Abia State
Shockwaves, tears, and sadness have been sent down the spines of residents living in the Asa Umudim community in Osisioma LGA, Abia State, as a 40-year-old man set his house on fire over his wife’s infidelity, killing one of his daughters and leaving others struggling for their lives. The suspect, who was saved from […]
An early morning attack by gunmen in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State has left residents tense. Details of the incident are still sketchy, but witnesses in the Ebem and Asaga areas have fled out of fear as the gunmen stormed in and killed several policemen at around 7:30 am. This follows […]
Controversies trailed Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives from Abia State, after he assaulted a Bolt driver, Abuwatseya, who came to deliver a snail package and asked him to come out but instead was beaten by the politician and even promised to send him on extinction. The House Rep member has, […]
It was a sad one for the family of Alozie and Umudosi community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State after their son, Amadi Alozie, a tricycle rider cut off his son’s penis for a ritual purpose. Sources revealed that the father of the boy, Amadi, at about 10 pm, hacked his mother […]
The Nigerian Army has vowed a reprisal attack on the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for killing five of its officers deployed to the Obikiabia junction at Ogbor Hills, Aba in Abia State yesterday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, It […]
The Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB had earlier declared May 30 as a no-movement day in the South East region to Biafra day. Complying with the sit-at-home directives by the IPOB, shops and business places were completely shut down. But in a new turn from a video from Obikiabia junction, Agbor Hills in […]
No fewer than 250 shops and business premises at the Eziukwu Road Market in Aba, Abia State have been shut down by operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) in an ongoing operation against producers of suspected fake products. The operation which started on Monday, December 11, had on […]
The reports making rounds that the Abia State government under the administration of Governor Alex Otti has spent over N900 million on feeding and welfare from July to September 2023 is false. It was reported that Otti’s government has spent N927 million within three months on meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances, and welfare […]
Following the verification of civil servants in Abia State on supposedly ghost workers, over 200 million naira have been saved by the state government on monthly wage bills. According to a statement made by Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, the State Accountant General, through Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, they were able to […]