Metro Archives - Page 205 of 281

Jul

18

2023

How 2,300 ghost workers were discovered in Abia: Governor Otti

Abia State, Metro, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Politics

By Onyebuchi Udo The recently implemented unified payment system in Abia, according to Governor Alex Otti, allowed the state to save N220 million on monthly wage bills. This was said in a press release issued by his principal press secretary Kazie Uko on Monday in Umuahia. According to the statement, the development was a result of the ongoing verification of civil officials and other public employees, which was intended to filter out "ghost workers." Gov. Alex Otti According to the statement, the government's existing payment method assisted in locating 2,300 ghost employees in Abia's workforce. It mentioned the ongoing verification…

Jul

18

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

In Abuja, the cost of Petrol rises to N617 a litre.

Business, Economy, MetroBola Ahmed Tinubu, Fuel Scarcity, Metro, Nigeria, NNPC

According to OHAFIATV News, the cost of gasoline has increased to around N617 per litre. A trip to NNPC filling stations at Utako in Abuja and along the Kubwa highway proved that the price has been changed from N539 to N617 per litre. Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, National President of the Independent Petroleum Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), verified the development in an interview with OHAFIATV News on Tuesday. He asserts that market forces will continue to cause fuel prices to change. "With the removal of fuel subsidies, that is the system we are in. Based on market forces and changes in…

Jul

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gov. Alex Otti reveals why Obi Cubana, a billionaire businessman, visited him

Abia State, Business, Metro2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Business, Economy, Next Level, Obi Cubana

On Sunday, prominent businessman and billionaire Obinna Iyiegbu, also referred to as Obi Cubana, paid Alex Otti, the governor of Abia State, a courtesy call. The meeting was held in Nvosi, Isialangwa South LGA, Abia State, at the governor's mansion. Obi Cubana, a well-known entrepreneur with a track record of accomplishment, declared his intention to base a sizable chunk of his operations in Aba. On July 16, Governor Otti posted pictures from the trip on his Twitter account. He stated in his caption, "Today, I hosted a well-known business tycoon and investor Obinna Iyiegbu, well known as Obi Cubana, and…

Jul

17

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

IPOB Accuses Nigerian Govt., Security Agencies of Sponsoring Sit-At-Home In Southeast.

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBandits, Biafra, Emma Powerful, Freedom, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion, Police, UGM

IPOB PRESS RELEASE,15/07/2023. ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER AND FULANI SECURITY IN EBONYI ARE GENOCIDISTS HELPING THE NIGERIA MURDEROUS AGENDA IN BIAFRA LAND - IPOB. The attention of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, led by Ezigbote Nwa Chineke, Mazi Nnamdi Okwuchukwu KANU, has been drawn to the hate-filled statement from Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Aderemi Adeoye, of the Nigeria Police command in Awka , who has killed innocent IPOB members and Igbo citizens to stop the incessant sit-at-home orders by the Agent provocateur, Simon Ekpa. IPOB, as a responsible movement, has issued numerous press releases disassociating ourselves from…

Jul

16

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Why food security is impossible for Nigeria – Shehu Sani

Business, Economy, Metro, OpinionEconomy, Fuel Scarcity, Metro, Opinion, Shehu Sani

Socio-political analyst Shehu Sani has claimed that Nigeria cannot have food security while farmers are being murdered by terrorists. He bemoaned the fact that the country cannot have food security when criminals compel rural communities to pay levies. Shehu Sani In a tweet, Sani stated: "Food security cannot exist in a nation when farmers are murdered by terrorists and rural communities are compelled to pay bandit levies. The falsehood surrounding those rice pyramids and the folly of sealing the land borders were revealed by the proclamation of an emergency on food security. Remember how President Bola Tinubu declared a food…