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Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said he left at least $4bn balance sheet generated from his companies in 1998 before joining politics, saying he didn't start life as a politician but businessman.  The former Abia governor said before 1998, he built business entities, particularly in the media, oil, and gas sector, shipping, airlines, and others.  In a social media post, Sen. Kalu said he had enough resources to fund his former party the PDP, when he joined politics in 1998. He said, "I built several entities (businesses particularly in the media, oil, and gas sector, shipping, airlines, and others), and in 1998, I left more than a $4 Billion balance sheet in my companies before venturing into politics".  He wondered why people like him are expected to be penniless while those who have done next to nothing parade themselves as achievers.  He noted further, "In 1998, I used my resources to fund the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), my former...

Kebbi Hosts Mass Wedding For 300 Divorcees, Widows  Over 300 divorcees, widows, and indigents have celebrated matrimony in a mass wedding sponsored by the Kebbi State Government.  The wedding which took place at the Abdullahi Fodio palace in Gwandu Emirate, Birnin Kebbi on Sunday, was organised by the state government under Hajia Nafisa Nasir Idris, the governor's wife, through her initiative, the Nafisa Nasir Development Foundation.  Governor Nasir Idris, overseeing the ceremony, encouraged the couples to foster friendship and be confidants to one another.  The governor, who was represented by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Muhammad Usman-Ankwe, announced plans for periodic mass weddings to unite less privileged individuals as husbands and wives. The administration allocated N21 million as dowry for the 300 brides from the state's 21 local government areas, with each bride receiving a dowry of N70,000.  Credit: NAN