‘EMPTY BARRELS’ – OTTI DISMISSES UZOR KALU, ORJI, IKPEAZU OPPOSITION GANG-UP. (PHOTO)

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 ‘Empty barrels’ – Otti dismisses Uzor Kalu, Orji, Ikpeazu opposition gang-up Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged Abians to disregard recent remarks by some leaders of the opposition in the state. Governor Otti who was speaking on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuoriehi, Umuahia North LGA, during the dedication of the church building, said that those who are gathering against him were the same people that failed to develop the state in the past. Otti was reacting to an alliance formed against his re-election by former Abia governors Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor slammed the opposition members for pursuing personal interest above the collective development of Abia, declaring that every gathering they are making against him would collapse. He said, “Pastor Uguru made reference to the noise that you may have been hearing in the last few days. “I want us to just dismiss it as noise, you know, and it’s always the empty barrel that makes...

OVER 100 STRANDED NIGERIANS RETURN FROM NIGER REPUBLIC. (PHOTOS).




 Over 100 Stranded Nigerians Return From Niger Republic 


Federal Government has facilitated the reception of 108 Nigerian migrants who were stranded in Niger Republic. 


In a statement by the 

Southwest Zonal Coordinator 

National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Mr. Alexander Oturu says their humanitarian return was facilitated by the Nigerian mission in Niamey and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 


The reception exercise took place at the Cargo terminal of the Murtala Mohamed International Airport, in Lagos Nigeria. 


Representing the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Mr. Aliyu Tijani Ahmed,  the Southwest Zonal Coordinator, Mr. Alexander Oturu, stated that in line with Mr. President's Renewed Hope Agenda, the returnees would be integrated into various government programmes, as well as the reintegration programmes of the UN Migration Agency, IOM. 


The migrants were  conveyed to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, camp where the NCFRMI and IOM have a tripartite agreement to provide temporary shelter for the returnees before they are provided with onward transportation allowance to enable them get to their final destination. 


According to Mr. Oturu, there were 32 males, 29 females, 44 children and 3 infants on board the IOM chartered flight from Niger. 


Officers from the NCFRMI and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) profiled the migrants and officers from Port Health, FAAN, Federal Ministry of Labour (Migrants Resource Centre), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Child Protection Network and Web of Hearts Foundation were also in attendance to provide assistance.

More photos below. 



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