Tag: Abia State
Ikpeazu: Abia chief judge disappears
The absence of the Abia Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Uzoukwu, has stalled the expected inauguration of Dr. Samson Ogah as…
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu files Notice of Appeal
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia files Notice of Appeal challenging his sack by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.…
Abia State: Ikpeazu sacks all media aides
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Thursday relieved his media aides, including the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Godwin Adindu, of…
Abia Chief Judge frees 6 inmates from Umuahia Federal Prison
The Chief Judge of Abia, Justice Theresa Uzokwe, on Wednesday freed six inmates from the Umuahia Federal Prison. Uzokwe ordered…
Abia Rerun: PPA kicks as Orji Uzor Kalu loses to PDP candidate
The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) on Tuesday added a new dimension to election re-run held in Abia North Senatorial distrust…
Akwa Ibom, Abia Verdicts: Supreme Court to explain decisions Feb. 15, 26
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Supporters of Dr Alex Otti, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Abia State and Chief…
Abia: Ikpeazu defeats Alex Otti at Supreme Court
Supreme Court has also unanimously upturned the judgement of Court of Appeal which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.…
Supreme Court rules on Akwa Ibom, Abia election today
Nigeria’s Supreme Court will hear the Akwa Ibom and Abia state governorship appeals today and as they had done with…
Ikpeazu and the New Abia transformation
By Onyema Ibeh The speed with which the seven metropolitan roads and sundry projects were delivered signposted the governor of…
Abia engages 80,000 health workers for immunisation against measles
The Abia Government has mobilised no fewer than 80,000 health workers for the ongoing statewide immunization of children against measles,…
Abia Guber: Why Appeal Court declared Alex Otti winner
There was jubilation in Abia State when the Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, on December 31, 2015, declared the…
Abia election: APGA chieftain hails Appeal Court judgment
Dr David Onuoha-Bourdex, a member of the Board of Trustees of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has hailed the judgment…
Sacked Gov. Ikpeazu presents N96.7bn 2016 budget
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia who was sacked by a Court of Appeal in Owerri today has presented a N96.7billion…
Breaking News: Appeal court sacks Ikpeazu
The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, Imo state today nullified the election of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of…
Police vow to arrest, prosecute street traders at Ngwa, Aba
The Police in Aba on Saturday warned people trading on the roads, around the Enyimba stadium and adjoining roads, to…
Ogbulafor, Nwaka hail Abia tribunal judgment
A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, has hailed the judgment of the Abia…
Tribunal upholds Ikpeazu’s election
The Abia Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, on Tuesday upheld the declaration of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as governor…
Police foil attempt to steal child in Abia
Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two…
Abia state pays outstanding salaries to workers
Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu says he has fulfilled his pledge to workers in the state to pay…
Tribunal begins in Abia after burning down of INEC office
The governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Monday, commenced hearing of the petition against the declaration of Dr.…
Abia-born Polish Parliamentarian Visits Abia Speaker
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, RT. Hon. Martins Okechukwu Azubuike, has lauded the inter-legislative interface…
INEC office burnt down in Abia
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission at Obingwa Local Government of Abia state has been burnt down. Initial…
Abia Yet To Receive Bailout From FG
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Special Adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu on Economic Affairs, Mr. Obinna Oriaku has debunked media reports…
Agriculture key to Abia’s development, says Ogbonnaya
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The immediate past Deputy Chief of Staff, office of the deputy governor of Abia State, Chief Charles…
Gov. Ikpeazu slashes his salary by 50%
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, who has shunned the sycophantic title of ‘His Excellency’, made another populist move…
INEC Reverses Self, Issues Nwachukwu Certificate Of Return
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a certificate of return to Chijioke Nwachukwu, the winner…
Abia House Of Assembly Gets New Speaker
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The Deputy Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, Alwell Asiforo Okere, representing Ukwa East, Abia State in eastern…
I’ll step on toes, Abia governor says
The newly sworn-in Governor of Abia state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, on Saturday said that his government was ready to step…
Gov. Orji inaugurates handover committee
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia Abia state governor, Theodore Orji, Eastern Nigeria on Friday afternoon inaugurated a 10-man transition committee members that…
Ikpeazu Receives Certificate Of Return
Sam Obinna Ibe/Umuahia The governor-elect of Abia State, eastern Nigeria, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, the winner of 2015 governorship election…