Abia Government has disclosed its plans to relocate pupils of the shut-down private schools in the State to nearby government schools. Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture Okey Kanu disclosed after the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Umuahia on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Education is working assiduously to ensure that…
The Abia State Police Command has reiterated its warning against all forms of jungle justice in any part of the State, advising that suspected criminals should be reported for investigation rather than being lynched. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Maureen Chinaka, who made the call on a radio sensitization program, was reacting to reports…
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has restated the government’s resolve to mitigate barriers inhibiting Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the state. He also urged them to resist things that could hinder them from actualising their potentials and embrace government’s developmental programmes. The governor spoke, yesterday, at a roundtable dialogue for PWDs, organised by Centre for…
The Abia State chapter of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) has dismissed media reports that its structures have collapsed into the Labour Party. The party was reacting to the reported appointment of its State Chairman, Mr Chimezie Nelson as a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the transition Chairman of Umuahia North LGA, Victor Ikeji. YPP…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, says his government is focused on delivering good governance to the people of the State. Governor Otti spoke on Monday when he met with a delegation of Bulgarian diplomats led by the Ambassador of Bulgaria to Nigeria, His Excellency, Yanko Yordanov. He said that his government was very serious…
The Abia State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 poll, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, and the APC have picked holes in the Saturday verdict of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed the election of Dr. Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP. Emenike and Abia APC have vowed to go…
Abia state governor, Alex Otti has revealed that his government was engaging with leaderships and stakeholders of various worker’s unions in the state to fashion out how to improve on the minimum wage of the state workers to align with the present economic realities. The governor disclosed this during the 3rd edition of his monthly…
A keke rider has been declared wanted for abducting four school children of the same parents in Umuahia According to reports, the Keke rider was contracted by the parents of the children to be taking them to school, but on this fateful day took them to an unknown destination. The kids whose names were given…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has reacted to the appeal court judgement that upheld the victory of Alex Otti as the duly elected Governor of Abia State. The guber candidate of PDP, Okey Ahiwe, urged his supporters to remain calm in the face of what he described as “eclipse of transitional sunset”….
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has dismissed the appeals brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their governorship candidates against the election of Governor Alex Otti of Abia State. In a unanimous decision on Saturday, the three-man Appeal Court panel upheld the victory of Otti at the…
