A police officer attached to the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Aba Area Command, Abia State, Anyanime Udobat, lost his life during a shootout with an alleged kidnapper on Wednesday. It was gathered that the incident happened in the Aro Ngwa…
Soldiers brutalise men wearing dreadlocks in Abia (Punch)
Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, was on Saturday thrown into panic as masked soldiers reportedly arrested, flogged and shaved off the hair of young men wearing dreadlocks and those with bushy and tinted hair. It was gathered that…
INEC tenders final exhibits to Abia governorship election petition tribunal (Guardian)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday tendered its final exhibits to the Abia Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia. The exhibits were tendered by Counsel for INEC, Mr Emeka Eze, and they included forms EC8A and EC8B…
Ikpeazu dissolves cabinet, retains six commissioners (Punch)
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has dissolved the state executive council. Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement, said that six out of the 27 commissioners were not affected by the dissolution. He…
Abia owes health workers 13 months’ salaries — NMA (Punch)
The Nigerian Medical Association on Thursday said the Abia State Government owed doctors and other health workers at the Abia State Teaching Hospital up to 13 months’ salaries, while members of the state Hospital Management Board had not been paid…
My friend snatched taxi driver’s car at gunpoint –Suspect (Punch)
A suspected car thief, Joseph Sunday, arrested by the operatives of the Abia State Police Command, has confessed that one Alozie, now at large, reportedly robbed a taxi driver of his car at gunpoint. Sunday was arrested together with two…
Isaac Umunna, News Express publisher, loses mother
The death has been announced of Madam Margaret Umunna Edeyi, a devout Christian and community leader from Umuokogbuo Eluama in Isuikwuato, Abia State. Maggie, as she was fondly called, died on Wednesday morning, March 13, 2019, in Warri, Delta State,…
Ikpeazu promises to declare emergency in Abia courts (Guardian)
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has promised to declare state of emergency in the courts in the state. He was speaking while swearing in the new chief judge of the state, Justice Onuoha Ogwe, at the Government House, Umuahia.…
Suspected cultists harassing us, community cries out (Punch)
Aba-Ukwu Autonomous Community in Aba South local government area of Abia State, on Friday, raised an alarm over incessant harassment by a suspected cult group, identified as Aroo Boys. The traditional ruler of the community, Eze Monday Ugbo, who raised…
Senator Orji denies being quizzed by EFCC (Nation)
Former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Chief Theodore Ahameule Orji has debunked the news that he was drilled on Tuesday by the personnel of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…
