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By Anya C. Anya The Abia State Government led by Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has given the officials of the Economic and Financial Crime(EFCC) Commission 7 days to remove the offensive and provocative  notices the agency placed on some properties in the state In a press release made available to Abiatracker  dated 29th June 2020 , the Honorable Attorney General of the state  and Commissioner for Justice Bar. Uche Ihediwa, Esq while speaking unbehalf of the state government said the State Government is expecting EFCC to as a matter of urgency tender an apology to the state government within the 7 days period or be ready to meet the state government in court because the Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu led  administration will do everything possible to seek redress in court The good people of Abia state wake up few days ago to discover that  the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission while carrying out thier enforcement and investigative duty as provid...

    President Muhammadu Buhari has made 141 appointments in 81 days, an investigation by Daily Trust has revealed. The investigation shows that the flurry of appointments is the highest since assumption of office by President Buhari on May 29, 2015. The surge in appointments by President Buhari into the boards of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) specifically started in early April, a period when the Federal Government imposed a total lockdown on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states. The latest move is a clear departure from the past when it took the president long time to make vital appointments, a development that earned him the nickname “Baba-Go-Slow.” READ  Breaking: Supreme Court Dismisses Ihedioha's Application For Review Experts have lauded the recent appointments, saying they would fast-track decision making. The constitution of the boards of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) ...

The President  Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has been able to get the 9th Senate to confirm at least 207 appointees for him in the last one year of the existence of the current Senate. The 207 already confirmed include judges, ministers, ambassadors, commissioners and heads of agencies. Magu was appointed by the President on November 9, 2015 subject to confirmation by the Senate. But he has remained in acting capacity since then. He was rejected twice by the 8th Senate, under the leadership of Dr Bukola Saraki, based on a security report by the Department of State Services. He, however, remained in office. Saraki’s tenure as Senate President was characterised by a frosty relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly. However, since the inauguration of the 9th Senate led by Ahmad Lawan on June 11, 2019, Buhari has sent the names of 200 individuals to the upper chamber for confirmation but has not sent that of Magu. This is despite assurances...

There’s no breather yet for Edo Gov. Godwin Obaseki even after he seduced the PDP National Working Committee to secure a waiver to contest the party primary whose screening ended weeks ago. About the time the APC defector was going through screening, youth and women in the PDP sprang out yesterday—in protest against the waiver the party national headquarters granted him. Protesting, the PDP Youths for Justice, in a statement by its coordinator, Musa Kadiri, worried how the party failed to reward loyalty, and, instead, is fishing for opportunities. According to him, the three aspirants already screened before Obaseki hopped in – Ken Imasuagbon, Gideon Ikhine and Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama – are capable of defeating any candidate the APC would present. Kadiri warned that the PDP might witness implosion if Obaseki got the ticket. “We, the youths on ground in Edo know that the PDP has positioned itself to win the forthcoming gubernatorial election. We do not need Obaseki w...

Everyone has a story to tell whether successful or not. Anthony Onyemaechi Elumelu, though a billionaire has also got story to tell and it’s from grass to grace. It may interest you to know that Elumelu started his journey as a salesman. He started his career as a copier salesman to be specific. He was one of the thousands of young Nigerian graduates who were eager to succeed. If success is measured by hardwork, one can be pondering that why are not all hardworking people successful today in our society. Let’s just say luck was on his side. Elumelu’s journey to who he is now begins when he applied to join Allstates Trust Bank, a year after earning his Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Lagos (UNILAG). He applied with his 2:2 Economics degree (Second Class, lower division) in spite of the bank’s requirement - a minimum 2:1 degree (Second Class, upper-division). In his words: “I know I may not have met the qualifying criteria for the advertised roles, but...

Opinion Piece By: Oladapo Sofowora Politician and businessman, Senator Orji Uzoh Kalu, representing Abia North is probably born under the lucky star. Series of events unfolding around him lately shows that he is indeed a child of uncommon grace. For close to 12 years, he had been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside his company, Slok Nigeria Limited and Udeh Udeogu, his Director of Finance and Accounts at the Abia State Government House, over an amended 39-count charge bordering on conspiring and diverting the sum of N7.65bn from the coffers of the state when he was Governor from 1999-2007. After years of tussle with legal proceedings, Justice Muhammed Idris, on December 5, 2019, pronounced 12-year imprisonment on him and also ordered that Kalu’s company, Slok Nigeria Limited, be wound up and all assets forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The former Abia Governor through his counsel approached the Appeal Court and later Supreme...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the federal government to keep schools shut pending when the covid-19 pandemic was over. ASUU tweeted about this on Thursday. ASUU President, Abiodun Ogunyemi, advised “federal government not to reopen schools until the pandemic is over. The Covid-19 Presidential Task Force had equally maintained that it was not safe to reopen schools. The PTF had also urged schools to ensure safety measures against covid-19 were put in place before schools reopen. ASUU and FG are still at loggerheads over alleged failure of government to meet the terms of earlier agreements. This led the union to call an indefinite industrial strike action. Official_ASUU @ASUUNGR The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abiodun Ogunyemi, has advised the @asorockk  not to reopen schools until the pandemic is over View image on Twitter