Tag: Abia State
Abia residents celebrate 48 hours uninterrupted electricity following commissioning of $800m181MW power plant
Residents of Aba in Abia State are celebrating 48 hours of uninterrupted electricity following the installation of the $800 million Geometric Power Pl [...]
INEC official turns down $100,000 bribe to alter election results in Abia to favour PDP
Facts have emerged as to how a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain made unsuccessful efforts to compromise officials of the Independent National Electo [...]
NLC vows to have a showdown with Abia governor for owing workers as high as 30 months salary
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to commence strike in Abia State on Friday over six-month unpaid salaries of civil servants by the st [...]
Ikpeazu’s former chief of staff, Okey Ahaiwe emerges Abia PDP gubernatorial candidate
Former Chief of Staff to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Chief Okey Ahaiwe, has been elected as the new governorship candidate of the Peoples D [...]
Abia PDP governorship candidate Uche Ikonne is dead
Abia state governorship candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) Prof Uchenna Ikonne is dead.
He reportedly died of stroke on Wednesday m [...]
Ikpeazu fires back after being asked for update on flyover he’s been constructing for four years in Abia
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has lashed out at individuals asking for an update on a flyover he’s been building for four years.
The govern [...]
EfCC arrests ex-Abia state governor Theodore Orji
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Abia Governor, Senator Theodore Orji over the alleged misappropriation of N48b [...]
Ikpeazu expresses regret over looting of 4 banks, burning of police station, 18 new trucks
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has expressed regrets at the looting of four banks, burning down of Onions Market, police station, burning down [...]
Boy hawking in Aba falls into gutter, gets drowned after heavy rainfall
A boy less than 10 years old who was hawking in Aba has died after he fell into a gutter after a heavy rainfall and drowned.
The boy's corpse was f [...]
Ikpeazu sacks commissioner, LG chairman, suspends others
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has sacked the Commissioner for Transport, Barr. Ekele Nwaohanmuo and the Transition Committee chairman of Umunne [...]