Okezie Ikpeazu
20 Jan
Immediate past provost of the Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA), who is now an Associate Professor at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Dr Philips Nto, has protested the order by the state’s Judicial Panel on Recovery of Government Property to return his official vehicle even when he is still…
31 Oct
Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) to set up independent technical verification panel that will thoroughly investigate his allegation that his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu...
29 Oct
The Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB) has nominated the immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, for its legacy award.
19 Oct 2023
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo faction, led by Chidi Ibe, yesterday, called on both the federal and state governments to adopt the security approach of former Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, noting that if properly implemented, it should ensure sustainable security of states...
8 Sep 2023
Former Commissioner for Information in Abia State, John Okiyi Kalu, has urged Governor Alex Otti to take responsibility for his shortcomings. He made the call as the Chief Press Secretary to the former Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, urged Otti to end his blame game against his predecessor.
23 Jul 2023
Abia State has been declared the winner of the 2022 Gold Badge Award by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) under its Primary Healthcare Under One Roof programme, (PHCUOR).
11 Jul 2023
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has received, with regret and sadness, news of the death of a former President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu, who was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
29 Jun 2023
Some controversial developments, bordering on finances of Abia State are trailing the exit of former Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu after his eight years in office and the take off of the administration of his successor, Dr. Alex Otti.
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.
18 May 2023
Eleven years on, Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, held its special combined convocation ceremony, where about 28,000 from 2010 2021 sets graduated. At the special ceremony, outgoing governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, announced the conversion of the polytechnic to university, and a N500 million take-off grant.
15 May 2023
Outgoing Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, and his predecessor, Theodore Orji, at the weekend, engaged in war of words over non-payment of accumulated workers’ salaries.
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