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 […...
•Alex Otti An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State in a unanimous decision today, upheld the victory of Abia State governor, Alex Otti at the polls, stressing that it conformed with the provisions of the Electoral Act. The court dismissed the appeals brought by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) […...
•Prince Oji A pastor of the Redeem Church of God (RCCG), Prince Eberechukwu Oji has emerged as the Eze Aro of the Arochukwu ancient kingdom. Eze Aro is one of the revered traditional stools in Igbo land because of the significance of the stool to the Aro Kingdom and its historical value to the Igbo […]
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has reacted to reports on decomposing bodies in Abia. Obi said the discovery of dead bodies in Abia State shows the level of insecurity in Nigeria. “It unearths how insecurity has continued to ravage many parts of the […]

