Abia State Governor, Alex Otti on Wednesday flagged off the expansion of the 3.5 km-Ossah Road, Umuahia, from four to six lanes. The project, which takes off from the Abia Tower on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, terminates at the Okpara Square, Umuahia. In a speech at the...
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has inaugurated the 9th Abia Traditional Rulers Council, with a charge to participate in the implementation of government’s agenda to boost rural development. Speaking during the event in Umuahia on Tuesday, Otti said that the government was determined to work with people that...
The remains of Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was on Friday laid to rest in his home town at Itaja-Obuohia , Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area. Ogbulafor died after a brief illness in Canada, on Oct. 6, 2022, at the...
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has expressed sadness over the death of a former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prof. Joe Irukwu. Irukwu, who hailed from Amaokwe Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia, reportedly died at the age of 89. His death was announced on Saturday by the...
Mr Mike Akpara, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia on Finance, has described the claim by former Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving N24 bilion in the state government coffers as false. Akpara made this known on Thursday during a press conference at the Government House, Umuahia. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has directed that all bank accounts belonging to the government be frozen with immediate effect until further notice. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Tuesday in Enugu....
Dr Alex Otti of Labour Party (LP) has been sworn in as the fifth democratically elected Governor of Abia. Otti was sworn in by the Abia Chief Judge, Justice Lilian Abai, at exactly 12:31p.m. after his Deputy, Mr Ikechukwu Emetu, took oath of office by 12:11p.m. The News Agency...
Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, on Friday, urged the public to disregard the purported sack of his principal by a Federal High Court in Kano. Ekeoma made the request while reacting to the media report at a news briefing in Umuahia. He...
Abia Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief Okiyi Kalu, has reiterated government’s commitment to complete re-modeling a set of 1,440 shops in Ariaria International Market before May 29. Kalu made the disclosure on Saturday during a facility tour with newsmen in Abia. He said that the set of three...
The Abia House of Assembly on Saturday described as false, rumours that the lawmakers planned to impeach the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. The Deputy Speaker, Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, who dismissed the rumours while addressing newsmen in Aba, said that the lawmakers had never contemplated such plan. Uchendu urged members...
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has said that the Southeast has a right to produce Nigeria’s next president because the people have a better understanding of Nigeria as a whole. Ikpeazu made this assertion today after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office at the...