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Police/Army Joint Operation: Abia CP discloses findings

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Abia State Police Command at the weekend disclosed that a double barrel gun, IPOB vital documents, other sensitive materials were found in Nnamdi Kanu’s home during the recent joint operation between it and army at the residence of the IPOB leader. Speaking to select journalists at the Police

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Shell inaugurates N200m water, power projects in Ukwa West council

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Saturday inaugurated water and electricity projects worth N200 million in different communities across Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The General Manager, SPDC, External Relations, Mr. Igo Weli, performed the inauguration of the projects in Ukwa, which include market stalls, town hall and scholarships to

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Ikpeazu warns against extortion, manhandling of Abia residents

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has warned soldiers deployed in the state to desist from alleged extortion and molestation of residents. Ikpeazu gave the warning in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information Communication Technology, Mr. John Okiyi, in Umuahia on Sunday. In the statement entitled, “Call Your Men to Order”, Gov. Ikpeazu […]

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Abia First Lady commissions bungalows for indigent widows

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The wife of the Abia State Governor, Mrs. Nkechi IKpeazu, on Thursday, commissioned the 36th, 37th and 38th bungalows she built for indigent widows across the state since two years her husband became the state governor. The buildings were at Obingwa and Ugwunnagbo local government areas, while the beneficiaries were Madam Edith Peter Nwosu of […]

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Election petition tribunal sacks Isialangwa council chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Chairmanship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Friday, annulled the election of Chief Ifeanyi Isikaku, the Chairman of Isialangwa South Local Government Area. The chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Christian Okeri, in his petition alleged that Isikaku (PDP) did not pay his tax as […]

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Ikpeazu flags off construction of Ohafia ring road

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

….Says it will enhance economic dev’t of Abia Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, at the weekend, flagged of the construction of the Ohafia ring road to ease traffic and enhance economic development of the state. Flagging off the road construction exercise, the Governor described the ring road as economically strategic to Ohafia and the […]

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NAO/UNICEF tutor Abians on hygiene over monkey pox

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with UNICEF, at the weekend, counseled communities on the need to embrace personal hygiene as a tool to fight the deadly Monkey Pox, which is on rampage. This is even as the people of Obohia community in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State were informed that […]

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Foreign loan not bad, but utilisation, says MOUAU don

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Professor Sebastine Uremadu of the Department of Banking and Finance, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) Abia State, says there is nothing wrong in requesting for foreign loans, so far the money when received, is put into right use. Reacting on the alarm raised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerning plans by Federal […]

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New group to reshape Ohuhu politics debuts

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

A group, New Face Organisation (NFO) which will likely spread to all the 17 local government areas of Abia State has been born into Ohuhu political activities in Umuahia North Local Government Area. The organisation was conceived to help show political direction in Ohuhu land and beyond. Though not affiliated to any political party, its […]

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MOUAU VC urges Agric engineers to be innovative

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Agricultural Engineers have been charged to come up with new innovations that will attract youths to the business of farming and help the country come out completely of its current recession. Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Prof. Francis Otunta, gave the charge at the 18th international Conference and 38th Annual […]

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Ikpeazu frowns at findings by Abia Judicial Reform committee

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Committee on the Reform of the Judiciary set up by the Abia State Government has submitted its report to the Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, as the Governor frowned at some of the findings of the committee, describing it as unfortunate. The Governor said that what is happening in the socio-political milieu of the country […]

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Don tasks Agric varsities on field farmers’ participatory researches

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria have been charged to conduct their agricultural researches in farmers’ field with the participation of farmers. A Professor of Soil Science, Prof. Damian Okwudiri Asawalam, who is of the Department of Soil Science and Meteorology in the College of Crop and Soil Sciences of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, […]

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Aba South community pleads with FG, ABSG over deplorable roads

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

Etiti-Ohazu Autonomous Community in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State has pleaded with the Federal and Abia State Governments to come to their rescue by fixing their road which is on a deplorable state. The traditional ruler of the community, HRH Eze Ishmael Nnakwu, disclosed this on Monday while interacting with newsmen, stating […]

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Odigbo becomes second president of Rotary Club Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Assistant Secretary General of Amachara Welfare Association, Rotarian Ezekwem Nnabuihe Odigbo, has been installed as the second President of Rotary Club of Umuahia North district 9142 Nigeria for 2017/2018 Rotary year. In his speech during the event which took place at the multipurpose hall, Umuahia North L.G.A, the chairman of the occasion, Elder Chimechefulam […]

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Man loses life over alleged adultery in Alayi

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

….Houses, car burnt down in Abia community A middle aged man, Emma Orji, last weekend was clubbed to death at Alayi Community Village in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State over alleged adultery with a married woman in the area. The incident, according to eye witness account, said the woman in question had informed […]

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Ariaria APGA members decamp to PDP

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

More than 200 members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have declared for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP.Speaking during the occasion that held at the party’s secretariat in Umuahia recently, the Aba North APGA chairmanship candidate in the last general election in the state, Deacon Vincent Ogbonna, who also led numerous APGA candidates in […]

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Why I support Obiano with my bread, water –Chukwuka

Ihesiulo Grace 2 October 2017 0

The producer of Obiano Bread and Water, Chief Augustine Okechukwu-Chukwuka, has said he decided to brand his products with Governor Willie Obiano’s pictures and other details as his own contribution towards the transformation he is has brought to the state. Chief Chukwuka, the Managing Director of Austraco Industries, makers of Chrisken Bread and Water, who […]

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60 IPOB members put on trial

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2017 0

Sixty people, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were remanded in custody today when they appeared in court after clashes with the security services in Abia state. The defendants are charged with a string of offences, including attempted murder and terrorism. Abia state police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna said the case […]

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IPOB/MASSOB rift deepens

Ihesiulo Grace 24 September 2017 0

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that the Radio Biafra which is said to be based outside the country neither belonged to MASSOB nor its leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. Speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Uche Mefor, deputy leader of IPOB, explained that though MASSOB assisted in funding the radio station, the arrangement only […]

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‘Kanu is the wrong man to lead Biafra’ – Pro-Biafran activist hints at IPOB fracture

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

A staunch Biafra activist has expressed his disappointment, Sunday over the activities of the self-acclaimed Biafra secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, following reports that the latter is on the run after the Nigerian army raided his home in Afaraukwu, Abia State last week. The activist, who chose to remain unnamed, expressed his bitterness at Kanu’s “stubbornness”, […]