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APGA is bent on taking Abia, but that won’t happen –Prof Mpka, SSG

Posted by admin Abia, All People Grand Alliance (APGA), Party Politics, State News Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Wednesday April 25 , 2012 •Mkpa Photo: Sun News Publishing There are no airs of officialdom about him. As Secretary to the Government of Abia state Professor Mpka A. Mpka still lives at Abia state University Uturu where he had been an award winning Vice Chancellor. He is also working hard in his new position […]

Tribute as Aba receives Odumegwu-Ojukwu

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Anambra reps suspend sitting Enugu declares holiday THE torrent of tributes pouring in for the Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, continued yesterday in Aba, Abia State where the remains of the late Igbo leader laid in state at the Aba Sports Stadium. Meanwhile, the Enugu State government has declared tomorrow a public holiday […]

Abia Central: A’Court sacks Sen Nwaogu

Posted by admin Abia, Legislature, Senate, State News Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

The tenure of Senator Nkechi Nwaogu representing Abia State Central Senatorial zone was yesterday brought to an abrupt end as the Court of Appeal nullified her election. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Ejembi Eko, the appellate court held that Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, where Nwaogu hails from did not fall within Abia […]

Clash puts Umuahia residents in darkness

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

UMUAHIA, Residents of Umuahia and environs have been thrown into darkness since Dec. 1, following a clash between some uniformed men and PHCN workers. Investigations showed that the affected areas were: Ndume, Olokoro, Ibeku, Ossai, Amakama and Ubakala in Umuahia North and South local government areas. The blackout followed the Dec. 1 invasion of PHCN […]

Abia govt recalls sacked non-Igbo workers

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Following the public outcry and wide condemnation of his recent indigenization policy, which led to the sack of non-natives in the state civil service, the Abia State Government has recalled non-natives from outside the South-east geo-political zone, to return to their duty posts. It also asked those corps members, employed for their exceptional performance after their […]

Day-old baby disappears from private hospital in Abia

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Umuahia—Abia State Police Command has launched an investigation into how a day-old baby boy got missing from a private hospital, Analechi Hospital, located at 5 Ngbaronye/Udi Street, Amuzuku, Umuahia, Abia State. The police said yesterday that all the staff of the hospital were being interrogated on the matter, even as it ponders on the where- […]

Opinion: Theodore Orji and the politics of non-indigenes

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State appears as one with patriotic zeal and love for the fatherland. It is also expected that these ascribed qualities would rub-off on his ethnic group-the Igbo. But political developments in Abia, God’s Own State, in recent times, especially on the vexed issue of non-indigenes in 21st Century Nigeria and […]

Abia sack: Imo indigenes return

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Imo, State News Monday, October 24th, 2011

BY CHIDI NKWOPARA IMO indigenes and even Abia born women married to Imo husbands have reportedly been disengaged from the Abia public service prompting disenchantment across Imo. As the administration in Owerri ponders its response, Chidi Nkwopara reports on the feelings of Imo stakeholders. THE threat issued by Abia State Government that it would sack […]

ABSU rape: Lawyers petition AGF, DSS

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

A team of legal practitioners has petitioned the attorney general of the federation and the director general, Department of State Services to unmask the identities of five men who allegedly raped a female student of the Abia State University, Uturu and bring them to book. There has been wide condemnation of the act, since the […]

Abia reluctant to recall sacked non-indigenes

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, October 16th, 2011

DESPITE the criticisms trailing the recent sack of non-indigenes in its workforce, the Abia State Government at the weekend said it would not rescind the decision. This was disclosed at the weekend by the Information/Strategy Commissioner, Okwubunka Don Ubani while speaking to journalists in Umuahia. He said, “the decision is irreversible despite the criticisms in […]