The Abia State Ministry of Environment, Umuahia has suspended, with immediate effect, all service providers, companies and revenue collection agents working for the ministry until further notice. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, said the ministry observed that some persons and companies, who did not have government approval to collect…
Residents of Abia and Imo states have expressed deep concern over the rising cost of food items in different parts of the country. In Abia, the acting chairman of the Maize Farmers Association of Nigeria, Bonny Umeh, attributed the region’s high cost of foodstuffs to the expensive nature of farming. Mr Umeh said, “Farming is…
The Abia State government has launched Nigeria’s first state-wide football league, known as the Abia State Football Supalig. Governor Alex Otti has promised to reduce youth unemployment significantly by engaging young people in the sports value chain. Unveiling the Abia Supalig in Umuahia on behalf of the government, the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said that politicians trying to create “problems in the Abia State are behind the killing of soldiers in Aba. While distancing its members from the killing of soldiers in Aba, IPOB said politicians used criminals to carry out the attack. In a statement he signed, spokesman of the…
The identities of the soldiers killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been revealed. On Friday, the military high command confirmed that five of its troops deployed at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Area adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia State were killed. Those who died include two sergeants,…
Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has tendered an open apology to Abians for not meeting up with their expectations over the years. The party said this contributed to its defeat in the last gubernatorial election in the state. Addressing journalists at the PDP secretariat on Thursday in Umuahia shortly after the…
….Otti Unveils Access Bank As Partner …Says Airport Will Be Ready Soon A Federal Government team from the Ministry of Aviation on Wednesday, visited Abia State to inspect a proposed site for a new airport planned for the State. This comes as Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has declared that one of Nigeria’s…
Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has tendered an open apology to Abians for not meeting up with their expectations over the years. The party said this contributed to its defeat in the last gubernatorial election in the state. Addressing journalists at the PDP secretariat on Thursday in Umuahia shortly after the…
Inner Galaxy Steel Company, Umuahala-Obuzor in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, has reacted to the death of one of its staff who worked as a crane operator, Ocheze Ogbonna. The member representing Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Chris Nkwonta, said the deceased died after…
One of the three abducted school children of the same parents from Amaoba-Ime Oboro Ikwuano Local Government Area, has been rescued and reunited with the family.Mayor of Ikwuano, Comrade Osinachi Nwaka, in a statement yesterday by his media aide, announced that Master Divine Osinachi, a six-year-old child who went missing on May 10 with his…
