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13/11/2022

Campaign Flag-off – Jos has produced presidents, will produce Tinubu – APC

Most Presidents that have ruled the country have had their campaign flag-off in Jos, these historical facts have informed our decision for choosing Jos, as our venue for the campaign flag-off for Tinubu/Shettima presidential bid, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Hon Ahmed Idris Wase has said.

Wase who is the Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), will not be wrong to repeat history even though this will be the first time the APC will be hosting its presidential campaign flag-off in Jos.

While declaring its readiness to host the campaign take-off on Tuesday November 15, 2022, Wase said he will plead with the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong to declare Tuesday a public holiday.

Wase stated this on Friday in Jos while briefing Journalists on the update for the event which is expected to bring the APC big wings to the State.

According to him: “We are pleased to report to you and indeed Nigerians that the campaign is ready to move. By the grace of God, we are flagging off the campaign Tuesday.

“All arrangements have been made to have a very successful flag-off of the campaign”, he said.

Wase added that security arrangements have also been put in place to ensure a successful event.

It would be recalled that last Sunday, Governor Lalong who is the Campaign Director General of the Tinubu/Sh*ttima 2023 presidential election inaugurated a 40 man committee that will organise the campaign take-off for the party in the State.

Lalong had charged the committee to take advantage of the Media for robust publicity.

Inside Abia recalls that Lalong had said both the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party, do not exist in the country except for the fact that they have taken advantage of the Media to gain publicity.

21/04/2021

The remains of Late Hon. Ossy Prestige at the Green chambers.

Rip, a good man!

31/03/2021

Late Arochukwu Monarch for burial April 5:

Immediate past Traditional Ruler of Aro Kingdom and custodian of its heritage, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, also known as Eze Aro of Arochukwu, will be buried on Monday, April 5, 2021.

An official burial announcement by Prof Okoro Ijoma and Mazi Anicho Okoro, chairman and secretary of Aro National Rites of Passage Committee respectively, said that the burial will climax a week-long passage of rites for the late first class Monarch which kicks off on Friday, April 2.

The official funeral announcement made available to journalists on Friday read, "The Aro Kingdom, Abia State of Nigeria hereby announces the passage of the custodian of the Aro heritage and Eze Aro of Arochukwu, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, CFR.

"Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro joined our ancestors and the Aro saints after a brief ‘ovia uwasi’.

"Before ascending the throne, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, who trained in the United Kingdom as a Medical Laboratory Scientist, was pioneer head of Department of Laboratory Technology at the University of Nigeria Teaching hospital, Enugu.

"He retired as the Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist at the UNN in 1988 to ascend the throne.

"The Igbo weeklong rites of passage of His Majesty, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro, CFR, will take place from Friday, 2nd to Monday, 5th April, 2021.
The climax of the funeral rites will hold on Monday, 5th April at the Arochukwu Civic and Cultural Center, Oror, Arochukwu by 10 am.

"Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro ascended the famous Eze Aro throne in 1995 and his reign witnessed tremendous transformation of the Kingdom and growth in inter-communal relations.

Among other positions, Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro was a first-class traditional ruler and occupied one of the ancient traditional stools in Nigeria and was the custodian of the Aro heritage worldwide.

The cultural events program of the National Rites of Passage for the late Eze Aro, Mazi Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro, CFR

1). 2nd April, 2021 (Friday, Orie):
• Events start at night with Itisu Mmadi.
• Ekpe Aro enters Eze Aro Palace, performs throughout the night and dwells there to perform daily till April 6th 2021 morning.

2). 3rd April, 2021 (Saturday, Avor):
• Ndi Ekpe continue to perform;
• Some cultural dances and music available to entertain guests.

3). 4th April 2021, (Sunday,Nkwo):
• Ekpe Aro with Inyankpe go round Arochukwu villages accompanied by Iyamba women group and some key members of late Eze Aro’s family.
• Some cultural dances and music shall continue at the palace to entertain guests

4). 5th April 2021, (Monday, Eke):
This is the main event day.
• Ekpe Aro will perform in full from 9am.
• Nine Ekpe masquerades to perform, starting with Ekong and ends with Mboko.
• Various traditional dances and masquerades are available to entertain guests. Good entertainments avail.
• Eze Aro to be laid to rest after all the Ekpe masquerades have paid him their last respect as the traditional Head of Ekpe Aro Society. (Izii ya Ekpe).
• Mboko will display last, specially at this point, and Eze Aro is royally rested followed with 21 cannon salutes..
• Condolence Visits from In-laws, friends and well wishers are welcomed this day.

5). 6th April 2021 (Tuesday, Orie):
• Ndi Ekpe will clean up their site (ikpopu ntu Ekpe) and vacate the palace followed with 7 cannon shots early that morning.

Note: several cannon shots will be intermittently released daily at Oror village especially at special sequence on the 5th April 2021, the main event day.

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Keep resting, our Hero!

27/03/2021

ABA DECIDES...

Let the best man win the day! 💖

All for the peace, growth and prosperity of Aba and Ndị Aba.

GO OUT AND VOTE!

27/03/2021

INEC REASSURES OF HITCH-FREE ABIA BYE-ELECTION:
The election, which comes up on Saturday (today), is for Aba North/South federal constituency.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured of hitch-free conduct of Saturday’s Aba North/South federal constituency bye-election in Abia State.

Joseph Iloh, the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday.

He said the commission was fully prepared for the conduct of the election across the 609 polling units in the two local government areas of the constituency.

“We have taken possession of all sensitive and non-sensitive materials and we have started deployment.

“We promise that we will take our materials to all the polling units tomorrow (Saturday) by 8 a.m. and voting starts by 8:30 a.m. and stops by 2:30 p.m.

“We are appealing to everyone who wants to vote to come out, enter the polling booth early enough to enable him cast his vote.

“We are expecting everyone to please give us maximum cooperation,” he said.

Geoffrey Achibie, head of department, Voter Education, said the office was fully prepared while appealing to politicians and voters to behave well and be orderly.

“We have done the awareness, and voter publicity. We have met with the stakeholders and the candidates have signed a peace accord.

“We are COVID-19 compliant because we are supplying the voters with sanitisers and face masks,” he said.

Six political parties, including Action Alliance, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Allied People’s Movement, National Rescue Movement and Peoples Democratic Party will feature in the election.

(NAN)
We wish NDỊ ABA a peaceful and successful elections 🐘

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