The Office of Abia State Governor on Homeland Security in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) carried out raid on notorious hard drug hotspots in Umuahia, the state capital. During the raid, a female narcotic distribution kingpin identified as Adaobi Nweke, was apprehended. Briefing journalists on the outcome of the raids, the…
Abia State Government sets to commission its flagship generating plant, Geometric Power Generation Company in Aba on the 24th of February, 2024 to boost power generation and make business thrive in Aba and environs, this was disclosed by Engr. Prof. Joel Friday Ogbonna, FNSE the Abia State Commissioner for Petroleum, Energy and Solid Minerals to…
The leadership of Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has frowned at the continued disrespect for the judgment of the Court of Appeal that sacked Labour Party (LP) lawmaker, Destiny Nwagwu, by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa. A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos sacked Nwagwu as Aba…
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has commended the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti for his achievements so far in office. Ohanaeze’s position was made known by the President General, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, who led the organisation’s executives on a working visit to the Governor in his country home, in Isiala Ngwa South LGA, on Tuesday….
The Abia State Government has expressed anger that proprietors of some of the 197 private schools that were recently shut down for various infractions reopened without reaching the required minimum standards set for them. The Commissioner for information and culture, Okey Kanu, who made this known at Government House, Umuahia, while briefing journalists on the…
The Abia state government has commenced a programme to realize food sufficiency for the people of the state by collaborating with other states for its successful implementation. To this end, officials of the State Government have visited Edo State to understudy its agriculture initiatives with a view to boost the sector in her state. The…
The Member representing the South-East on the Governing Board of the North-East Development Commission, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has been inaugurated as the Chairman of the Climate Change Trade Group of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). Onuigbo, sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change was inaugurated during the inauguration Ceremony of the 12th President of…
A Pro-democracy group, the Abia Rejoice Movement(ARM), on Friday, lauded the Governor Alex Otti on the recent flag-off and commencement of the reconstruction of umuahia-uzuakoli-Akara-Abiriba-Ohafia road. In a statement issued on Friday on behalf of its leader, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, the Abia movement hailed Governor Otti-led administration for its pragmatic intervention to fix the…
The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities, JONAPWD Abia State chapter has appealed to the Abia State government to establish a commission that will address all their needs as stipulated by Abia State disability law. They also demanded for construction of hostels at school for the blind Afara, establishment of secondary school for disabled…
The Abia State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Chaka Chukwumerije has embarked on public enlightenment and sensitization outreach to communities that will be affected in the planned road expansion of Owerrinta to Umuikaa by the Governor Alex Otti’s Administration. Recall that the State Government had recently announced that it would soon embark on the expansion…
