PDP forms shadow House of Assembly in Abia, names Akpulonu as “Shadow Speaker”
The Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State has announced the formation of a Shadow House of Assembly in the state,…
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BREAKING: Soldiers clash with unknown gunmen in Abia community
Personnel of the Nigerian Army’s 14 Brigade, Ohafia, and unidentified gunmen in Mbata, Umuchima village, Isiala Ngwa North LGA, Abia…
Abia bans unauthorised free medical outreaches
The Abia State Ministry of Health has reacted to the hospitalisation of some persons who attended a free medical outreach…
Many hospitalized in Abia town after free medical outreach
There is tension in Abriba, a major town in Ohafia LGA of Abia State as some indigenes of the community…
Abia killings: Otti holds emergency security meeting
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says his administration has resolved to rejig the security architecture of the State, aimed at…
Ceiling collapses in Abia courtroom during proceeding
A section of the ceiling in Obehie Magistrate Court in Ukwa West LGA of Abia State on Friday, collapsed while…
Abia Govt demolishes illegal motor parks, shanties in Umuahia
The Abia State Government has commenced the demolition of illegal motor parks and shanties along Abia Tower axis of the…
Abia Govt approves health insurance services for civil servants
The Abia State Government has paid N500 million counterpart funds and approved a health insurance scheme that would enable civil…
You are politicising insecurity – PDP replies Abia Govt
Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Abia State government to refrain from politicising the…
Abia: Kalu accuses Otti of politicizing insecurity
Former Abia State Commissioner for Information John Okiyi Kalu has accused Governor Alex Otti of politicizing insecurity. Kalu made this…
Abia Govt raises alarm over wave of crime, blames politicians
Abia State Government has said it has established that some unpatriotic politicians, in connivance with external parties, are behind the…
Abia local government election free, fair — IPAC
Political parties in Abia State have said that they are satisfied with the outcome of the November 2 local government…
Abia Commissioner of Police visits military checkpoint attacked by unknown gunmen
The Commissioner of Police of Abia State, CP Danladi Isa has paid a visit to a military checkpoint at Umopara,…
Interrogate impact of government projects on citizens – Abia govt to Journalists
Journalists and other media practitioners in Abia State have been challenged to represent the interests of the people in their…
Widows of slain security men receive support from Abia government
The Abia State government says it will continue to make the welfare of the families of security personnel who died…
Abia PDP inaugurates new state working committee
A new Abia State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been inaugurated, following the administration of the…
Judiciary workers in Abia suspend ten days old strike, reach agreement with govt
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN in Abia State have announced the suspension of the strike action…
Emulate Onu by promoting Nigeria’s unity — Abia traditional rulers challenge politicians
The chairman of the Abia State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Linus Nto Mbah, has urged politicians to emulate the…
Abia community rejects plans to acquire lands
The people of Umuawa in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State have alleged that the Federal Housing Authority, FHA is…
LP crisis: Abia LG poll compounds party’s woes
The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party, LP, worsened, weekend, with the party failing to clinch at least one local…
Man shoots Abia youth dead for playing football near his house
A 70-year-old man, Mr Stephen Irobunda has escaped being lynched in Ohokobe Ndume, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State for…
Abia LG polls: ZLP clinches 15 chairmanship seats, YPP 2
The Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, has won 15 chairmanship seats in Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Abia State, while the…
Orie Ugba traders chased out of market for flauting election rules in Abia
Traders at Umuahia’s major market, Orie Ugba were on Saturday morning, chased away from the market by a combined enforcement…
Lawyers, litigants loiter, as JUSUN strike grounds courts in Abia
It was a day of confusion and disappointment for Lawyers, litigants and other members of the public in Abia on…
NNL: Abia Comets’ Ejeh calls for more coaches training
Abia Comets head coach Okechukwu Ejeh has called for more skill development initiatives for coaches in the Nigeria National League,…
