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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Abia, Governors, State News
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
The Court of Appeal on The Court of Appeal on WednThe Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted an accelerated hearing in the appeal brought by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governThe Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted an accelerated hearing in the appeal brought by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic […]
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Abia, Armed Forces, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Abia State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate Paul Ikonne has called for the resignation of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.Gen Azubike Ihejirika, over the role of soldiers in last month’s polls. Ikonne spoke in Aba, last weekend. He said the soldiers were not above board. Ikonne alleged that the military […]
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Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Amosun, Ahmed win Ogun, Kwara, Doma loses in Nasarawa Lamido, Amaechi, Fashola, Akpabio, Suswam re-elected Chime, Orji, Geidam, Aliyu retain seats Kwankwaso returns to Kano Govt House Stalemate in Imo, Ajimobi floors Alao-Akala THE wind of change blowing across the polity yesterday swept away some sitting governors and helmsmen of state legislatures. Some outgoing governors […]
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Abia, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Gov. Theodore Orji of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the governorship election in Abia State by Independent Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled 641,158 votes to defeat APGA candidate Ufumbo who got 49,421 votes. wp_posts
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Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Imo, Katsina, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
• Niger, Nasarawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Oyo, Ogun affected • Imo dicey-Low voter turnout in several states • Police detonate bomb near INEC office in Delta Early results trickling in from different zones indicate that the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) are making serious inroads into erstwhile Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled […]
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Abia, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
One of the Special Assistants to Governor Theodore Orji of Abia, Mallam Ellington Chibbel was yesterday docked for stealing mosquito nets donated to Aba Muslim community by the state government. The charge included the intent to defraud the Aba Muslim community and falsely representing the community and collecting about 10 bales of mosquito nets donated […]