Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia have petitioned the management of the Kano Pillars Football Club of Kano over the unprofessional attitude being exhibited by one of her players, Joshua Enaholo, who is hibernating in the club, instead of resuming with his colleagues in Umuahia.
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Scores of angry youths of Afaraukwu in Umuahia, the Abia capital, took to the streets of the city on Tuesday morning to protest the alleged killing of a 23-year-old native, known as Chukwubikem Onuoha.
Residents of Aba in Abia on Thursday complied with the sit-at-home directive, issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra group.
Dr. John Ahukanna, the Commissioner for Health in Abia, said on Monday that the state would get over N2 billion from the Federal Government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.
Commercial sex workers in Umuahia, the Abia capital, have gone into hiding to evade police arrest, following state government’s order shutting down brothels in the city.
Senator-elect for Abia North and former state governor, Orji Kalu, said on Thursday that he had put his political enmity with his successor, Senator Theodore Orji, behind him and was prepared to work harmoniously with him in the Senate.
Joseph Iloh, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, made the result of the March 9 election available to newsmen in Umuahia.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says 32 candidates from different political parties will be vying for the governorship of Abia State on Saturday.
The police command in Abia has said that it is not aware of the alleged arrest of a man in unlawful possession of election materials, including written result sheets for the botched presidential and National Assembly elections in Abia.
No fewer than eight governorship candidates in Abia, including Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, and two senatorial candidates on Monday signed a peace accord to ensure a violence-free general elections in the state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has appealed to students in Abia to shun being used as thugs during the forthcoming general elections.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has promised to harness the great potential that abound in the small and medium enterprises in Nigeria to create jobs for the nation’s youths.
Jennifer Atiku, the wife of Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has urged Abia women to vote massively for her husband, describing him as “a detribalised Nigerian.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has sworn-in Onyinyechi Nwachukwu as a Permanent Secretary in the state Civil Service.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has presented six caterpillars to the Abia State Road Management Agency for the commencement of rural roads maintenance programme in the state.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State on Tuesday swore in Justice Onuoha Ogwe as the new Chief Judge of the state.
The Police in Abia on Wednesday arrested 51 persons suspected to be members of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra but operating as members of “Judaism’’, in Umuahia.
The police command in Abia has arrested nine suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra and Biafra Independent Movement.
Dr Ugochukwu Onyeonoro, the Head of Community Health Department, Federal Medical Centr, Umuahi, has called on relevant agencies to evolve strategies at boosting drug control and address the misuse of drugs in Nigeria.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has solicited for the support of the Nigerian Police Force in curbing street cultism in the state.