Some students of the Abia State University, Uturu, have been kidnapped in the Okigwe area of Imo State. The Abia State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, confirmed that the undisclosed number of ABSU students were traveling along the Okigwe-Uturu Road when they ran into a gang of hoodlums. John Okiyi Kalu said the incident happened at…
The Abia State Government has imposed an indefinite nighttime curfew across the state, from 10PM to 6AM daily. The declaration by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu. According to the statement, the Abia State government took the decision due to negative security reports from multiple sources. The…
The Deputy Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor, Ukpai Agwu Ukpai, is dead. Close sources confirmed that Ukpai Agwu Ukpai died on Monday night of a yet-to-be disclosed ailment at a hospital in Umuahia.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed four hundred and ninety-eight thousand, three hundred and ninety registered voters for the bye-election in Aba North-South Federal Constituency in Abia State. The bye-election is meant to get a replacement for late Aba North-South federal lawmaker, OSSY CHINEDU PRESTIGE, who died on February 9 this year. INEC National Electoral Commission,…
Police in Abia State have arrested four suspects for allegedly robbing and killing two POS operators in the commercial town of Aba. The suspects are Ralph Godwin, Chibuike Samuel, Godswill Kalu And Uzoma Samuel, while those they alleged robbed and killed are Victor Chimaobi and Ezinne Grace Iroh. Reports say the suspects were tracked down after one…
Hoodlums have attacked a police station in Aba, Abia State, killing at least two officers, and stealing undisclosed number of firearms. The attack happened at the Abayi Police Station, which is located at the World Bank Housing Estate in Aba. The hoodlums are also reported to have released some detainees, before setting the Abayi Police Station and…