Tag: Abia State
Firstbank busy constructing biggest headquarters while engaging in fraudulent activities – Businessman whose N550m disappeared from his account laments
The management of FirstBank Plc has admitted the culpability of one of its ex-employees in the missing N550m fixed deposit fund belonging to Abia Busi [...]
Roxxette, locally assembled trucks unveiled in Abia
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has advocated Indigenous manufacturing and branding to promote made-in-Abia products and boost Indigenous manufacture [...]
Theodore Orji arraigned for stealing N47bn from Abia State coffers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Theodore Orji, a former governor of Abia state, over alleged N47 billion misappr [...]
Alex Otti swears in Edo indigene, Benson Ojeikere as Abia head of civil service
Alex Otti, Abia State governor has sworn in Benson Ojeikere as the new head of the state’s civil service.
According to the governor’s media aide, F [...]
Women in Abia community protest against site for proposed airport
Umunna Nsulu Community in Isialangwa North Local Governement Area of Abia State has protested against the site for the airport.
The community in a [...]
CAN kicks as Abia introduces tax on church signposts
The Alex Otti administration in Abia State has introduced a tax on churches for their signposts, a move that has sparked widespread criticism from rel [...]
Alex Otti raises bounty placed on killers of soldiers in Abia to N30m
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has raised the N25 million bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers in Obikabia Junction in Aba, the comme [...]
Ikpeazu denies N10bn fraud allegation levelled against him by Otti
A former Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has responded to Governor Alex Otti’s remarks regarding the utilisation of N10bn for the Abia airport [...]
Abia lawmakers dump YPP for Labour party
In a major boost for the ruling Labour Party (LP) in Abia State, two lawmakers from the Abia State House of Assembly have announced their defection to [...]
Ex-Abia Assembly Speaker, Chinedum Orji dumps PDP, joins APC
The former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, has defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, from the Pe [...]