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Apr

2024

Abia Pensioners Dance Azonto, Full Of Praises For Gov Otti For Full Payment Of Pensions As Promised

ABIA PENSIONERS FULL OF PRAISES FOR GOV OTTI, CELEBRATE PAYMENT OF FULL PENSIONS AS PROMISED Celebrations are currently going on in almost every home and family in Abia State today. Pensioners, who before the coming of Governor Alex Otti, had been in grief and mourning, have reason to celebrate once again within a space of one month. Having received the pension arrears owed them for several years by the immediate past administration and PDP government in Abia, last month by Governor Otti, the pensioners are today dancing and singing songs of joy with thanksgiving to God for wiping away their…

Apr

2024

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Gov Otti Celebrates With Former Kano Emir, Sanusi On Daughter’s Wedding

Abia State, Good Governance, Kano, Marriage And Love, News Flash, People & Events

GOV OTTI CELEBRATES WITH FORMER KANO EMIR, SANUSI, ON DAUGHTER'S WEDDING Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, joined the cream of eminent Nigerians to celebrate with the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, who gave out his daughter, Khadija, in marriage at a ceremony, on Saturday, in Abuja, the federal capital. Below, are some of the images from the event.

Apr

2024

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Abia Govt Poised For Business Support; To Train 10,000 Women In Skills Acquisition

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash

ABIA GOVERNMENT TO TRAIN TEN THOUSAND WOMEN IN SKILLS ACQUISITION, GIVE BUSINESS SUPPORT. Abia state government in partnership with the Enterprise Development Center, office of the First Lady and Abia state Ministry of women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is set to Commence the process of training about ten thousand women from Abia. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu made the disclosure earlier in the week while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week's State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Alex Otti. Prince Kanu explained that the programme will focus on capacity building and business…

Apr

2024

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Abia Missing Airport: As Ikpeazu And Gang Fret Over Forensic Audit, Gov Otti Remains Focused

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, News Flash

AS EX-GOV IKPEAZU AND HIS GANG FRET OVER ABIA FORENSIC AUDIT, MISSING AIRPORT By Kazie Uko Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, shone, glowed and dazzled like a Diamond last Friday, April 19, 2024, as he basked in the spotlight of international lecture stage, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, in the United States of America. Taking the podium inside the hallowed JHU Bloomberg Center, on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, Governor Otti engaged his audience in an intriguing lecture, where he spoke on, 'State Governance and Economic Transition: Meeting the Challenges'. The Johns Hopkins lecture…

Apr

2024

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Abia Govt Says Allegations Of Washed Off Newly-Constructed Road In Aba False

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Politics

ABIA GOVT SAYS ALLEGATION OF WASHED OFF NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED ROAD IN ABA FALSE Abia State Government says there is no truth in a recently circulating video on social media that storm water washed off one of the new roads recently constructed by the administration of Governor Alex Otti. The Commissioner for Works, Abia State, Engr. Don Otumchere Oti, stated this while inspecting the ongoing reconstruction of Pepples Road and other roads in Aba. Engr. Oti, who conducted journalists round some of the project sites in Aba, said that no section of the Pepples Road, which is still under construction, was washed…

Apr

2024

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Gov Otti Attended Business Event In Maryland, USA

Abia State, Economy, Good Governance, International, News Flash

Yesterday, Gov Otti had the pleasure of participating in a business event in Maryland, United States, centred on the theme of "Empowering Economic Opportunities between the US and Nigeria." It was an honour to engage with the business community of Maryland, alongside the visionary County Council members of Bowie City and Prince George's Town, Roxy Ndebumadu, and Wala Blegay I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Charles Olawale for hosting this important summit. It is imperative that we continue to cultivate relationships and establish networks that will elevate Abia State and Nigeria to unprecedented levels of economic prosperity.

Apr

2024

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Nigeria Set To Receive Fresh $2.2 Billion World Bank Loan

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash

Nigeria Set To Receive Fresh $2.2 Billion World Bank Loan The Federal Government is set to receive around $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank. Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, disclosed this during a press briefing at the end of Nigeria’s activities at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund Spring meeting in Washington DC, the United States on Saturday. Speaking on the sources of international funding to the Nigerian economy, Edun listed diaspora remittances, foreign portfolio investments, and facilities from the World Bank and other international development partners. He…

Apr

2024

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Arrest Okezie Ikpeazu Without Further Delay – Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Good Governance, News Flash

ARREST OKEZIE VICTOR IKPEAZU NOW. The social media, mainstream media, the rumor mills, propaganda mills etcetera are inundated with Dr. Alex Otti's testament in far away John Hopkins lecture in the USA where he jolted the listening world with shock over another made in Nigeria leadership dystopia. Governor Alex Otti made mind blowing revelations of Victor Ikpeazu heists that made OUK and TAO regimes look like kindergarten era in corruption. A whopping N107 Billion was discovered by forensic auditors to have been paid to non existent contractors, bogus contractors and at times phoney contractors with no modicum of value to…

Apr

2024

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Mental Health: Mrs Otti Visits Amaudo Rehabilitation Centre, Promised Support For Residents

Abia State, Good Governance, Health, Humanitarian, News Flash

Mental Health: Mrs Otti Visits Amaudo Rehabilitation Center, ,Promises Support for Residensts… The wife of Abia state Governor, Mrs Priscilla Otti has Commended the founder of Amaudo Integrated Community Mental health foundation, Sister Roselind Colwill for her love and passion towards humanity leading to the establishment of the center which has taken many mentally ill destitutes off the streets of southern part of Nigeria. Mrs Otti made her feelings Public when she paid a working visit to the rehabilitation home at Itumbauzo Community in Bende LGA of Abia state, assured that a structure would be raised in the center to…

Apr

2024

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Leadership: 6 Takeaways From Gov Otti’s Lecture At The John Hopkins School Of Advanced International Studies On 19/04

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, International, News Flash, World News

Leadership: 6 Takeaways from Gov. Alex C. Otti 's Lecture at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on 19/04 Transitioning from economic dependence by about 83% of the states in Nigeria to a point of economic independence and viability requires deliberate planning and most importantly, a clear understanding of the dangers posed by the present "feeding bottle" system. If the states are to become viable to the point where they are able to meet their obligations to the citizens without recourse to Abuja, the citizens must get involved, and actively too. From following the selection of candidates at…