Ikpeazu’s administration owed workers in tertiary institutions N16.5b — Abia govt
The Abia State government has said workers in state-owned tertiary institutions are owed N16.5 billion, saying that the amount was…
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Accident claims seven lives in Abia
Seven passengers on Monday died in a fatal accident along Aba-Ikot Ekpene road in Abia State. The accident involved a…
Cholera Outbreak: Group tasks Abia Govt on proactive measures
A group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has called on the Abia State government to take proactive…
Suspended Abia health commissioner, Okoronkwo under probe – Gov Otti
Abia State governor, Alex Otti has disclosed that the suspended Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, is being proved over…
PDP slams Abia Speaker for stalling Uzodike’s inauguration despite court order
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has expressed anger over the six-month delay in the inauguration of Hon…
Oil bunkering: Troops recover, destroy 14 boats in Abia
Troops of Operation UDOKA on Friday evening, destroyed 14 boats and several drums of crude oil recovered from oil bunkerers…
NSCDC arrests 14 oil thieves in Abia
No fewer than 14 persons have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for allegedly stealing…
President Federation Cup: Abia Warriors ready for Pillars test – Oji
Abia Warriors head coach, Bethel Oji, has revealed that his team will approach the President Federation Cup semi-final match against…
PDP Congress: We’ll not tolerate impunity from stakeholders – Abia party chieftain, Apollos
Ahead of State and National Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Enyinnaya Apollos, a chieftain of the party…
Eid el-Kabir: NSCDC deploys 500 personnel in Abia
The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has deployed 500 officers and men to…
Troops raid IPOB/ESN training camp in Abia
The Nigeria Army said troops on clearance operations, in the early hours of Wednesday, 12 June, 2024, in conjunction with…
Democracy Day: We are running a shadow government in Abia – PDP
The Chairman of the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alwell Asiforo Okere, has congratulated people of…
Abia: Health workers back Governor Otti for suspending commissioner
Staff of the Abia State Ministry of Health, Umuahia, have hailed the suspension of the Commissioner for Health, Ngozi Okoronkwo,…
NSCDC busts illegal refinery in Abia, nabs 12 suspects
The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in collaboration with the Commandant General’s Special…
Aba Killing: Troops neutralise 6 suspected IPOB/ESN terrorists in Abia forest
Troops of Joint Taskforce ‘Operation UDO KA’ have neutralised six suspected members of Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate,…
Soldiers killing: Army raids IPOB camp in Abia, kill six
The Authority of the Nigerian Army stated that its troops of Operation UDO KA conducted a raid on an Indigenous…
Abia Warriors ready for Insurance clash despite fixture congestion – Coach Oji
Abia Warriors head coach Bethel Oji has said his players are in shape ahead of their matchday 35 fixture against…
Abia: Gov Otti visits Army base, pleads for innocent suspects
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State on Thursday paid another morale-boosting visit to officers and men of 144 Battalion, Nigerian…
NIPR members jubilate as kidnappers free Abia chairman, Olunkwa
Felix Olunkwa, the Abia State Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has been released by his abductors,…
World Environment Day: Abia govt tasks citizens on clean environment
The government of Abia State, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Urban Renewal, joined their counterparts all over…
Reps ask Nigerian Govt to go after killers of soldiers in Abia
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to probe the circumstances that led to the killing of military…
‘Otti did not support IPOB’s sit-at-home’ – Abia Govt
The Abia State government has denied the widely circulated statement, reportedly credited to the special adviser on media and publicity…
Abia: Otti gives scholarship to children of slain soldiers
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has awarded scholarships to the children of the 5 soldiers who were killed during…
Heinous crime – IPOB lawyer, Ejiofor condemns killing of soldiers in Abia
The lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has described the killing of five soldiers by…
Tension in Aba over killing of soldiers, innocent youths allegedly arrested
There is currently fear and apprehension among residents of Aba, Abia State following the Nigerian Army’s vow to avenge the…
Gov Otti places N25m bounty on killers of 5 soldiers in Abia
