Tag: Abia
Buhari leads Next Level train to Abia, Imo
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday departed Abuja for Abia and Imo to deliver the All Progressives Congress (APC) Next Level…
Abia has remained the least developed state in Nigeria -Alex Otti
Dr Alex Orti, the Abia governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr Alex Otti on Wednesday vowed…
11 persons arrested over alleged oil bunkering
The Abia command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 11 persons for allegedly engaging in…
Abia recorded more flooding in 2018 – SEMA
Mr Sunday Jackson, the Acting Executive Secretary, Abia State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said on Thursday that the state recorded…
Why Abia women prefer fairly-used underwear
The business of fairly-used female underwear now enjoy high patronage among the womenfolk in Umuahia, Abia, the News Agency of…
Ogah emerges Abia APC governorship candidate
A renowned oil merchant, Mr Uche Ogah, on Wednesday emerged the winner of a keenly contested governorship primaries of the…
APC presidential primaries: Buhari scores 100% of votes cast in Abia
President Muhammadu Buhari recorded a landslide victory in the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in…
Abia needs N25bn to clear salary, pension arrears – Labour
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abia chapter, says the state needs N25 billion to enable it clear the arrears of…
IPOB’s sit-at-home: Police advise Abia residents against illegal gathering
The Police in Abia have warned residents of the state not to engage in illegal gathering during the period of…
Abia Govt committed to delivering infrastructure development – Ikpeazu
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Monday said that the state government was commitment to excellence, in delivering infrastructure development…
Shell to construct gas line in Abia
Shell Gas Nigeria Limited on Tuesday said that plans were underway to construct a gas line around key industrial areas…
NYSC: Effective tool for national integration, unity – Ikpeazu
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has grown to be an effective tool for…
Insurance company dragged to court over N3m claims
The Standard Alliance Insurance Company has been dragged to the Abia High Court in Aba over the company’s alleged refusal…
Abia Govt. promises to resolve crisis over abattoir
Chief Uzo Azubuike, Abia State Agriculture Commissioner, has promised to resolve the crisis over alleged confiscation of a public abattoir…
Abia Govt introduces safe meat-handling policy
The Abia State Government says it has approved a new policy that is aimed at promoting safe meat handling in…
Orji Kalu sues for peace over Abia, Cross River communal clash
Former governor of Abia, Dr Orji Kalu, has called on appropriate authorities to resolve the crisis that led to the…
Abia State understudy Lagos’ housing policy
A delegate from the Abia State Government visited Lagos State on Tuesday to understudy the housing policy of the state…
Abia First Lady plans to establish sickle cell clinics in 17 LGAs
Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, Wife of Abia Governor, said her pet project, Vicar Hope Foundation planned to establish sickle cell clinics…
Measles Vaccination: Abia trains 490 health workers
The state Health Educator, Mrs Margaret Onwu, told newsmen on Thursday in Umuahia that the state Primary Health Care Development…
Osun, Abia, Benue pay highest petrol price in January – NBS
The National Bureau of State (NBS) said residents of Osun, Abia and Benue paid the highest average price for purchase…
NLC: Abia Needs N25bn To Settle Salary Arrears
Abia Government will require between N20 billion and N25 billion to be able to clear salary arrears and gratuities, Chief…
FG Trains 300 Youths In Agro-Entrepreneurship
No fewer than 300 unemployed youths are undergoing training in agro-entrepreneurship in Abia under the FADAMA III Additional Financing Graduate…
Abia To Scale Up Shoe Making In Aba
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia says his administration will enhance the standard of shoe making in Aba as part of…
FG Confirms 236 Ex-Agitators As Amnesty Beneficiaries
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) office, has confirmed 236 ex-agitators from Abia as beneficiaries of its amnesty scheme.
Presidential Amnesty Programme begins verification of 236 ex-agitators from Abia
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has begun verification of 236 ex-agitators from Abia benefiting from the programme.
Man Joins Fraud Business To Recover His Money
A suspected fraudster paraded by the Abia State Police Command has confessed that he was once a victim of fraud,…
4 Nigerian soldiers beat man to pulp
One Nigerian man referred to as Apst Morris has revealed that a soldier beat up his friend, a car dealer…
I was impeached for uprightness -Abia Ex-Speaker
Six day after being ousted from office, Chief Martins Azubuike, the former Speaker, Abia House of Assembly, says his uprightness…
Late arrival of electoral materials hamper council elections in Abia
The Local Government elections in Abia State were held on Wednesday amidst late dispatch of electoral materials from the Registration…
The Appeal Court verdict on Abia guber poll
Michael Jegede On Thursday, December 31, 2015, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Owerri, nullified the election of Okezie Ikpeazu…