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…
Three people have been shot dead in Jerusalem after two attackers who Hamas says are their members reportedly opened fire at a bus stop. The attack left at least six others injured – some of them critically The gunmen were shot dead by police The attack comes a day after two Palestinian boys, 8 and…
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…
Israel and Hamas have extended by one day their truce minutes before it was due to expire. The temporary ceasefire was extended for a seventh day, following mediation with Qatar. The deal has led to the release of dozens of hostages kidnapped by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians held in prisons and aid deliveries into…
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…
The President Of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has released the Petroleum Subsidy Palliatives across the Nigeria has dragged the duo of All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA and the All Progressives Congress APC on war path following allegations by the APC that Gov Charles Soludo has hijacked the items and converted them to the palliatives of…
