In the early hours of Wednesday, two soldiers tragically lost their lives when gunmen ambushed troops from the Joint Task Force South East Operation Udoka at a checkpoint along the Umuahia-Owerri Road, situated on the Abia-Imo border. A statement issued by Lt. Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, on behalf of the Joint Task Force, confirmed that the…
Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has sworn in Abia’s 17 local government chairmen elected last Saturday. The chairmen were sworn in on Monday, with a charge for them to run the LGAs with the vision of ‘Abia first’ and continue the work for the socio-economic transformation of Abia from their various LGAs. The mayors…
The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP Danladi Isa, on Thursday, confirmed the death of an employee of a new generation bank identified as Mr. Victor Udensi and two others in Umuahia assuring that the perpetrators would soon be brought to book. The CP who disclosed this while parading some suspects at the police…
The Abia State Government has relieved Prof. Onyemachi Ogbulu, Vice Chancellor of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, along with other principal officers, of their duties. This decision was announced by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, in Umuahia on Monday during a press briefing. The announcement followed this week’s Executive Council (EXCO) meeting, presided…
Veteran Nigerian actress, Ngozi Nwosu, has narrated how her state abandoned her during illness. Speaking in an interview with Nollywood on Radio, the Abia State born explained that she can never render any free services to her people because of their lack of support. “I have personally decided that there is nothing my Abia State…
Abia State Chapter of the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has condemned cruel act and brutality of one Miss Adaeze Chinweoke of the Federal Government Girl’s College (FGGC) who bit off the tongue of a fellow student, Amarachi Chibueze at the weekend during a fight in their class over food. Reacting to the ugly…
Ahead Abia’s Local Government elections scheduled for Nov. 2, 2024, the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission ABSIEC has invited stakeholders for a briefing on Oct. 31, to align strategies and final preparations for the State’s upcoming Local Government elections, The ABSIEC said the expanded stakeholder meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 31, at ABSEIC headquarters…
The House of Representatives has addressed allegations against Alexander Ikwegh, the member representing Aba North/South Federal Constituency in Abia State. In a widely circulated video, Ikwegh was shown assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya, and boasting that he would “deal with” him, claiming even the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, could not intervene on the…
A viral video showing a member of the House of Representatives slapping a Bolt driver has sparked outrage on social media platforms. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh representing Aba North & South Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was captured in a video assaulting the driver In…
A Senior Secondary School female student Amarachi Chibueze has reportedly bitten off the tongue of another student in a federal government-owned school in Umuahia. The incident was alleged to have happened on Friday while the two students were quarrelling because of food in the school. It was gathered that the attacker grabbed her victim identified…
