Abia State Archives - Page 273 of 375

Nov

05

2023

Emeka Kalu Unveils Agenda For Abia North In 2027 For Senate Seat

Abia State, Column, Politics2027, Abia State, Emeka Kalu, Politics

ABUJA - Because of the alleged poor representations, neglect, and total abandonment of the people of Abia North Senatorial District in the provision of basic infrastructure, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Emeka Charles Kalu, has decided to enter the 2027 general elections. Dr. Kalu, an engineer and President of the Eck Foundation, revealed his vision on Sunday in a discussion with newsmen, saying he sees it as his responsibility to give everything he has to ensure that Abia North constituents are freed from the old Egyptian political backwardness and taken a distance into the land flowing with milk…

Nov

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Additional petitions, allegations flood Abia panel for property and money recovery.

Abia State, MetroAbia State, Alex Otti, Metro, Okezie Ikpeazu, Politics

By Daniel Chibuike The Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Government Properties and Funds, led by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe (Rted), has entertained and cross-examined more cases brought before it by petitioners. In the petition JP/REC/52/2023, a case filed by Samuel Expo against the Commissioner for Lands and Housing, the immediate past Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, and the former Chairman of Obingwa LGA, Mrs. Uloma Nwogu, Eze Adolphus Abakwe, and the traditional prime minister of Itungwa autonomous community, Samuel Ekpo, it was alleged that 300 hectares of land donated to Itungwa/Itukpa community primary school in Obingwa were being used for…

Nov

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Conflict amongst palm oil unions in Umuahia leaves two injured

Abia State, Business, MetroAbia State, Business, Economy, Metro

After a fight between two rival market unions at Umuopara Palm Oil Beach Market in Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, two people were badly hurt and sent to the Federal Medical Center, FMC Umuahia. Since August 2023, the two competing organizations, the United Palm Oil Dealers Association and the Palm Oil Association of Nigeria, have been engaged in a power struggle about who should be in charge of collecting market revenues and who should be the market's leader. However, on Thursday, a violent altercation between the two competing associations sent three members of the United Palm…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia PDP challenges Otti to investigate into Ikpeazu’s road contract in Aba.

Abia State, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Alex Otti, Labour Party, Okezie Ikpeazu, Peoples Democratic Party

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Abia State has refuted Governor Alex Otti's Sunday claim that Okezie Ikpeazu's previous administration spent N10 billion on the Port Harcourt Road in Aba. In same manner, the party has been challenging Otti to form an impartial technical verification panel in order to confirm the accuracy of the road construction and drainage projects on Port Harcourt Road. Okezie Ikpeazu and Alex Otti "I know that some monies had been taken in the past," Otti had said during his Sunday night media talk with journalists.The 2017 money exchange rate was 280 naira, same like…

Oct

30

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

During a forest raid, Abia discovers 70 bodies.

Abia State, MetroAbia State, Alex Otti, Bandits, Crime, Herdsmen, Insecurity, Security

By Ogbonnaya Ikoku The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has disclosed that 20 decomposing bodies and skeletons were discovered by security operatives during a raid of forests around the Lokpanta Cattle Market in the Umunneochi axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. He said another 50 bodies were also found around the market, while the payment of ransom to suspected kidnappers was equally traced to the market. Dr. Alex Otti - Abia State Governor Otti disclosed this on Sunday during the second edition of his monthly media chat in Umuahia the state capital. He vowed that no inch of the state…