Tag: Abia
NAFDAC seals Aba Market over ₦5 billion counterfeit product scandal
Describing Eziukwu Market as a hotspot for counterfeit and substandard products, the Director of NAFDAC’s South-East Zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade,…
Absence of materials, voter apathy mar Abia LG polls
At Umuahia South, Osisioma, Aba North and Aba South LGAs, neither the electoral materials nor election officials were seen at…
Hoodlums behead Abia community leader
Police say the 70-year-old native was violently attacked, shot, and beheaded by unidentified assailants while he was at a drinking…
NBC moves to resolve Abia, Akwa-Ibom boundary dispute
By Philip Yatai The National Boundary Commission (NBC) launched new efforts in Abuja on Wednesday to resolve the longstanding border…
JUST IN: INEC suspends collation of governorship election results in Abia, Enugu
Consequently, Okoye added that the Commission hereby suspended the collation of results in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State…
Abia declares Monday, Tuesday as public holidays
According to the SSG, banks and those on essential duties are not affected by the government’s directive.
Abia govt. shut 7 schools in Aba
The Abia Government has announced the closure of seven private schools in Aba, Abia for allegedly operating illegally and in…
FG rolls out empowerment programme in Abia
The programme is meant for those who are involved in some sort of commercial activities cum capacity but have never had…
Abia confirms 9 cases of Monkey Pox
Umuahia North, Umuahia South, Ikwuano and Umunneochi local government areas had two cases of monkeypox each, while Aba North had…
1,139 corps members end orientation programme in Abia
The NYSC boss warned them to eschew negative acts, such as drug trafficking and abuse, cybercrime and Advanced Fee Fraud,…
Court fixes date to hear $151m refund suit filed against Abia govt.
An FCT High Court, Kubwa, on Thursday fixed Feb. 28 to hear a suit filed by a financial expert, Dr.…
7 Abia corps members to repeat service year
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has ordered seven corps members deployed in Abia for the Batch ‘B’ Stream 1,…
FitzGibbon U.S. CDA leads aid team to Abia on HIV
Abia, with an estimated 58,341 cases ranks sixth in Nigeria after Akwa Ibom, Benue, Rivers Anambra and Enugu.
Abia govt tells group to shelve state’s mega rally
The Abia State Government has reacted to a plan by a civil society group to stage a mega protest in…
Again, gunmen demolish Abia police station
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked a Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia…
Orji Kalu condemns attack on Abia INEC office
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has condemned the attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Abia warns residents over planned attacks, slams curfew
The Abia State Government at the weekend said it had uncovered a plot by some unidentified hoodlums to carry out…
Refuse dumping: Abia to punish offenders
The Commissioner for Works, Abia, Chief Bob Ogu said the state is developing a legal framework to check dumping of…
Gov. Ikpeazu inaugurates Abriba-Nkporo road
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Friday inaugurated the 7.2-kilometer Abriba/Etitiama-Nkporo Road in Abia.
NEMA distributes relief materials to Abia disaster victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of relief materials to victims of flood, windstorm and fire…
APC makes big gain in Abia with Alex Otti
Dr Alex Otti, former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia in 2015 and 2019 elections…
Abia Govt extends coronavirus lockdown indefinitely
Abia government on Friday announced an indefinite extension of the ongoing lockdown in the state.
Abia begins fumigation of markets, public facilities
Abia State government on Monday began a state-wide fumigation of major markets, state and local government secretariats, schools, stadia as…
Abia to introduce central promotion examination in schools
Dr Kanelechi Nwangwa, the Commissioner for Education in Abia, says that plans are underway to introduce central promotion examination for…
Police confirm arrest of kidnap gang
The Abia police command has confirmed the arrest of five men in connection with the alleged abduction of a boy…
Truck driver crushes mother, son to death in Abia
The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the arrest of a driver whose vehicle crushed a woman and her son…
Halt growing insecurity in Abia, CLO urges Ikpeazu
Chairman of the Civil Liberties Organisation, Aba chapter, Dr. Charles Chinekezi, has appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia to…
SDP governorship candidate advises Buhari on Electoral Act
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to assent to the amended Electoral Act, to make the use of the…
Burnt offices: We will hold election as scheduled in Plateau, Abia – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says election would hold as scheduled in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area (LGA) of…
Police confirm Kidnap of Abia APC Chairman
The police command in Abia has confirmed the abduction of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in…