The Abia State government has refuted social media reports claiming that Mr. Goodluck Ubochi, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, has resigned. The government, through a statement by Ferdinand Ekeoma, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Alex Otti, described the reports as false and baseless. Ekeoma accused members of a faction within…
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, has paid a courtesy visit to Abia State Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, at Police Command headquarters in Umuahia. The British High Commissioner, who was accompanied by a delegation from the Commission, was welcomed by CP Onwuemelie and members of the police management team. Police Public Relations…
The Abia State Government says its attention has been drawn to the activities of certain individuals who are illegally collecting monies from Abia citizens, falsely claiming to be agents of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. The government, in a statement on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Abia Governor, Ukoha Njoku Ukoha,…
Men from the Abia State Police Command were claimed to have stormed ABN TV in Umuahia on Tuesday and forcibly arrested a guest, Mr. Udensi Donald, during a live broadcast of “Youth Rendezvous,” hosted by Grace Onyekachi. Ifeanyi Okali, Director of ABN TV/Radio, confirmed this in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Okali denounced the incursion…
The Supreme Court has affirmed Alex Otti’s election as Governor of Abia State. The appeal filed by Okey Ahiwe, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was dismissed by a five-member panel of justices chaired by Uwani Abba-Aji, as “lacking in merit”. The Supreme Court also dismissed an appeal brought by Ikechi Emenike, the All…
