Abia State ministry of environment has banned the use of Styrofoam foils, popularly known as ‘Take Away’. The ministry in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna on Saturday said the use of the product as food containers has been banned in the state. He noted that Take Away had earlier been…
Abia State Task Force on Infrastructure Abuse, an agency established by the State Government to sanitise Umuahia and Aba, the State’s commercial hub, has started enforcement. In what appears as signaling the commencement of the formal enforcement of laws against street trading and other sundry abuses on infrastructural facilities, across the state, some vehicle owners…
The Abia State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the recovery of government property and funds, headed by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rtd), has granted bail to the former Chief of Staff to the immediate past Governor of the state, Prof ACB Agbazuere for five hundred thousand naira and one surety in like sum. Recall that the…
The Abia State Government has advised the public not to make use of the Aro Ajatakiri stream in Ajata na Igu community in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of the State henceforth, saying the water in the stream has been contaminated and unfit for human consumption. The Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, gave the advice…
Abia State Executive Council has approved the setting up of Standard Materials Testing Laboratory in Umuahia. Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey Kanu made this known on Thursday while briefing reporters at the Government House, Umuahia. He said the setting up of the laboratory was necessitated by the incessant collapse of buildings in the…
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…
…Otti Attracted $150.09, Million In Nine Months Abia breaks record, emerges third investment destination in Nigeria as Gov Otti attracted $150.09 million in nine months Foreign investors snubbed 27 states as the value of capital importation into Nigeria fell by 34 percent to $2.82 billion in the first nine months of 2023, from $4.27 billion…
Four children stolen on December 16, 2024, at Ubakala Street, Ossah road in Umuahia, Abia State have been rescued by the Abia State Police Command. Also, one Ifeoma Abonyi, the new tenant that took the children, has been apprehended in far away Asaba, Delta State. A press statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer,…
