Abia State
12 Oct 2023
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has disassociated itself from a social media report claiming that Abia State has been rated as the best-performing state in Nigeria's WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023. WAEC spokesperson Moyosola Adesina, in a statement on Thursday, said that the publication is "far from the truth" and that the council does…
7 Oct 2023
Rep. Ibe Osonwa (LP-Abia) has congratulated Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on his victory at the election tribunal.
7 Oct 2023
.PDP rejects judgment, to appeal The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia State, yesterday, affirmed election of Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party in the March 18, 2023 poll. The tribunal dismissed the petition filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Okey Ahaiwe, challenging Otti’s election as declared by the Independent…
6 Oct 2023
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Friday struck out the petition filed by the PDP Candidate, Chief Okechukwu Ahaiwe, challenging the election of Gov. Alex Otti of LP.
3 Oct 2023
The leadership of United Abia Artistes and Patriots (UAAP) has described the Abia Industrial Innovation Park (AIIP) project at Owaza, in Ukwa West Council of the state, as a revolutionary project that will reposition the economy of Abia.
27 Sep 2023
Shanties, brothels and other suspected criminal hideouts and enclaves, along the Uturu-Umunneochi-Lokpanta axis, in Abia State, have reportedly been demolished.
22 Sep 2023
The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the murder of Mr Chigozie Chigbu, 65, by Unknown assailants in his compound on Thursday.
14 Sep 2023
A chieftain of the Labour Party in Abia State, Maduka Zachary, has been beheaded in his home. According to reports, Zachary was slaughtered by the assailants who took away his head on Tuesday night in his Uturu hometown, Abia State. Zachary was the campaign director for the party in Uturu, Abia State and also the…
10 Sep 2023
When Governor Alex Otti took the oath of office in Abia State on May 29, he pledged to conquer the challenges of decades of poor quality governance, decades of stunted growth and development, decades of deprivation, injustice and loss of self-dignity, decades of hopelessness, anguish and pain of the people.
6 Sep 2023
The Abia Government has dismissed a report on the sack of 10,000 civil servants. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia on Wednesday. “The report on the sack of Abia workers by Gov. Alex Otti is fake and unfounded,” he said. He said that…
29 Aug 2023
Abia State government has commenced demolition of unapproved and illegally erected structures, to ensure compliance to cities’ master plan and town planning laws.
25 Aug 2023
The report of the Arms and Personnel Audit Committee, set up by the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, indicated that the state lost about N194 million yearly to fake and ghost security personnel in the state. The committee stated this while submitting its report to the governor after it audited operations of two state security…
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chairman of the nation’s anti-graft body, EFCC , Ola Olukoyede, yesterday disclosed sleazy details of their findings, revealing how the embattled ex-governor transferred $720,000 from the state government’s coffers to a bureau de change (BDC) before leaving office to pay in advance for his child’s school fee.
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Amid alleged irregularities trailing the conduct and outcome of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ondo State, the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, will tomorrow meet with the 15 aspirants, who contested the ticket with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
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The immediate past governor of Imo State and foremost chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emeka Ihedioha, and nine other leaders of the party in the South East have announced their resignation from the party.
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