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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
State-by-state projection of their chances With the presidential election just around the corner, our correspondents write that the battle, which is a straight one between President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, may spring some surprises As Nigerians, nay the world, wait for the March 28 presidential election and the 10 competing political parties putting […]
By Our Reporter on January 15, 2015 COVER By NDUBUISI ORJI Former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has said he is not contesting next month’s senatorial election for Abia North. Kalu stated this in a statement yesterday, in reaction to his listing by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as […]
By Rubby Obinna | Imo, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2014- From one generation to the other, history has recorded where men and women have bamboozled themselves, while twisting the facts in order to make their points. This still persists in the present days. Those in this line of habit have equated the withdrawal of Dr. […]
By Madubuko Hart | Lagos, Nigeria | Dec. 14, 2014 – In the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries held on Monday, December 8, 2014, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was declared the winner. The Returning Officer and Chairman of the electoral panel, Dr. (Mrs.) Angela Mba, who announced Ikpeazu winner […]
As the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has concluded arrangements to conduct primary election for its House of Assembly aspirants nationwide, the Abia State Government has raised the alarm over alleged plots by “certain elements” to cause mayhem in the state. Special Political Adviser to Governor Theodore Orji, Chief Ama Abraham, who raised the alarm at […]
By Olaniyi Olanike | Umuahia, Abia | Nov. 9, 2014 – “Ojo Maduekwe was also as wily as they come in the politics of eating one of his own to pave way for himself… In essence, a few pro-Igbo policies of the Obasanjo era were lost in the din of tribal self-hate Ojo polluted all around […]
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