The Abia State Government has placed a N25 million bounty on the killers of the five soldiers at Obikabia junction,…
Ohanaeze condemns killing of soldiers in Abia
A chieftain of the Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, has condemned the killing of five soldiers in Obikabia…
Military vows to retaliate soldiers’ killing by IPOB in Abia
The Military High Command has promised to bring overwhelming pressure on the proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, over the…
Sit-at-home: It’s unacceptable – COSEYL condemns killing of soldiers in Abia
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has condemned the attack on a military checkpoint in Obikabia junction in…
Sit-at-home: South East Governors’ Forum reacts to killing of soldiers in Abia
The South East Governors’ Forum has condemned Thursday morning attack which left two soldiers dead at a checkpoint at Aba…
Abia: PDP members pass vote of no confidence on Ward EXCOS
Leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ovungwu Ward 8 in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of…
We have abolished ‘State of Origin’ dichotomy in Abia – Otti
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said there will be no division in Abia under his watch as indigenes…
Abia: We did not sack court, free sanitation offenders – ASEPA Deputy GM
The Deputy General Manager in charge of the Umuahia zone of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Catechist Ambrose…
Singer Paul Okoye reportedly marries his girlfriend, Ifeoma in Abia
Popular singer and half of P-Square, Paul Okoye, aka Rudeboy, has reportedly tied the knot with his girlfriend, Ifeoma Ivy.…
Police begin investigation of Chinese manager who pushed Abia lady to death
There is tension in Umuahala and Umuorie villages of Asa in Ukwa West LGA following the death of Miss Vivian…
APC leadership crisis: Ex-NASS member, Esiaga asks NWC to set up caretaker committee in Abia
An All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart and former member of the House of Representatives, Nze Chikwem Esiaga, has decried the…
Hunters, vigilantes join search for stolen children in Abia
Hunters and local security personnel have been deployed by the people of Amaba Ime community in Ikwuano LGA of Abia…
Ikpeazu left N3.49bn credit balance – Former Abia commissioner counters Gov Otti
A former Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, has said the immediate past governor of the state,…
Two Abia lawmakers dump YPP for Labour Party
Two Abia State lawmakers elected under the platform of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, have defected to the Labour Party,…
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Fubara receives Abia Gov, Alex Otti in Port Harcourt [Video]
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Tuesday received Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, at the Government House in Port…
Traditional ruler removed soundproof generators from Bende LG – Abia Panel alleges
Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, has alleged that two sound-proof power…
Why I defected to APC – Ex-Abia Speaker, Orji
The former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji, has adduced the rationale behind his recent defection…
Abia ADC chieftain, Nwosu defects to APC
The 2023 House of Representatives candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency seat, Obinna Nwosu has…
Abia APC faults defection of former speaker, Orji into party
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Offor Okorie has faulted the recent defection of the immediate-past speaker of Abia…
Gov Otti reconstitutes members of Abia Judicial Service Commission
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has approved the reconstitution of the members of the Abia State Judicial Service…
Former Abia Deputy Chief of Staff Nwagboso resigns from PDP
Chris Nwagboso, a former Deputy Chief of Staff (Office of the Deputy Governor) in Abia State, has resigned his membership…
Abia monarch raises alarm over activities of fake property agents
The traditional ruler of the Uzi-Amizi autonomous community in Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of Abia State, Eze Cyril Ogbenna, has…
Dep Speaker Kalu reveals outcome of meeting with Gov Otti in Abia
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, met with the governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, on…
Otti rejects NPC’s previous population figure on Abia
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has stressed the importance of population census for planning and development purposes. This is even…
Dislodged criminals relocating to rural communities – Abia govt alerts citizens
Abia State government says it has observed that some suspected criminals who were dislodged from their hideouts by the state’s…