Abia State ministry of environment, Umuahia, was on Wednesday, rocked by a protest by some aggrieved staff of the ministry who claimed that more than eight million naira had been deducted from their salaries in the past three years. According…
Two children, Treasure Adaugo Samuel, and her nephew, Osinachi Uchenna, have been declared missing in Umuahia, Abia State. It was gathered that the two pupils got missing while returning from school. Treasure’s father, Mr Samuel Monday, who raised the…
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed that four children have been stolen in Umuahia by a new female tenant who just moved into a compound at Ubakala Street, by Ossah Road. The Command also disclosed that some associates of…
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia on Wednesday flagged off the expansion of the 3.5 km-Ossah Road, Umuahia, from four to six lanes. The project, which takes off from the Abia Tower on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, terminates at the Okpara…
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 9, Umuahia, Umar Sanda, has urged members of the community to collaborate with the police and other security agents, to ensure effective community policing in the South-East. Sanda, who was represented by DCP Zonal…
Abia State Governor-elect Alex Otti and the Labour Party (LP) have raised the alarm of massive looting of government properties by appointees and civil servants. Otti and his party identified public institutions and government facilities, including the Government House and…
A staff of the Choice Fast food at Okpara square, Umuahia has been shot dead by a security staff of the same company. The killing took place in front of the fast food, beside a new-generation bank on Sunday. The…
Chief Godswill Nwanoruo, the Abia Commissioner for Transport, has inaugurated 111 ad hoc Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to boost government’s efforts in sanitising the transport sector. Nwanoruo, speaking during the event on Thursday in Umuahia, said that Abia government is…
The Nigerian Government on Wednesday lost its bid to transfer the suit of the extraordinary rendition of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, from Umuahia to Abuja. The Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, insisted…
An optometrist, Dr Ugonma Ogbonnaya, has cautioned against patronising quacks for eye care, saying that “many have lost their sights to such ignorance.” Ogbonnaya, who works at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, gave the warning in an interview with newsmen…
