•Abia State House of Assembly The Abia State House of Assembly passed a law yesterday repealing Abia State Governor’s and Deputy Governor’s Pensions Law number 4 of 2021. However, three former governors and a deputy in the state said they have not been receiving any pensions from the state government, reports Daily Sun. The former […]...
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says he has approved immediate disbursement of N100,000 interest free-loan to Abia women entrepreneurs among other operators of small and medium enterprises in rural communities. This is as he said that his administration had shown unprecedented regard for women as four women occupy very sensitive portfolios in...
•Alex Otti Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has said that with the recent inauguration of 181-megawatt geometric power plant in the state, power outages will be the exception rather than the rule. On Monday, Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the geometric power plant in Aba, the industrial hub of the state. The power plant […]...
•Governor Alex Otti Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has explained that a number of things contributed to the delay of the 181-megawatt geometric power plant in the Aba area of the state. “This is a project that was started in 2004” during the administration of Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, Otti of the Labour Party […]
The Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia State has suspended indefinitely its ongoing academic activities following the protest by students against the increment of school fees in the early hours of yesterday. It was learnt from a statement by the Vice Chancellor of the school, Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe, that academic activities of the institu...
•Late Imaga The paramount traditional ruler of the Ohafia Ancient Kingdom and the Udumeze of Ohafia, Professor Emmanuel Ume Lekwa Imaga, is dead. This was even as the royal family, Umu-Elekwa, Elu Ohafia, has traditionally appointed Prince Engineer Uma Agbai Olugu as the regent, reports Nigerian Tribune. According to the Council of Ohafia Mona...
•Abia State Governor Alex Otti The Supreme Court today affirmed the election of Alex Otti as the Governor of Abia State. Justice Uwani Abba-Aji who read the lead judgment, held that the appellants failed to prove substantial non-compliance in their appeal. On the issue of Otti’s membership, the appellant had contended that he wasn’t validly [&...
The Supreme Court today reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, seeking the nullification of the election of Alex Oti as the Governor of Abia. Justice John Okoro reserved the judgment to a date to be communicated to parties after taking their final arguments, [&hell...
The Abia State Police Command has arrested two men, Onyebuchi Ukandu and Emmanuel Onyebuenyi, members of the Mbutu/Umuojima Vigilante in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government area of the state for allegedly torturing a man to death. According to the statement today by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, during the parade of th...
•Governor Alex Otti Abia State Government says it has uncovered still on its payroll some doctors who left the state employment to seek greener pastures abroad, in what is commonly known as ‘Japa.’ Governor Alex Otti disclosed this in Umuahia, the state capital at the first Abia State Council on Health at the International Conference […...
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