Tag: Ikpeazu
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Abia Govt. announces resumption date for primary, secondary schools
Abia Government on Thursday announced that primary and secondary schools in the state are to resume on September 28 to complete the third term of the 2019/2020 academic session. The Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, made this known in a statement he issued in Umuahia on the outcome of the State Executive Council (EXCO)…
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JUST IN: Ikpeazu beats coronavirus weeks after testing positive
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has recovered from coronavirus. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the governor’s sample submitted on June 4th, 2020 had returned positive and he immediately went into isolation. However, on Saturday, the state’s Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, said the governor’s samples submitted on Thursday returned negative on Friday. He wrote, “To…
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Anxiety in Abia as Ikpeazu remains Covid-19 positive, weeks after relocating to Abuja for treament
Anxiety has mounted in Abia State over the health status of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, who is currently battling Covid-19. According to a source who spoke with TNG on the condition of anonymity, the people of Abia State are now worried, especially that Ikpeazu has relocated to Abuja for better treatment and is yet to recover…
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COVID-19: Ikpeazu appoints Okonjo Iweala, Arunma Oteh, others into Abia economic team
The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the appointment of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as a member of the state Post COVID-19 Economic Advisory Committee. Iweala’s appointment is coming less than 24hrs after she (Iweala) was announced as the Special Envoy for the newly inaugurated World Health…
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Coronavirus: Ikpeazu orders shut down of private hospital
Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu on Tuesday announced the indefinite closure of the private hospital where the two index cases of the coronavirus in the state were receiving medical attention before their referral to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia. Ikpeazu told reporters in Umuahia, the state capital that all the medical staffers and…
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Just in: Supreme Court affirms Okowa, Bello, Ikpeazu’s elections
The Supreme Court has just affirmed the election of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta State. It dismissed the appeal of Great Ogboru and the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the state. Similarly, the apex court upheld the elections of governors of Abia, Niger and Taraba states. The Supreme Court has A five-member panel of…
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Ikpeazu reacts to 'sickness' rumour
The governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has debunked the news making rounds that he is sick and incapable of performing his official duties. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Onyebuchi Ememanka, Ikpeazu said that he is hale and hearty, and discharging the duties of the office of Governor of…
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Ikpeazu dissolves political appointees
As part of the efforts of the incumbent governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to constitute a new set of people that would form part of his yet-to-be inaugurated government, Ikpeazu on Saturday announced the dissolution of all political appointees. According to a release by the permanent secretary of government house, Elder Bernard Ogbonna,…
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2019: Ugwuanyi, Ikpeazu, Umahi, Ayade react to defection reports
Governors Ben Ayade (Cross River), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) and Okezie Ikpeazu all of main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have denied nursing plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). They said they would continue to remain loyal party members of the PDP, stressing that it was laughable and…