Author: Candid Reporters

Another suspect was tracked down and arrested yesterday at a community in Abia North, courtesy of useful information gotten from those already apprehended.Some are said to be abroad, and the government is making efforts to get them repatriated to Nigeria and to Abia to face justice. Application for bail can now come by the time the accused will be arraigned in court. One doesn’t need to be a Lawyer to know or understand this daily elementary aspect of Law. (A) People were abducted and incarcerated because of the opinions they held against the then government. Measures were put in place…

By Jinanwa Azubuike/Divine Nwankwo (Umuahia) Abia State Government has vowed to prosecute all those civil servants suspected to be involved in the pension fund fraud scheme recently. Governor Alex Otti made this public while speaking at Government House, Umuahia during the monthly media chat tagged “Dr Alex Otti Speaks to Abians”. He said that the government would continue with its efforts to sanitize the civil service and stressed that tolerance for corruption is zero. The Governor disclosed that once his government got convincing information of the pension fraud syndicate, the government arrested the people involved. “We continued with our efforts…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has assured that his administration is open for genuine enquirer of information as regards the cost and length of any road or other infrastructural projects in the state. The governor gave the assurance during the monthly media parley held at the banquet hall, government house in the state Capital. Governor Otti however frowned against those peddling fake rumours and spined up figures for propaganda and political gains while also stating that only genuine people who want information can get it, In his words: “Only genuine people who want information will get information, but for…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has clarified that he still remains a member of the Labour Party despite the party not winning any local government seat in the just concluded council elections. Governor Otti gave the clarification during the monthly media payley held at government house in Umuahia on Thursday. In his words: “I can assure you that I’m still in labour Party, the crisis of our party made our supporters go elsewhere. “When I left PDP to join APGA, our people followed me and I won that election then… APGA has not won even one counselor seat before…

Dr. Uche Ogah , former Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development in Nigeria has expressed his heart felt condolence to the family of late Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. Dr. Ogah expressed his profound grief to the family via a press statement made available t onewsmen on Thursday. Read full statement below “I sadly express with profound grief on the death of my personal friend, Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who died on Tuesday at the active age of 56. “I therefore, extend…

BY Divine Nwankwo (Umuahia) Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has made a case for rightful leadership selection process in Nigeria in order to have an egalitarian society. Governor Otti was speaking while receiving in audience a delegation of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Citizenship and Leadership. He stressed the importance of leadership in the society, saying that if leadership is not gotten right every other thing would fail. “If you don’t get leadership right, then, every other thing you do will fail”. “Leadership is key and very critical, of course followerhip is important because it…

Donald Trump of the Republican Party has won the United States presidential election after exceeding 270 electoral college votes. With Wisconsin in the bag, Trump now has 276 electoral college votes, crossing the required thresh-hold for the White House. Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, who now has 219 electoral college votes, is preparing her concession speech which will be delivered soon, according to CNN. Trump flipped a couple of blue states red and defeated Harris in a handful of battleground states.   The Republican standard-bearer is making a return to the White House after serving as the 45th president of…

President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate release of all minors arraigned over their involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protests. Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation on Monday said that the president issued the directive to Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice. Idris also said the president has ordered an investigation into the arrest and arraignment of minors detained for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests. He added that Tinuhu also asked the humanitarian affairs ministry to rehabilitate the minors. In his words: “Second, the president has also directed the ministry of humanitarian affairs and…

The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed reports that its officers attacked staff of the Ikwerre Local Government Council this morning. PPRO Grace Iringe-Koko told our correspondent that police officers were at the council secretariat to disperse hundreds of hoodlums who had forced their way into the premises. SP Iringe-Koko explained that following an attack on some council secretariats by hoodlums on October 7, two days after the local government elections in the state, activities in the affected secretariats were restricted for safety reasons. She confirmed that no lives were lost during the police intervention.

BY Ferdinand Ekeoma (UMUAHIA) I read a comment made on Punch Online by my friend Onyebuchi Ememanka who was former Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s Chief Press Secretary and now Spokesman. I read further posts he made on his wall on the just concluded LGA election and I couldn’t stop laughing. From his tone, he was obviously angry, badly bruised and terribly pained by the outcome of the LGA election held on Saturday. I wasn’t surprised, the outcome was expected. However, contrary to his misleading comments and posts, many commentators didn’t just laugh at him, they reminded him that he lied and…