The former Governor of Abia state Okezie Ikpeazu, has recently revealed that he signed a law making it mandatory for female children to inherit their fathers’ property and own community land assets. Ikpeazu disclosed that his wife was the brain behind the law and she made sure he ran inclusive governance in Abia. Ikpeazu disclosed…
ISSUES There is an increasing consensus that the American form of liberal democracy that we currently practice in the country is not quite working for us. As far back as 2011, then President Goodluck Jonathan proposed a single tenure of six years for presidents and governors in the country, beginning from 2015. Suspicions over his…
Abia State Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Ufuoma Dick-Iruenabere, has decried the increasing rate of demands for relocation to other states by Corps members deployed to Abia. Dick-Iruenabere raised the concerns at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Umunna, Bende LGA of the state, during the swearing-in ceremony of the Batch C…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has sworn in Mayors and their deputies for the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State. The governor charged the officials to serve and secure their communities. Otti, who gave the charge at Michael Okpara auditorium, Umuahia, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 34 appointees, said that the first…
Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has inaugurated a 5-man committee tasked with tackling unethical behaviours among Journalists in the Council. The committee, which is headed by former Chairman of Corespondent Chapel, Emmanuel Ugwu and Nkechi Nnaemeka Isaac of the BCA chapel as Secretary, was mandated to go after any Journalist who…
Chairman of Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government properties and funds, Justice Florence Duroha-Igwe (Rtd) has expressed displeasure over the attitude of some security agencies. Justice Duroha-Igwe, who stated this during the panel proceedings in Umuahia, said that she issued a bench warrant on Director of Finance, Abia State Housing…
A three-man Court of Appeal panel sitting in Lagos has upheld the election of Nwogu Iheanacho, the member representing Osisioma Ngwa North constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly on the platform of Young Progressive Party (YPP). The court dismissed the appeal brought by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Kennedy…
In line with the subsisting agenda to reform the educational standard of Abia, thus making the State ‘second to none ‘, the government of Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has restated her relentless commitment to shutting down all privately owned schools across the State, operating below the stipulated standard. Briefing Journalists at Government House, Umuahia, shortly…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has assured that his administration is open to robust partnerships that would lead to the transformation and growth of the various sectors of the state’s economy. Governor Otti stated this on Wednesday when he met with the Polish Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Mrs. Joana Tarnawska, who paid him…
Chima Oriaku, the commissioner for science and technology, has expressed Governor Alex Otti-led government’s commitment to fully digitalising Abia’s civil service by March 2024. Mr Oriaku stated this in Umuahia during the sensitisation and training organised by Xerox Nigeria Limited for public servants in Abia on Wednesday. According to him, the programme is about automating…
