Metro Archives - Page 166 of 281

Feb

26

2024

Ohanaeze youths to NLC: Don’t take your protest to Igbo land.

Abia State, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsMetro, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the most prominent Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to hold any kind of demonstration in Igbo territory. It will be recalled that the NLC had planned nationwide demonstrations against the hardships facing the nation on February 27 and 28. However, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, stated in a statement made available to journalists on Monday that the NLC protest will not take place in any part of Igbo land. Ndigbo, according to Okwu, had been subjected to a number of unfair treatment in Nigeria. He…

Feb

26

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Aba makes history today as Tinubu unveils the Geometric Power plant.

Abia State, Business, Economy, Metro, NewsAba, Business, Economy, Metro

President Bola Tinubu will today officially open the first integrated power plant in Nigeria, the Geometric Power Plant, located in the Osisioma Industrial District of Aba. Aba is the commercial centre of Abia State. Turbine 3 was turned on at 3:39 p.m. on Sunday, February 25, 2024, in anticipation of the Power plant's commissioning. This event caused a great deal of joy for the engineers of Geometric Power and their colleagues at KS Energy. President Bola Tinubu was originally supposed to inaugurate the 181-megawatt Geometric Power facility on Saturday, February 24. Nine out of the seventeen Local Government Areas in…

Feb

25

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

OCF Pays Last Respect As Madam N. Idikachukwu, Colleague’s Mother is Committed To Mother Earth

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, NewsOCF, Ohafia, Okon-Aku, Okon-Aku Christian Fellowship, Religion

Though it was a moment of mourning for the entire community, it was also a moment of display of unity that has come to stay among Christians of Okon-Aku Ohafia as they turn out en masse to accord last respect to Madam Nwanediya Idikachukwu, a Christian woman and the Mother of their colleague, Rev. Precious Idikachukwu (the National Coordinator of Okon-Aku Gospel Ministers). Here the Presiding Bishop of OCF, HIS LORDSHIP Dr STANLEY DAVID Presenting a support - envelope to the bereaved. The burial which took place on Friday 23rd February 2024 is adjourned the first Burial ceremony ever attended…

Feb

25

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia government suspends another traditional ruler over alleged misconduct.

Abia State, Metro, News, PoliticsAbia State, Metro, Politics

The Abia State government has suspended Eze Edward Ebere Eule, the traditional ruler of Azumini Ndoki in Ukwa East LGA, on account of suspected inappropriate conduct. He has been instructed to promptly provide an account of N8 million in community power payments that were purportedly put in a bank account. As a result of recommendations made by the Board of Inquiry, which the Abia State government established to look into claims of malfeasance by certain traditional rulers in the state, the royal father was placed under 30-day suspension. The government announced that the ruler will stay suspended from office unless…

Feb

25

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Naira vs USD: Peter Obi criticises Tinubu govt over misguided raid on BDCs

Business, Economy, Metro, News, PoliticsBDCs, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, DSS/EFCC, Economy, Next Level, Opinion, Peter Obi

The Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, believes it was a bad idea for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to raid Bureau De Change operators in several major Nigerian cities. On Sunday, Obi revealed this in a statement posted on his official X account. Recall that EFCC agents raided BDC operators in the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, Kano, and other states in an attempt to save the Naira from ongoing swings against the US currency. Peter Obi, however, responded to the news by stating that the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu might have made matters worse…