Wondering if it could be that this product comes from Africa,” he added.

Lagos State is considering the full re-opening of the critical sectors of its economy, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Sunday. But the move will not be pushed in a hurry. In the coming days, Sanwo-Olu said the state government would be rolling out Register-to-Open initiative as part of the plans that would enable it assess the level of readiness of the players in the identified sectors for supervised operations. The governor spoke at a briefing after the State’s Security Council meeting held at the State House in Marina. Sanwo-Olu said officials from the Lagos State Safety Commission and Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency will be visiting restaurants, companies, religious houses to assess their level of readiness. With the size of the state’s economy and numbers of businesses that operate in its domain, the governor said the government could not afford to keep people and businesses on lockdown permanently. He said: “We are at a level where we are reviewin