Abia State

The Abia State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Aham Uko, has denied the media that he arrested a group of pensioners in the state, saying that retired workers payment is regular. Dr Uko while briefing newsmen in Umuahia on Friday stated…

Police in Abia, on Thursday, arrested two pensioners in Umuahia for allegedly organising a protest in Umuahia against alleged state government’s failure to pay their pension arrears. The arrested persons included Daniel Amugo and…

The Abia Government has pledged its readiness to support the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to reduce high drug dependence by youth in the state. Mr Dan Okoli, the Abia Commissioner for Homeland Security disclosed this…

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld the elections of Ifeanyi Okowa, Abubakar Sani Bello, Darius Ishaku and Okezie Ikpeazu as the duly elected governors of Delta, Niger, Taraba and Abia States respectively. The seven-member panel of…

The Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu has prayed a Federal High Court in Lagos to grant him bail from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre pending the determination of an appeal against his conviction. Justice Mohammed Idris had convicted…

A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu has prayed the Court of Appeal in Lagos to grant him bail pending the hearing of his appeal. Kalu, who is serving 12-year imprisonment for N7.1bn fraud and money laundering, was convicted of the…

A Group under the umbrella of "Abia Network Against Corruption", on Tuesday, kicked against the sudden change in the date fixed for judgment in the trial of the former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over the alleged N7.6bn…

The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the “life-threatening” gully erosions in Umunwanwa community in Umuahia South Local Government of Abia State. The House, therefore, called on the Federal Government to direct the…

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismissed Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson, who allegedly killed a commercial motorcyclist, Mr Chimaobi Nwogu, at Umoukereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia. The Deputy Director, Public…

After 15 years, work has begun at the Isiala Ngwa Inland Container Depot (ICD) site, with Abia Government deploying excavators to clear it on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that signpost publicising the site at the…