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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 1st, 2016
Owerri—The Governorship Election Appeal Tribunal sitting in Owerri, Imo State, has nullified the election Governor Okozie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The court also declared Dr. Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, the winner of the April 11 and April 25 supplementary elections. The five-member panel, headed by Justice Oyebisi Omoleye, annulled the election […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Monday, December 14th, 2015
AHEAD of the Abia North senatorial re-run election, candidature of the former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), received a major boost following his adoption by the Confederation of Abia Students Worldwide (CASW), an umbrella body of students of Abia State origin. It will be recalled […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
From Chucks Onuoha, Umuahia No fewer than 11 of the 35 persons, who were returning from a traditional marriage at Osah in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State on Sunday, perished when the mini bus in which they were travelling, was involved in a head-on collision with a truck carrying fertilizer. The accident […]
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Abia, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
0 By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 COVER, Sports As the call from de cream de la cream in the football world for Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia State, to join the race for the presidency of the Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, intensifies, Kalu has said that in the […]
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Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Joshak Habila The Divisional Crime Officer of the Ariaria Police Division, Aba, Abia State, identified simply as Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, narrowly escaped lynching by an irate mob, who were protesting against the killing of a trader. The incident which occurred on Friday reportedly caused disrupted business […]
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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 24th, 2015
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered a restriction of vehicular movements in Local Government Areas where re-run elections will be held in five states on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu in Abuja on Friday. According to the statement, […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
By Anayo Okoli UMUAHIA—ABA residents woke up yesterday to meet caskets on some major streets in the commercial city, with warnings inscribed on them that if the people failed to vote for an Ngwa governor they would be killed. This is coming 48 hours to the supplementary elections scheduled by INEC to decide the inconclusive governorship […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
advertisement By Eric Ugbor ABA-GUNMEN, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted a Germany-based Nige-rian, Mr. Roland Nwigwe, in Aba, Abia State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at Nwigwe Avenue, around Faulks Road, at about 7.50pm on Monday, while the victim was entering his compound. Unconfirmed report has it that […]
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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Monday, April 13th, 2015
Umuahia —The results of Saturday’s governorship election in Abia stalemated mid-way following the reversal of the cancellation of three local governments results by the Returning Officer, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba. Ozumba had announced the cancellation of results from Osisioma, Obingwa and Isialangwa North Local Government Areas on the grounds of “incontrovertible evidence of violence” and reports […]
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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
LIVE FROM INEC OFFICE, UMUAHIAABIA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULT FROM 13 LGAs JUST RELEASED BY INEC REC, PROF. SELINA OKO Isiala Ngwa south: PDP = 7,133 APGA = 5.686 Arochukwu: PDP = 3032 APGA= 11,383 Bende: PDP= 5164, APGA= 14263 Aba North: PDP= 6,463, APGA= 24567 Isialangwa North: PDP=19798 APGA= 6853 Ugwunagbo: PDP= 17, 788, APGA=1,022 Osisioma Ngwa […]
