The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Eziukwu Market, also known as Cemetery Market, Aba, Abia is centre for fake and substandard products production and distribution. The agency made the declaration during a lengthy operation led by Mr Martins Iluyomade, Director, South-East Zone, NAFDAC,...
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and his predecessor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, have paid special tribute to one of the founding fathers of the state, Chief Emmanuel Adaelu, who died recently at 92. In separate speeches at a memorial colloquium organised in Adaelu’s honour by Clifford University, Ihie, in Isala...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Government, has expressed its willingness to collaborate and synegize with the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to find an amicable solution to the interstate boundary dispute with Abia State. Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey made this known...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Oyewale said that they were arrested on Friday, at Umuagu...
The remains of Nigeria Actress, Mrs Elizabeth Evoeme, better known as Ovulera, was on Friday laid to rest in her home town, Umuaba Okpu-umuobo in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government in Abia. Evoeme was born on Dec. 1, 1942 and began her career in a drama group called,”Ndichie” and other...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Abia Police Command has confirmed the murder of Insp Bala Mohammed by yet unknown assailants in Umuahia town. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the attack in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday. Chinaka said that Insp Dunna Jatau,...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Gunmen suspected to be IPOB terrorists have killed two soldiers at a checkpoint on Umuahia-Owerri Road in Ekeneobizi Community in Abia State. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force for South East Operation UDO KA of the Nigerian Army, by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unukhalu , confirmed...
The Abia Government says it will start the implementation of the new Minimum Wage in October. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia. “Baring any unforseen circumstances, Abia...
The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has rejected the meeting of the party convened by Abia governor, Dr Alex Otti in Umuahia saying it is unconstitutional. Mr Obiora Ifoh made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. According to Abure, Otti and...
The Old Bende Young Professionals have backed the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu’s to reposition the APC in Abia. This, the group said, would ensure victory for the APC in the state in the 2027 general elections. President of the group, Mr Chima Ogbonnaya,...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has said the party is being repositioned to take over power in Abia. The party’s National Youth Leader, Mr Chuks Nwoga, said this while speaking with newsmen, after the stakeholders’ meeting in Umuahia on Thursday. He...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abia has confirmed 11 persons dead and eight others injured in a road traffic crash on the Port Harcourt-Enugu Expressway. The FRSC made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Sector Commander, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, and made available to the...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahi – No fewer than 6 persons including an inspector have been killed by gunmen in Aba during a deadly attack on a police patrol team on Sunday. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Umuahi....
The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has destroyed several illegal refining sites located within Abia State. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, made the disclosure in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa on Sunday. Okeke said that the task force also intercepted 14 boats loaded...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops have successfully dislodged and destroyed a terrorist camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The army, in a post on its official X-handle on Saturday, said the operation was conducted early in...
The 13 Brigade, Calabar, on Friday emerged winner in the 82 Division Inter-Brigade Warrant Officers and Senior Non-commissioned Officers Competition 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition was held at 14 Brigade, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, Ohafia, among five formations under 82 Division of...
Oil theft: Nigerian Army destroys 14 boats in Abia, arrests suspects The Nigerian Army on Friday, destroyed about 14 illegal oil bunkering vessels arrested with stolen crude oil in the oil-bearing Asa Community of Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Army operatives set the vessels...
A road attracted by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has reportedly been washed off by rain a few months after it was commissioned. The Eziukwu bridge and road were attracted and commissioned by the former Abia Governor, Senator Uzor Kalu on January 29, 2024. It is however in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the arrest...
The Abia Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 alleged pipeline vandals in Obiakpo Obuzo Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area. NSCDC’s Spokesperson, ASC II Doreen Udugwu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Umuahia and made available to newsmen on...