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Revealed! Why Abia Governor`s Son Was Battered By Soldiers

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Friday, August 26th, 2011

Effort to cover up the brutal beating sustained by Chinedu Orji, the son of Governor T.A. Orji of Abia state in the hands of men of the Nigerian Army in Umuahia, the state capital, have been blown open as the young Orji who was flown overseas for medical treatment returned to the state last week.Chinedu […]

Gov Orji has done well in areas of education, roads and health

Posted by admin Abia, Governors, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Governor T.A. Orji’s application of administrative dexterity has undoubtedly yielded huge benefits in terms of development and institution of democratic dividends. Besides, in drawing comparisons, a serious consideration must be given to the abysmally low federal allocation which accrues to the state and the hydra-headed security bug, which adversely affected government’s genuine and well intended […]

Abia: God’s own state needs divine intervention

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, July 31st, 2011

Aba Towers welcomes you to Umuahia, the capital of Abia, which prides itself as God’s Own State. Standing in the middle of the Port Harcourt- Aba- Enugu expressway, the landmark, which was erected during the Dr Ogbonnaya Onu administration, is presently being given a facelift. The smooth but narrow Ossah-Mission- Hill road leading into the […]

Abia govt house shooting not Boko Haram – CP

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Hassan has said the shooting on Tuesday in the state government house, which left Corporal Clement Amaechi dead and Corporal Umoru Mohammed wounded has nothing to do with the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko-Haram. Both policemen were security details of state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji. The CP said he was […]

Shoot-out in Abia govt house – One Shot dead

Posted by admin Abia, Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

As shoot-out involving security details of Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Ahamefule Orji, has led to the death of one mobile police officer. Another is reportedly on danger list. The incident, which happened in the early hours of yesterday at the police quarters of Government House, was said to have rattled government functionaries, who were […]

Anambra indigene becomes Abia acting CJ

Posted by admin Abia, Anambra, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

AN indigene of Anambra State, Theresa Uzomaka Uzokwe, has been sworn in as the acting Chief Judge (CJ) of Abia State. Uzokwe is the third person in Abia State to act as the CJ within the past six months. The other two that acted before Uzokwe were Ijeoma Offonry and Nnenna Chioma Oti. While swearing in Uzokwe in […]

Picture: Inside Abia baby factories -•Pastor buys twins N100,000•Man sells son N150,000

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 12th, 2011

The sight that confronted a team of policemen that raided the building located on Brass Street, Aba, Abia State, could only conjure a picture of the dark days of slavery. For all of four years, since opening the facility in 2007, one Dr Hyacinth Orikara had carried on the illegal business of procuring and selling […]

Abia Labour Party chair buys own coffin

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, Labour Party (LP), Party Politics, State News Friday, May 20th, 2011

The Abia State Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Chief Obi Aguocha, said yesterday that he has prepared his own burial programme, as he awaits death in the hands of those who might think that he is talking too much. He said that he did that to make things easy for those he alleged have been […]

Picture: Abia: Ballot box found inside bush

Posted by admin Abia, Elections 2011, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

•Ballot box Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Fresh facts are unfolding in Abia State to corroborate numerous calls by opposition politicians for the cancellation of the April polls alleged to have been rigged by those declared winners in the state, mostly members of Peoples Democratic party, PDP . The latest was […]

Calabar airport shut for two months

Posted by admin Abia, Cross River, Headlines Friday, May 6th, 2011

The Margaret Ekpo International Airport in Calabar, Cross River State, has been shut down for two months to effect repairs on the runways. While an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria maintained that the airport was closed to enable the management to fix the runway, a source told our correspondent that the […]