Abia
25 Aug 2023
The Abia All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus and Stakeholders have rejected the decision to appoint Mr Donatus Nwankpa as a member of the national working committee (NWC) of the party.
10 Aug 2023
The Abia Police Command has announced the arrest of a suspected child trafficker named Obinna Ibe for kidnapping three young girls and transporting them to Ghana.
3 Aug 2023
Two officials of the Abia State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) have been expelled by its national leadership over alleged anti-union activities. A letter signed by the NULGE's National Secretary, Isah Gambo, said the unionists – Kenneth Nwasuka and Uko Ikechukwu – until their expulsion were the union's former state…
16 Jun 2023
The Abia State government has accused the immediate past governor, Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving behind a massive debt of N191, 239,307,593.67 billion for his successor, Alex Otti.
5 Jun 2023
Soldiers attached to the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks; 14 Brigade Headquarters of the Nigerian Army in Ohafia local government area of Abia State on Sunday raided and rescued 21 pregnant teenagers in a baby factory in Abia State.
19 May 2023
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State and presided over by Justice M N Yunusa has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. Justice Yunusa on Friday also nullified the candidatures of all those who contested the 2023 general elections under the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and Kano States.…
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The Management of ARISE News Channel has announced that the cable news network has gone live in South Africa, in addition to nine other countries in Southern Africa, on Multichoice/DSTV Channel 416.
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The Edo State government, yesterday, said that plans are underway to light up 50 communities across the state in the first phase of its renewable energy projects.
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Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, was undefeated last night as he continued the ambitious challenge to break the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest unbeaten chess marathon.
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National Universities Commission (NUC) has tasked Nigerian universities, particularly the private-owned, to award degrees to students based on proven character and learning.
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The United Nation Industrial Development Organisation(UNIDO) in conjunction with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and Oyakhilome foundation have reiterated the resolve to address epileptic power supply in the country.
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Niger State government has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bayer AG on agricultural revolution to benefit two million farmers.
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Tech4her Africa on Thursday launched its DataDiva Project, an ambitious initiative aimed at equipping 5,000 female university students across Lagos and three other Southwest states in Nigeria with essential data science skills by 2026. The DataDiva project is an independent program organised to support the annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) Datathon held at Stanford…
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…