No fewer than four persons were reported dead, following the collapse of a three-storey building at Road 7 in the Agbama Housing Estate at Umuahia in Abia. The building which was under construction, was inhabited by some households including some construction workers. One of the construction workers who spoke on condition of anonymity ... Read More »
Seven persons were feared dead when a building under construction in Agbama area of Umuahia, the capital of Abia State collapsed yesterday night at about 8 o’clock. It was gathered that an unspecified number of people are still trapped in the rubble as the Red Cross, a construction firm and ... Read More »
The Police Commissioner in Abia, Usman Abubakar, has described Boko Haram as deviants of the society that must be rooted out of the country. Abubakar said this during a familiarisation tour of the Police Mobile Force 55, Osisioma, near Aba, on Monday. The commissioner urged all Nigerians to support government ... Read More »
1) Mr Taraba 2) Mr Benue 3) Mr Niger 4) Mr Plateau 5) Mr Ebonyi 6) Mr Kogi 7) Mr Bayelsa 8) Mr Kwara 9) Mr Cross River 10) Mr Kano 11) Mr Bauchi 12) Mr Gombe 13) Mr Delta 14) Mr Adamawa 15) Mr Enugu 16) Mr Rivers ... Read More »
Solomon Eze, a 30-year-old pastor, who is currently cooling off at the dreaded cell of the special anti-robbery squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos over an alleged case of armed robbery and kidnapping is finding it difficult to maintain his innocence. The Abia State-born suspect, who was arrested with an Ak 47 ... Read More »
The rising insecurity in the country has left a lot to be worried about for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor Mallam Sanusi Sanusi, who has now called on the Federal Government to create an Unemployment Compensation Policy to assist teeming unemployed youths. This he believes will discourage them ... Read More »
A former governor of Abia State and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, has hailed the emergence of Chief Tony Anenih as the chairman, Board of Trustees of the party. In a statement he signed on Tuesday, Kalu described Anenih as a political emeritus, ... Read More »
In what might prove to be very grave allegations, traditional rulers in Abia State have accused the state House of Assembly of extorting about N80 million from autonomous communities in the state. The royal fathers claimed that the House asked each of the autonomous communities to pay N100,000 as levy ... Read More »
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that six states of the federation will experience power outage on Saturday and Sunday. In a statement issued by the Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, in Abuja on Tuesday, the affected states are Abia, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and parts ... Read More »
In what can only be described as a very welcome development, no fewer than 200 students of Abia state origin and residents have been awarded bursary worth N6 million by the Abia State 2011 governorship candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Chief Ochiagha Reagan Ufomba. Each of the bursary ... Read More »
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