Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu says the State Government is ever willing and prepared to enter into productive partnerships with development partners, especially in the area of Agriculture for the good of the people of Abia State. The Governor stated this while receiving a delegation of the World Bank Funded Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement & Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project led by National Procurement Specialist, Engr. Abdulgafar Kayode, who called on him. He assured that the State would do everything within its powers including payment of second tranche of counterpart...

…As Senator Ikweremadu describes Wike as an inspiration, while commissioning Abonnema Ring Round   Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the non-stop inauguration of completed projects in the State has silenced critics, and members of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Wike stated this at the inauguration of Abonnema Ring Road in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of the State by the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu on Thursday, January 7, 2021. The governor said instead of the opposition to address how they...

Rivers State Government currently under the leadership of His Excellency Nyesom Wike is one administration in Nigeria that has experienced several attacks from the opposition party which is in charge at the federal level. Incidentally, the more attacks, the greater and stronger the governor becomes by silencing critics with his infrastructure developmental strides across the nooks and cranny of the state. In this interview, PEOPLE AND POWER Magazine IKECHI ENWEREJI, takes on Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, as he speaks extensively about the Wike administration....

By Okosun Dennis   The First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has said that its services remained second to none and would continue to take the interest of customers as paramount irrespective of the circumstances. Following the allegations making the rounds of a paternity crisis involving the Managing Director, First City Monument Bank, Mr. Adam Nuru, the bank has also vowed to undertake a thorough investigation as regards what transpired with a view to administering requisite punishment to any erring officer. It would be recalled that following the death of Mr....

The year 2020 was defined by COVID-19. It was a year the entire world succumbed to the unexpected outbreak of a global pandemic that neither discriminated against color nor creed. The rich, middle class, poor, white, black, caucasian, aborigines; every segment of the human race felt the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic that completely reprogrammed the normalcy that hitherto guided our existential norms and compelled us to embrace a new normal. The year 2020 was a very challenging year for our country too. A centrally mismanaged national economy in...

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of ‘D’ Division Itam in Uyo, the capital city of Akwa Ibom State, CSP Francis Osagie Erhabor, who is acclaimed to have never taken a bribe since over 30 years in active service, has resigned from the profession. Erhabor, who made headlines after rejecting a whopping N864 million bribe, was on December 10, 2020, at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, in Abuja, during the 2020 IgbereTV Leadership Excellence Awards named ‘Police Officer of the Year’ after coming tops in the nationwide online voting....

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has congratulated the people of Abia State on the occasion of 2021 New Year Day celebration. The Governor is thankful to God for His love and kindness in keeping our people through the challenges that came with 2020, especially the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Ikpeazu sends his deep condolences to the families of our people who lost their loved ones to the pandemic and other causes. He further reminded Abians that the pandemic is still very much here with us and is likely to linger for a while,...

By Okosun Dennis   Prominent Nigerian Prophet Temitope Joshua has given a message regarding what to expect for the New Year 2021. The cleric, who sent the message from a ‘Prayer Mountain’ at an undisclosed location in Nigeria, stopped short of releasing his ‘full prophecy’ for the year but hinted that multiple challenges lay ahead. A statement from the Church stated that, the Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) said, "This year is planting a seed that will be harvested next year." Describing COVID-19 as a monster,...

By Okosun Dennis   Determined to ensure that Lagosians enjoyed their New Year celebrations under a secured environment, the Lagos State Police Command has again exhibited its zero tolerance for crimes and criminality, particularly, traffic robbery within Lagos State by arresting some criminals on New Year eve. Police operatives attached to Ketu Division arrested nine suspected traffic robbers on Thursday, December 31, 2020, about 8pm along Y-Junction, by Old Tollgate, Ketu, Lagos State. It was that the suspects had attacked one Mr. Adejare Adetayo and his wife in the traffic...

...Call on Govt. to provide Nigerians better security in 2021 By Okosun Dennis   The National Association of Online News Publishers (NAOSNP) has called on the Federal Government to initiate a process that would galvanise better security for Nigerians in 2021. In a statement by its President in Lagos, Samson Oki said, "Nigeria is beset with plethora of insecurities ranging from kidnapping, banditry and terrorism, inter-cult rivalries, attacks by herdsmen and armed robbery incidences.” Parts of the statement added, "These, apart from the COVID-19 that struck the country in February...