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[Interview] : Abia Deputy Governor Gives Insight Into Abia IGR, Boundary Matters, Others [Must Read] How has it been being a Deputy Governor in a state like Abia which has a chequered history of relationship between Governors and their Deputies? It has been an eventful six years and still counting. I have a cordial relationship with my boss and Governor …

By Steve Unegbu The 2021 International Civil Defence Organization Day celebration has been observed with a call on well meaning Nigerians to leverage on the message of the 2021 ICDO theme to take appropriate measures towards securing lives and properties of Nigerians and foreign Nationals doing legitimate business in the country. Speaking during the celebration in Umuahia,the Abia state commandant …

By Steve Unegbu The sixth Vice chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike ,Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe has assumed duty as the New vice chancellor of the university, with a charge to the members of the staff of the university to be kind to all the students. Addressing the university community  during his inaugural address at the Pius Anyim …

Soyinka Laments Abduction Of Students , Warns It’s Becoming A Culture My Soyinka repeated his position that those at the helm of affairs of the nation have failed the populace. The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has reacted to the incessant abduction of students in various boarding schools across Nigeria. Mr Soyinka said the repeated attack on schools by terrorists is …

The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Abia State Road Maintenance Agency ( ABROMA) Hon.Okochi Okali and his beloved wife Dcns. Okochi Vivian Obiajulum have facilitated his Boss, Mentor and an Elder brother the Executive Deputy Governor and Former Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Rt.Hon Sir Ude oko Chukwu (PHD) for his Birthday. They are also use this …

Abia Assembly Demands Apology The Abia State House of Assembly has reacted to the invectives poured on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. In a press statement signed by the Speaker, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, and made available to the media in Umuahia on Wednesday, the Abia State …

PRESS STATEMENT ON SENATOR SMART ADEYEMI’S INTENTIONAL INSULT ON ABIA STATE GOVERNOR: REQUEST FOR APOLOGY AND RETRACTION PRESS STATEMENT ON SENATOR SMART ADEYEMI’S INTENTIONAL INSULT ON ABIA STATE GOVERNOR: REQUEST FOR APOLOGY AND RETRACTION. Dear Gentlemen of the press, It was with horror, disbelief and disappointment that I read comments attributed to the Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator …

Senate Confirms Ex-service Chiefs as Ambassadors The Senate at the plenary on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of former service chiefs as non career ambassadors. The confirmation followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, laid by Senator Mohammed Bulkachuwa. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had on February 10, mandated the Committee on Foreign Affairs to confirm …

ABIA CALLS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ANTI-OPEN GRAZING LAW Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has called on security agencies in the State to assist the government in enforcing the Anti-Open Grazing Law of Abia State. The Governor made the call at Michael Ọkpara Auditorium, Umuahia, while flagging-off the Statewide sensitization workshop against criminal activities in Abia communities. According to him, …

A Second Republic member of the House of Representativesfrom Kano State, Dr Junaid Mohammed is dead. His brother, Dr Ahmed Salik, a former lecturer with the Bayero University Kano and also a former member of the House of Representatives confirmed his death this evening. Late Junaid, a Soviet trained Medical Doctor died on Thursday evening at his residence in Kano …