Combined troops of the 82 Division Nigerian, Navy and Air Force in conjunction with the Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps stormed and destroyed several camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Umulolo – Umukele – Amousu and Agbobu in Okigwe Local Local…
As Abia State holds January edition of the monthly sanitation exercise, the Mayor of the Local Government Councils, Traditional Rulers, Town Union Leaders, Religious Leaders, Youth and Women Organizations in the State have been required to monitor and sensitize their people on the importance of the exercise and to participate as well. In a press…
The newly appointed Mayors who will serve as Abia State ALGON (Association of Local Government of Nigeria) Officials have been inaugurated. Speaking during the Inauguration, the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu congratulated the Mayors for their meritorious appointment as ALGON Leaders in the State and urge them to use their…
The two new branches of Signature Bank have been launched officially in Abia state Umuahia and Aba respectively. Speaking during the official opening ceremony of the two branches in Aba and Umuahia, Abia State Governor Alex Otti, reiterated that Abia under his watch would continue to be a business friendly state. Governor Otti who emphasized…
Abia State government says it will soon embark on a massive redesign of Umuahia, the state capital and Aba, its commercial city to make the two cities appear investment and environmental friendly. Accordingly, all attachments and projections to buildings or extensions to structures in these cities will soon be pulled down. The State Commissioner for…
The Enugu State government has postponed the local government election fixed for February 24 to October 2024. The postponement came barely one month before the council polls. Announcing the postponement, in a statement on Wednesday night, the Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Mike Ajogu, SAN, said it followed what he described as a…
Ebonyi State Government has commenced the clampdown of unapproved buildings and structures located in the capital city Abakaliki. The State Commissioner for Capital City Development Chief Sunday Inyima, made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Wednesday when he led a Joint Inspection team comprising of officials from the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria…
Former Chief of Staff to the former Governor of Abia State, Professor Anthony Agbazuere has been granted bail by the Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, headed by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd). Agbazuere, who served as the Chief of Staff in the administration of former Governor, Okezie…
Abia State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Security and Boundary Matters to liaise with Abia State Deputy Governor and the Transition Committee Chairman of Ukwa East LGA, to resolve the matter of an alleged illegal construction of Uzonta road, a project from the neighboring Akwa Ibom community into the territory of Azumini…
Ebonyi State chapter of the Consolidated Quarry Owners Association, on Wednesday, shut down operations following the arrest of its chairman, Chikaodiri Ojimba by security operatives. Ojimba was arrested on Saturday by the police. One of the quarry owners, who spoke to newsmen at the quarry site in Ezillo community, Ishielu Local Government Area of the…
