Tag: abia
Abia didn’t have up to N1bn when I became governor –...
Senator Orji Kalu has said that Abia State did not have up to N1 billion when he became governor in 1999.
Kalu said this on...
Theodore Orji denies collecting pension from Abia government
Senator Theodore Orji, representing Abia Central senatorial district, has denied collecting pension from Abia State Government.
Orji was Abia governor from 2007 to 2015.
The senator...
Theodore Orji’s son becomes Abia speaker
Chinedum Orji, son of former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, has been elected the 11th Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly.
Chinedum, who...
Police officer shoots man dead in Umuahia
A police officer attached to the Special Protection Unit (SPU), Abia State Command, has allegedly killed a man, Christian Onuoha, in Afara community, Okwulaga...
Orji Kalu denies nominating brother, cousin for ministerial appointments
Senator-elect
for Abia North, Orji Kalu, has denied nominating his younger brother, Mascot
Kalu, and cousin, Madukwe Ukaegbu, for ministerial appointments.
In a
statement on Monday from his...
I’ve forgiven Theodore Orji for Abia’s sake – Kalu
Senator-elect for Abia North, Orji Kalu, says he has
forgiven his fellow senator-elect, Theodore Orji.
Orji will be representing Abia Central senatorial district while Kalu will...
Woman found dead on roadside in Abia
A yet-to-be-identified woman was on Friday found dead
along Umuabai Afara road, Umuahia, Abia State.
Residents of the area said they woke up Friday morning only
to...
Mob sets suspected robber on fire in Aba
An angry mob on Monday set fire on a suspected armed robber who was said to be among a gang of seven that overran...
All popular activists ran away when they had to – Nnamdi...
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has hit
back at his critics who said he abandoned his group and his followers...
Kidnapped Abia APC chairman regains freedom
The
kidnapped chairman of the Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC), Donatus
Nwankpa, has regained his freedom.
Mr Nwankpa was
kidnapped on Monday night on his way to...