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Buhari congratulates Eze Ikonne at 89

Ihesiulo Grace 1 January 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari joined the Abia State Traditional Council in celebrating His Royal Majesty, Dr. Isaac Ikonne, Enyi 1 of Aba, who turns 89 years on Monday. A statement issued by Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja on Monday said Buhari

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Bende community moves against open defecation with VIP toilets

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2017 0

In response to the UNICEF- sponsored campaign against open defecation in April this year, Ndibe community in Bende Local Government of Area of Abia State has constructed three Ventilation, Improved, Pit, VIP) toilets Located at strategic points in the community for easy accessibility by locals the VIP toilets were constructed jointly by the community. Speaking […]

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Abia has enough rice, potential for all-season production – Commissioner

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

Abia state Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon Uzo Azubuike says Abia State produces enough rice to feed its citizens and for export. The commissioner stated this while speaking with journalists during an inspection of Ozuitem- Igbere and Amaekpu Item rice clusters in Bende LGA. He said that contrary to the erroneous belief that Abia does not […]

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Abia communities petition Buhari over missing monarch, wife

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2017 0

….Demand compensation Three Communities in Umuahia North Local Government, Abia state have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ask the security agencies to help them in locating the whereabouts of their monarch, his wife as well as the leader of the proscribed indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who were alleged to have been missing since […]

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Abia to establish vehicle manufacturing plant

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

As part of its plan to review its industrialization policy of the state, Abia State Government says it is poised to set up a vehicle manufacturing plant in Aba, the commercial city of the state soon. Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu disclosed this while briefing the press at the Government House on the outcome […]

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N3.2b fraud: How Orji Kalu diverted state government money into company’s account- witness

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2017 0

A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday heard how former Abia state governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, diverted Abia state government money into his private company account. A prosecution witness, John Ejim in the ongoing trial of Dr Orji Uzor Kalu and his former commissioner for finance, Udeh Jones Udeogu currently facing trial for […]

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N3.2bn Fraud: EFCC tenders documentary evidence against Kalu, others

Ihesiulo Grace 29 November 2017 0

A prosecution witness, Mr. John Ejim, on Tuesday, tendered several bank documents used by Slok Nigeria Limited, a company belonging to the former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, before a Federal High Court, Lagos. Dr. Kalu, his company, Slok Nigeria Limited and a former Commissioner of Finance, Udeh Jones Udeogu, are being tried […]

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MOUAU VC recounts progress as school graduates 4,958

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

Just as the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, MOUAU, Umudike, Abia State is set to convocate 4, 958 graduands, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Francis Otunta, on Thursday, recounted the progresses the university has made under him as the head of the institution. Addressing newsmen as part of the university’s 8th convocation activities, […]

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Mother of Abia First Lady buried amidst encomiums

Ihesiulo Grace 24 November 2017 0

The body of late Mama Jemimah Nwachi Nwakanma, the mother of the First Lady of Abia State has been laid to rest in her husband’s compound, Umuorji Ohanze in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State amidst encomiums. In a sermon during the occasion, President, Eastern Nigeria Union Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pastor […]

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Abia needs spiritual liberation – NGO

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2017 0

A non-governmental organisation, Coalition of Abia Concerned Citizens in Nigeria, on Monday, said the state needs complete liberation for it to come out of its political bondage come 2019. The group’s leader, Chief Ugochukwu Ononogbu, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia, said Abia State is nothing to write home about considering […]

Politics

Abia PDP declares governorship, other political positions contestable *Passes vote of confidence on Gov. Ikpeazu, party chairman

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

The state working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, rising from its meeting held at the party’s Secretariat, declared all political offices for the 2019 general elections in the state open and contestable in line with the Abia Charter of Equity and the party’s zoning formula. Addressing newsman after the state […]

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‘Igbos Will Vote Massively For President Buhari In 2019’ – Orji Uzor Kalu

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

A former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, says Igbos will vote massively for President Buhari in the 2019 election. Kalu said this when he appeared as a guest on Arise TV. ‘ APC has come to stay in the south-east. Buhari’s contest in 2019 is not only for himself but for the south-east. After […]

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NDDC Commissions Road in Abia State

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned the Ubaha-Umuogba Orindu link Road in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State. Speaking at the commissioning of the 3.2-kilometre road, the NDDC Managing Director, Mr Nsima Ekere, who was accompanied by the Executive Director Projects, Engr. Samuel Adjogbe, said that the […]

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2019: Igbo group, PDP lawmaker declare for Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2017 0

The re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari got huge backing on Friday, with a south-East group, ‘Ndi Igbo Youths’ and a PDP law maker throwing their support behind the president saying such was the only way to reciprocate the President’s love for the Igbos. Speaking with newsmen yesterday in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the […]

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FG, BoI disburse N380m, GEEP beneficiaries lament non-receipt of alert

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2017 0

Sunday Nwakanma – Umuahia The Federal government in partnership with Abia State Government and Bank of Industry, BoI Friday, disbursed a total of N380 million to 7000 beneficiaries in Abia State through the Government Enterprises & Empowerment Programme, GEEP. However, some beneficiaries were disappointed when they did not receive their own bank alert as others […]

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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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4 days after, Kanu, parents still at large

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2017 0

• Police takeover IPOB leader father’s palace • Sunday church services in Umuahia peaceful, solemn • Gov Lalong relaxes curfew in Jos Four days after the Nigeria Army onslaught on the residence of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Afaraukwu in Ibeku Umuahia Local Government Area of Abia State, […]

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Breaking: Gov. Ikpeazu agrees with Army to withdraw troops from Abia state after invasion

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 0

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state Thursday has announced an agreement with the Nigerian Army to withdraw troops from Umuahia, the state’s capital and the commercial city of Aba from Friday, Sept. 15. The announcement was made at a Press Conference in the state capital following the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew in […]

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Tension in Umuahia

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2017 Post a comment

There is a heavy presence of police operatives and other state security agencies with armoured vehicles stationed at various strategic points around Umuahia, Abia state following clashes with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday. This has led to a lull in commercial activities in the state capital. More to follow

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Four teenage cultists, robbers smashed by Police in Abia

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2017 0

Four teenagers suspected to be members of the notorious ABC cult group wrecking havoc in Abia State have been arrested by operatives of the state Police Command. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Adeleye Oyebade who paraded the suspects alongside others at the State Police Officers Mess in Umuahia stated that the suspected cultists were […]