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Jul

10

2023

New Abia Commissioners, Gov. Otti, gets commendation of UAAP, and urged to focus.

Abia State, Opinion, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Opinion, Politics, Ultimate Commander

The executive governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has been commended for inaugurating his commissioners just a few days ago and for all the excellent policies that have already been introduced. This commendation came from a good governance advocacy group operating under the auspices of the United Abia Artistes and Patriots (UAAP), led by Ambassador Dr. Osita Offor (Ultimate Commander). The UAAP applauded the governor for appointing knowledgeable individuals as commissioners and for thinking it appropriate to form a panel of inquiry to recover the stolen assets and funds of the state government, which, according to the group, would…

Jul

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Sit-At-Home: FG unperturbed as chaos in the South-East worsens

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Mohammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Politics

The struggles, anxieties, and despair of Southeast residents and Ndigbo are far from ending, if the Nigerian government's present stance toward the call for Nnamdi Kanu's release, the IPOB's founder and leader, is anything to go by. This is due to the administration, which is led by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, appearing to have taken a passive and unresponsive attitude in the face of persistent calls for Kanu's release and violent protests in the Southeast. Kanu has been held as a prisoner of conscience since June 2021. After his amazing rendition from Kenya, Kanu was imprisoned. After that, he was placed…

Jul

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia to join the TSA in September – Otti

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Business, Economy, Lifestyle, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Business, Comr Amos Kalu, Economy, Lifestyle, Nigeria, Opinion

By Comr Amos Kalu By September of this year, according to Abia State Governor Alex Otti, his Abia state would switch to a treasury single account. The information was released in a statement made on Thursday using his verified Twitter account. Otti noted that the effort will increase openness and efficiency and that it will consolidate all government payments and revenue. Dr Alex Ihuoma Otti - Executive Governor of Abia State Otti urged state stakeholders to accept the change because "it is in the best interest of Abia and its people," adding that it will reduce fraud, streamline tax payments,…

Jul

06

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Association Of Community Media Practitioners congratulates Abia State Gov. Alex Otti

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Opinion, Politics

The Association of community media practitioners in Nigeria (APCOM) has congratulated the Abia state governor, Dr. Alex Otti on his recent Victory at the polls and subsequent swearing-in as the fifth governor of Abia state. In a letter jointly signed by President Abayomi Adejumo and the Board of Trustees (BOT) secretary Austine Uche-Ejeke APCOM recounted that Alex Otti's victory at the polls was significant and divine because it was about the third time he contested Abia state governor. The umbrella body of all Community media practitioners in Nigeria also noted the unique history of governance of Abia particularly starting from…

Jul

04

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Court accepts Tinubu’s transcripts from Chicago University, his US visa as exhibits.

Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu officially began his defense in a petition filed against his election by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, on Tuesday evening in Abuja. The court admitted the educational records from Chicago State University as exhibits. The admittance letter that the renowned university sent to Tinubu was one of the academic records submitted to prove his attendance at and graduation from the American University. President Tinubu also presented his US visa credentials, which showed that he had multiple unrestricted trips to the USA between 2011 and 2021, through his lead attorney, Chief…