A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu seeking to challenge his re-trial in court.
Read More »Abia state government shuts down two hospitals; says two index cases of Coronavirus in the state had no history of travelling abroad or outside their vicinity
Two private hospitals where two index cases of Coronavirus in Abia state were initially taken to when they felt ill last week, have been shut down by the state government. Dr Okezie Ikpeazu who confirmed that doctors and nurses of the hospitals located at Umuahia North and Ukwa West local government areas of the state were quarantined at a press conference …
Read More »EFCC Opposes Orji Kalu’s Post-conviction Bail Application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, opposed a post-conviction bail application filed by a convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, before Justice Muhammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Read More »Gunmen attack Assemblies of God’s Church Pastor, kill two daughters
Gunmen reportedly abducted and killed two daughters of a pastor of the Assemblies of God’s Church, identified only as Nweke, at the Amiyi Obilohio community in the Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.
Read More »Sad: Pregnant Woman, Another Passenger Perish In Fatal Tricycle Accident
A pregnant woman and another passenger of a tricycle were killed yesterday following a fatal accident that crushed the tricycle together with its occupants.
Read More »Unbelievable: 170 Yrs Old Man Dies After Brief Illness, Burial Next Week
Nigerians have revealed their surprise following the obituary poster of a man who is said to have died at the age of 170 (1848 – 2018).
Read More »Atiku donates N10m to families of victims of Abia pipeline explosion
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has donated N10 million to Abia government to assist families of victims of pipeline explosion in Umuimo and Umuaduru communities in Osisioma Local Government.
Read More »“If I do it again I should be hanged” – Rape Suspect Pleads For Mercy
Four robbery and rape suspects, Uchenna Nwoko Ohuru aka Confirm, Chukwuebuka Ukagu alias Ewi, Chukwuemeka Umunna aka Jaja Jaja and Innocent Joseph aka J Boy, have been arrested in Abia State.
Read More »Tragedy: 14-Yr-Old Boy Set Ablaze By Mother For Stealing, Dies Of Severe Burns
14 year old Prince Odum of Amuzukwu Ibeku in Abia state, who was set ablaze by his own mother because he stole a neighbor’s MP3, has died.
Read More »Shocking!!! 22-Yr-Old Man Beats Mum To Death Over Love Affair With His Aunt
The police in Abia state have arrested a 22-year-old man, Agaezichi Ogbonna, for allegedly killing his mother over a love affair with her sister, who is the boy’s aunt, at Akpaa Mbato community, Obingwa council area of Abia State.
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