Abia

Economy, payment of salaries my priority, says Abia State Governor-elect Otti

The Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, says payment of workers’ salaries will be his top priority when he takes office on May...

Don’t subvert the will of Abia people in Saturday’s polls, IPA warns Gov. Ikpeazu, PDP

A group — Initiative for Peaceful Abia (IPA) — has alerted Nigerians to a plot by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State...

Breaking: DSS nabs Abia INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

Abia PDP governorship candidate death: INEC directs party to conduct primary in 14 days

Following the death of Abia State PDP governorship candidate, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has directed the party to...

Dismissed DSS officer turned robber, nine others nabbed over bullion van robbery

A dismissed officer from Department of State Services (DSS), Prosper Israel, has been busted for allegedly attacking and robbing a bank’s bullion van...

Unubiko Foundation to rebuild Ovukwu-Abam Secondary School in Abia with N250m

  A N250 million intervention fund for the rebuilding of Ovukwu-Abam Secondary School, Atan Abam in Abia State has been launched under the...

Unubiko Foundation Unveils 2020 #CodeCamp Youth Empowerment Programme in Abia

A non-governmental organization, Unubiko Foundation, says 20 youths across Abia State will be selected for this year’s #CodeCamp Youth Empowerment Programme which starts...

BREAKING: After month-long treatment, Abia Gov. Ikpeazu says tested negative to COVID-19 

  Abia State Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, who tested positive for Coronavirus about a month ago and has been undergoing treatment, says he has...

Coronavirus Updates: Information Commissioner Says Abia Is Now “Epicenter Of This Crisis”

      Abia State suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of coronavirus cases on Monday as officials raced to...

Supreme Court quashes  Uzor Kalu’ conviction 

      …orders fresh trial of defendants Few months in jail, the nation’s apex court, Supreme Court has quashed the 12-year jail...

Tribunal nullifies Orji Kalu’s election

The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia state has nullified the election of Orji Uzor Kalu as the Senator...

FG implements 140 reforms to ease business in Nigeria

  •Targets Nigeria to be among 100 countries by 2020     The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed that the Federal Government...

Restore Uzokwe as Abia State CJ or face legal action, SERAP threatens Gov Ikpeazu

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to “immediately withdraw his illegal appointment of Justice Obisike...

FG begins military withdrawal from Abia

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]overnor Okezie Ikpeazu on Sunday said that the Military has begun scaling down its deployment to Abia state, signalling mission semi-accomplished for the one...