•The accident scene Six people have lost their lives in a road accident which occurred in the Mmuri axis of Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. An eye witness said the accident happened when a Metrix147 trailer filled with chipping which overturned and trapped several people under its crushing weight on that Sunday at […]
•Governor Otti Many people have been hospitalised in various facilities following a free medical outreach in Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. The state Commissioner for Health, Ogbonnaya Uche, confirmed the incident in a statement yesterday in Umuahia. He attributed the hospitalisations to suspected adverse drug reactions a...
•Soldiers A fierce gun battle has been reported between personnel of the Nigerian Army’s 14 Brigade, Ohafia, and unidentified gunmen in Mbata, Umuchima village, Isiala Ngwa North LGA, Abia state. Unconfirmed reports indicated that over 15 Hilux vehicles and armored personnel carriers arrived at Umuchima village around 6 a.m., targeting suspect...
•Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has strongly condemned the attack on the motorcade of fellow House member, Ginger Onwusibe, in Abia State, which tragically claimed the life of a security aide. In a statement issued late yesterday by his Chief Press Secr...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have attacked an army checkpoint in Abia State. It was gathered that two soldiers on duty were killed in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and soldiers of the 14 Brigade headquarters, Ohafia at the checkpoint. […...
The Zenith Labour Party has won the seats in the Abia local government elections held yesterday. The party won 15 out of the 17 local government areas in the state, reports The Nation. The Young Progressives Congress won Osisioma and Ugwunagbo Local Government Areas. The results were announced by the Chairman, Abia State Independent Electoral ...
•Abia State Governor Alex Otti Some permanent secretaries who retired from the Abia State Government last year have called on the government to urgently pay their emoluments, which include severance packages and gratuities. In a statement issued in Umuahia, the state capital, yesterday, the spokesman for the group, Mr Nkwachukwu Agumuo, stated...
•The assaulted Bolt driver and the federal lawmaker The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a lawmaker for assaulting a driver in the nation’s capital. The Frontier had earlier published a lead story of the inhuman action of the House of Representatives member and the reaction of Nigerians. •The arrested federal lawmake...
•Mpox Abia State Government has confirmed one case of monkey pox in the state. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who confirmed the this during a press briefing on the outcome of the state Executive Council meeting, today in Umuahia, said the confirmed case happened around Isiala Ngwa, reports Vanguard. He further disclosed that o...
Over 20 chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, have resigned from the party within three days and may be headed for other parties. Former PDP presidential aspirant and ex Deputy speaker, Chief Cosmas Ndukwe and the entire executives of his ward in Bende council area, had two weeks ago, dumped the […]
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