LGA poll: Don’t brutalise Abia voters on Saturday – IPAC warns security agencies
The Abia State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has cautioned security agencies against subjecting voters to any form…
Abia banker, two others gunned down in Umuahia
A banker with a popular Nigerian bank, identified as Mr Victor has been killed in Umuahia by suspected kidnappers who…
NLC, TUC jettison strike, sign minimum wage agreement with Abia govt
Abia State Government (ABSG) and the organized labour in the State have signed the agreement on the implementation of the…
Future stars discovered as South East U-16 athletics championship ends in Abia
The 4th edition of the South East Under-16 Track and Field Championship hosted by Abia State has ended in Umuahia…
Expect strike after 1st November – NLC, TUC notify Abia government
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC in Abia State have threatened to reactivate their suspended…
Widows of murdered policemen recieve cash, food in Abia
Widows and other family members of policemen who were killed in active service have received cash, food, and other relief…
No plan to cede LG funds – Abia government replies NLC
The Abia State Government has reacted to the letter sent to the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and…
59 arrested in Abia for environmental offenses
Fifty-nine defaulters were on Saturday, arrested in various parts of Umuahia and brought to the Abia State Environmental Court for…
Our order stoping PDP’s congresses in Abia still subsists – Court rules
Abia State High Court, Bende Judicial Division, presided over by Justice C.U. Okoroafor, has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Old Naira: Abia traders thank CBN for rejecting Reps directive
The House of Representatives has been cautioned to focus on more pressing matters in the country than the issue of…
2027: APGA now best option for Obi, Otti – Abia LG chairmanship candidate, Ofoegbu
The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA candidate for Umuahia North in the forthcoming local government election in Abia State, Raymond…
Abia partners military to tackle drop in Nigeria’s oil production
The Abia State Government has promised to play a major role in tackling the drop in crude oil production in…
Abia Govt moves to stop cocoa smuggling to neighboring states
Abia State government has directed the newly inaugurated State Cocoa Monitoring Team to curb activities of smugglers who carry cocoa…
Nigerian Air Force, Team Delta win national volleyball league in Abia
The Nigerian National Volleyball Federation Division 1 and 2 Championship Phase Two, hosted by Abia State, has ended in Umuahia…
Metal thieves vandalise government schools in Abia, steal roofing sheets
Governor Alex Otti’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, has raised alarm about the activities of metal thieves…
Abia traditional ruler calls for inclusion of non-indigenes in palace cabinets
The traditional ruler of Agbama autonomous community in Umuahia South LGA of Abia State, Eze Cajetan Ifeanacho, has called on…
We’ll not join APC — Outgoing Abia LGA chairmen
The outgoing local government chairmen of 17 LGAs in Abia State have declared that their loyalty to and support for…
Abia needs conventional university – Ex-lawmaker, Uzosike faults Deputy Speaker, Kalu
A former member of the Abia State House of Assembly, Jerry Uzosike has advised the Deputy Speaker of the House…
Abia workers’ promotion at risk as MDAs yet to submit interview scorecards
The Abia State government has said that it has observed that no Ministry, Department and Agencies, MDAs, provided the scorecards…
Reps Minority Caucus condemns beheading of Abia elderly couple
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned the brutal murder of an elderly couple, Jacob and Comfort…
Abia govt moves against alleged extortion of pupils by schools
The Abia State Government has granted approval to the state’s Ministry of Education to provide funds and running costs for…
Fish out those who beheaded Abia couple – Gov Otti orders security agencies
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed his sadness over the tragic news of the beheading of a couple in…
Nigerian govt mobilises contractor to F107 Road, collapsing bridge in Abia
Users of the Umuahia-Bende-Arochukwu-Ohafia road will soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has mobilized a new…
Police nab three suspects over killing of husband, wife in Abia
Abia State Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the killing of aged couple, Mr Jacob Udo and…
Abia: Otti begins construction of model buildings in 17 LGAs
Governor Alex Otti has flagged off the construction of model court buildings across the 17 LGAs of Abia State. Speaking…