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Abia Govt. Extends Curfew In Aba , Postpones School Resumption

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2017 0

Abia Government on Friday announced the extension of the curfew imposed on Aba to Sunday and also postponed the resumption of primary and secondary schools to Sept. 25 as against Sept.18. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, made this known in a statement in Umuahia

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Niger Delta group accuses Buhari of ‘militarising’ Nigeria over IPOB

Ihesiulo Grace 15 September 2017 0

The Niger Delta Revolutionary Council has condemned the actions of the army in Abia State, calling the force’s Operation Python Dance II operations an “onslaught” that is “provocative, lacks tact and emotional intelligence, is capable of igniting a civil war” and amounts to a “militarisation of our hard earned democracy.” In a

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Shoot out in Umuahia despite Ikpeazu’s announcement

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 0

There is an ongoing shoot-out in Umuahia despite the earlier announcement of an agreement to withdraw troops from the Abia state capital. Update: Helicopter gunships have been deployed over Umuahia. Update 2: A source on the ground at the Afara, Umuahia has confirmed that the shooting is happening close to the compound of Nnamdi Kanu. […]

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Abia on the boil as Army, IPOB raise the temperature

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

Abia State shot into the centre of the country’s attention on Tuesday 11 September, as a host of security developments linked with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) group raised a new set of concerns over the military’s conduct and the Federal Government’s strategy towards dealing with an increasingly growing secessionist movement. A detachment of […]

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Ikpeazu declares curfew in Aba

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2017 0

The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has declared a three-day curfew in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of the State. Ikpeazu said the curfew was necessitated by the attack on the officers and men of the Nigerian Army by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, led by Nnamdi Kanu. Faulting the attitude of […]

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Soldiers surround Nnamdi Kanu’s home, attack journalists in Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 12 September 2017 0

A detachment of soldiers from the Nigerian Army has surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The soldiers arrived the community barely 48 hours after the clash between the Army and IPOB members on Sunday evening, which left three people injured. Today’s detachment arrived in ten […]

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Nwadinobi Foundation partners Mrs. Ikpeazu’s VHF

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

A non-governmental organisation with national and international appeal, Nwadinobi Foundation, has partnered the office of the Abia State First Lady over the indigent in the state. During a courtesy call to Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu in her office at the weekend, the founder, John K. Nwadinobi informed the First Lady that he and his foundation felt […]

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Ikpeazu flags off 4 model schools, 132 class room blocks across Abia

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, at the weekend, flagged off the execution of 136 school building projects across the state. The projects include four new model schools spread across the state, with each comprising of ten classroom blocks, Library, Laboratory, Teachers quarters, Sick bay, 5 secondary and 3 primary classroom blocks, Solar powered water […]

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New yam festival is a potential tourist attraction, Olokoro monarch tells FG

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

The traditional ruler of Umutowe Autonomous Community of Olokoro in Umuahia South LGA of Abia State, Eze Godfrey Chinedu Onwuka, has advised the Federal Government to look towards employing the traditional new yam festival commonly celebrated in the south eastern part of Nigeria as a tourist event. HRM Eze Onwuka, the Towe I of the […]

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Philanthropist distributes crash helmets to motorcyclists in Abia

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

In a move to save motorcyclists in Abia State, a philanthropist, Mr. Tony Ndu, on Friday, distributed 150 crash helmets to commercial motorcyclists, popularly called ‘Okada operators’, in Ohafia and Arochukwu. Ndu made this distribution during a one-day sensitisation on safety measures organised by the Ohafia Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission

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Strategies on security yielding positive results, says Abia CP

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Abia, Mr. Leye Oyebade, has said the strategies introduced to combat crime and criminality in the state were yielding positive results. He said this when he briefed newsmen at the Police Officers Mess in Umuahia on activities and achievements recorded by the police command in the state. He said […]

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Cosmetology College moves to assist unemployed Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

The Chief Executive Officer of Marvelous Cosmetological College, Dr. (Mrs.) Jane Daniels, says the college was established to help both the employed and unemployed populace discover and maximise their potentials and be a director of their own company for life. She said since the white collar jobs are nowhere to be found today, there is […]

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Ohuhu Clan honours Onyema, Okonjo-Iweala, others at New Yam festival

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

Pioneer chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Onyema Ugochukwu and former Minister of Finance, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala were among eminent personalities who were honoured by the Uhuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State recently during their 2017 New Yam festival. The ceremony titled “Iwaji Ndi Eze Ohuhu […]

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Make law to stop open grazing, Umuahia South monarchs tell Abia lawmakers

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

The Umuahia South Traditional Rulers Council has called on Abia State Government and the Abia State House of Assembly to enact a law that will put a stop to open grazing anywhere in the state. In a six point communique jointly signed by the Chairman, Umuahia South Traditional Rulers Council, HRM Eze Godfrey C. Onwuka; […]

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Ikpeazu empowers state environmental agency, ASEPA

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

The Abia State government has empowered the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) with 3 new refuse compactors, 2 roll off trucks and 4 refuse buckets to help it in effective discharge of its duties. Handing over the items to the new General Manager of the agency, Victor Apugo, at the Government House, Umuahia, the […]

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APGA chieftain dumps party for PDP in Abia

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

An All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chieftain in Abia State and former member representing Isiala Ngwa North and South federal constituency, Chief Damaian Ozurumba, last week dumped his party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking during his defection to the PDP with his group in his Mbutu Amairinaisii in Isiala Ngwa South LGA, country […]

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Samsung, Microsoft to partner Abia women on technology

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

Technology giant, Samsung and an internet giant, Microsoft, have indicated their readiness to imbibe technology on Abia women through training. This cheerful hint was dropped at the 2017 and 3rd annual edition of the Abia Women August Delegates Conference (AWADEC), otherwise known as August Meeting for Abia Central Senatorial District of the state during its […]

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EEDC embarks on load shedding in Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has embarked on load shedding in Umuahia and its environs. An authoritative source at the company’s head office in Umuahia told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the measure became necessary because of a substantial drop in electricity generation. “We are load shedding now in order […]

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Sack of 400 staff in MOUAU: ASUU reacts, petitions Presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, says its attention of has been drawn to numerous misleading statements in the print, electronic and social media in relation to the expiration of the appointments of over 400 temporary appointees at the institution. In a press release by […]

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Emergency hospital berths in Abia

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2017 0

….as proprietor offers panacea for good medical practice A new brand of hospital services, yesterday, stepped into Umuahia to offer immediate treatment to victims of accident and other urgent medical attention. This brand of medical services is called emergency hospital services to be offered by its proprietor, an expert in emergency medical service and general […]