The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said the conduct...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Gov. Alex Otti of Abia for assenting to the Abia State of Nigeria Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law. Obasanjo made the commendation on Friday when he paid a visit to the governor in Nvosi Isiala Ngwa South Local Government...
Football enthusiasts in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia, have pleaded with the Aba Power Limited (APL) to improve the power supply in the city to enable them to watch Sunday’s AFCON final. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will be locking horns in the final match with...
Police in Abia State have arrested three suspects who impersonated as EFCC operatives to rob students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, (MOUAU) Umudike at gunpoint. Police spokesperson in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, stated in Umuahia on Saturday that police got information on Tuesday that a four-man gang...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says he will now settle down and rebuild Abia because his distractions were over with the Supreme Court affirmation of victory in the 2023 polls. Otti made the declaration at the Thanksgiving Service in his honour held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Abia Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a popular On Air Personality, Mr Chigozie Anumudu, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old boy in Aba. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Mr Ifeanyi Ogbonna, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Ogbonna stated this in a statement by his Media Director, Mr Chisom Ogbonna in Umuahia on Friday. He said...
The Abia Police Command on Sunday says it has rescued all the four missing children allegedly stolen in Umuahia. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said on Monday in Abuja that it recently burst some producers of counterfeit wine, soft drinks and other consumables in Eziukwu Market in Aba, Abia state. The Director-General (D-G) of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has pledged to provide communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State with more impactful development projects. The representative of Abia State on the Board of the NDDC, Chief Eruba Dimgba, made the pledge...
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has flagged off the re-construction of the 18-kilometre Owaza-Uzuaku-144 Battalion-Afam Junction Road in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. Speaking during the flag-off ceremony in Owaza, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, assured the people of the Commission’s determination to bring...
The Northern Community in Umuchieze Cattle Market in Umunneochi Local government Area of Abia has appealed to Gov. Alex Otti to allow them to reside inside the market. The traders, who are predominantly dealers in cattle, made the appeal at a news briefing in the market on Wednesday....
The Seventh Day Adventist Church on Saturday sealed off its Abia North Conference at Umuoriehi, in Umuahia North Local Government Area, over leadership crisis rocking the headquarters. The church leaders sent the worshippers out of the church premises and locked the gate with a padlock immediately after Saturday’s service....
On-going demolition of illegal structures in Aba, Abia, is not a witch-hunt, but an exercise to correct planning errors, Mr Uche Ukeje, Special Adviser to Gov. Alex Otti on Aba Urban Rejuvenation has said.demolo Demolition teams of Town Planning Authorities in Aba City removed some structures...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Unknown gunmen have killed and beheaded a Labour Party (LP) chieftain from Abia State, Zachary Nmaduka popularly known as Power Zack. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Aba....
A middle aged woman on Friday in Aba, Abia State beat up her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor living in their area. The mother of three, whose full identity was not known, lives along Ukonu Street, off Ajah-Ngwa Road, Aba South. She allegedly got...
The 82 Division, Nigerian Army, on Monday commenced an inter-brigade combat proficiency competition for officers, to test their team spirit and battle readiness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the week-long event is being hosted by the Headquarters, 14 Brigade, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, Ohafia, Abia. Participants...
A suspected child trafficker, identified as Obinna Ibe, has been arrested by the police in Anambra State for kidnapping three young girls and transporting them to Ghana. The Abia State Police spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Aba. The suspect,...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Troops of 14 Brigade, operating under 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, have rescued 13 abducted victims on the Ngodo-Isuochi Road in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
The Action Alliance (AA) in Abia has asked the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia to annul the election of the House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, Mr Benjamin Kalu of APC. The party hinged its demand on the alleged exclusion of its name and logo from the...