The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has traced some property suspected to be from proceeds of fraud to former Abia governor, Sen. Theodore Orji. Spokesperson of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale disclosed this on Thursday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Oyewale said the property which were sealed in Umuahia, the state capital on June 24, 2020 were traced to the former governor in the course of ongoing investigations of Orji’s alleged financial malfeasance. Recall that the property sealed by the EFCC included, the Abia Mall which accommodates ShopRite and other business entities, Benac Hotels opposite Broadcasting Corporation of Abia. Also sealed was a housing estate situated at former Umuahia Main Market. “Our investigations show that the property belongs to Theodore Orji and as part of the investigations, we have to seal them. That is exactly what we have done,” he said. Oyewale said that investigations into the alleg

Former Abia state gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Dr Alex Otti, was on Wednesday morning, spotted at the residence of the Chief Whip of the Senate,  Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.  This is coming barely 24 hours  after Senator Kalu was elected the Chairman of the caucus of All Progressives Congress ( APC)  Abia state chapter Town Crier Magazine recalls that Otti was rumoured to have decamped to the APC to pursue his gubernatorial ambition after failing in his two outings under the APGA.  

 ‘North will not cede power to South in 2023’ …accuses APC chieftains in the S/East of abandoning Kalu …thanks Northern elders for support Kalu  when he was in prison The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has reiterated that the North still wanted the presidency in 2023 and would not cede power to the South. President of the AYCF, Shettima Yerima, said in an interview on Tuesday that it irritates the entire North for some southern politicians to think Northerners will leave power for them in 2023. “How can you think we will cede power to the South in 2023? The North still want the presidency. The south is in charge of the economy and they have everything, so why would they want to take away the only thing we have. “What would you call that? Even if we are ceding power to the south in 2023, we should be considering people like Orji Uzor Kalu . He is someone the north trusts and the Northern elders will give him their full support. Most Nigerians don’t know that Kali

A video shared online shows the Moment a man who is said to be a Nigerian Pastor climbed a High Tension Electric Pole, wants to Jump Down in Abia state. In the video some villagers can be seen wondering what is wrong with man, a man is heard asking some the Residents to leave the vicinity to avoid Danger. According to reports, The alleged pastor said he needs the state governor and enough crowd before he jumps. A social media user identified as Joe Medikals who shared the video wrote: “This is happening right now at Uratta, Aba, Abia  State.  Pastor climbs high tension and wants to jump.”

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, alongside his deputy, Philip Shuaibu have on Friday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. We gathered that 14 house members, 18 local government chairmen and 196 councillors have joined Obaseki in defecting to the Opposition party. It will be recalled that Obaseki was disqualified by his former party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC from participating in the party’s Guber primaries coming up on June 22nd. Miffed by the development, Obaseki resigned membership of the party. However, he had a series of meetings the leadership of the PDP earlier this week. He met with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal, the Governor of Akwa Ibom, Emmanuel Udom and the national chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus to finalize on a deal.

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Members of the Abia State inter ministerial committee for COVID-19, on Wednesday 17/06/2020 stormed the Commercial city of Aba on enforcement visit and sealed Chapel of Answer Church along jubilee road as well as the electronic plaza in Ariaria international market.  IGBERE TV gathered that the team which was led by the Chairman of the Committee who is also the secretary to the state Government (SSG), Barr Chris Ezem, visited two churches in the city, the central mosque along Hospital road and also Ariaria international market, expressed worries over the level of compliance to COVID-19 prevention and control guidelines issued by the state government, and appealed to residents to take the fight against the disease serious to avert looming danger. At the Chapel of Answers Church, Barr Ezem who was visibly angered by the fact that the members were conducting midweek service in defiance of the protocols on religious worship for only Fridays for Muslims, Saturdays and Sundays for Chris

Nigerian-born Dr. Wendy Okolo becomes the FIRST BLACK WOMAN to bag a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas. She's an aerospace research engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center She is the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from University of Texas at Arlington. She is also the Special Emphasis Programs Manager for Women at Ames.

SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF GOV. IFEANYI UGWUANYI’S FIVE-YEAR GIANT STRIDES IN ENUGU STATE INTRODUCTION: The 5th Anniversary of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's administration in Enugu State offers an opportunity to reappraise the governor’s giant strides despite the avalanche of challenges befalling the state and the country… The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on May 22, 2020, published its 2019 states' rank in internally generated revenue (IGR).  One of the states which recorded impressive performances, according to the report, was Enugu.  Enugu State, with no oil, was the 9th best performing state in terms of IGR. Its slightly over N31billion was good enough to beat all oil producing states except Rivers, Delta and Akwa Ibom. What makes that record remarkable is that just four years earlier when Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State took over the mantle of leadership on May 29, 2015 the country was in recession following the drastic drop in crude oil prices in the in