By Femi Anamelechi The management of Aba Power has declared a renewed and uncompromising commitment to tackling the growing menace of the electricity infrastructure vandalism across its network.Speaking during a strategic briefing with journalists and technical staff in Aba, the Managing Director of Aba Power, Barr. Ugochukwu Opiegbe, decried the rising wave of vandalism, particularly…
The Secretary General of Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu, recently pointed that, there is shortage of manpower in some critical areas in the aviation sector, and therefore called for urgent attention by the authorities concerned to address the imbalance.The doyen of aviation unionism reinstated his earlier stance that aviation is a…
By Femi Anamelechi Aba Power Electric Ltd has been commented as the only electricity distribution company (DisCo) in Nigeria that has not been penalized for any form of infraction. This disclosure was made today in Awka, Anambra State, by the Nigerian Electricity Consumers Association (NECA), Southeast zone, following its monthly meeting at Trigpoint Hotel, Nibo.“We…
By C. Don Adinuba With the burial rites of Professor Ernest Ugo starting on Tuesday, July 22, at the Amadeo Events Centre in Enugu, the curtain is almost drawn on one of Nigeria’s most humane and selfless citizens ever. Ugo grabbed national headlines when he informed a scientific conference of homeopathic doctors of the successful…
By C. Don Adinuba On Tuesday, July 1, while travelling with him from Enugu to Aba, his phone kept on ringing endlessly. Typical of him, Bart Nnaji took every call and addressed each caller patiently, carefully, and politely. One call struck me in particular. It was a widow from his rural community who reported that…
By Femi Anamelechi Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12th electricity distribution company (DisCo), has attributed the success of its ongoing free meter campaign to the cooperation of its customers. In an interview with journalists today, the Aba Power Managing Director, Ugo Opiegbe, said without the “enthusiastic cooperation of our teeming customers, we would not have recorded the…
By Femi Anamelechi There is growing public outrage over the alleged assault of an Aba Power staff member, Miss Ubochi Onyinyechi, by Mr. Chidi Ehiemere, a former Auditor General of Abia State. Mr. Ehiemere, who also previously served as Chairman of Obingwa Local Government Area and is an elder in the United Evangelical Church (Qua…
By Femi Anamelechi The ongoing Free Mass meter Rollout has been a blessing to both Aba Power and its customers, according to the utility’s Managing Director, Ugo Opiegbe. Opiegbe told the staff of Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12th electricity distribution company (DisCo), this morning that the rollout “is a win-win for both the company and customers,…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA), has said that 5N – BZY aircraft belonging to Rano Air will remain on ground pending the determination of the incident involving the airline. The aircraft experienced failure on one of its engine few minutes after take off, from Kano enroute Sokoto. Immediately, the appropriate…
By Femi Anamelechi St. John Vianney Science College, Ukwulu (Anambra) has emerged champion of the inaugural UK-Nigeria Debate Competition, defeating top schools from the UK, Abuja, and Jos!The virtual event, hosted by Bring It On Africa and Debate Mate UK, featured elite schools from both countries.St. John Vianney defeated Maghull High School (UK), then won…
