By BARBARA KALU, Umuahi – No fewer than 6 persons including an inspector have been killed by gunmen in Aba during a deadly attack on a police patrol team on Sunday. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesman, SP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Umuahi....
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The Joint Task Force, codenamed, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has destroyed several illegal refining sites located within Abia State. The Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, made the disclosure in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa on Sunday. Okeke said that the task force also intercepted 14 boats loaded...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops have successfully dislodged and destroyed a terrorist camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The army, in a post on its official X-handle on Saturday, said the operation was conducted early in...
The 13 Brigade, Calabar, on Friday emerged winner in the 82 Division Inter-Brigade Warrant Officers and Senior Non-commissioned Officers Competition 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition was held at 14 Brigade, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Barracks, Ohafia, among five formations under 82 Division of...
Oil theft: Nigerian Army destroys 14 boats in Abia, arrests suspects The Nigerian Army on Friday, destroyed about 14 illegal oil bunkering vessels arrested with stolen crude oil in the oil-bearing Asa Community of Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Army operatives set the vessels...
A road attracted by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has reportedly been washed off by rain a few months after it was commissioned. The Eziukwu bridge and road were attracted and commissioned by the former Abia Governor, Senator Uzor Kalu on January 29, 2024. It is however in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the arrest...
The Abia Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 alleged pipeline vandals in Obiakpo Obuzo Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area. NSCDC’s Spokesperson, ASC II Doreen Udugwu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Umuahia and made available to newsmen on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army troops of Operation UDO KA have conducted another successful clearance/raid operations to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) Camp in Igboro Forest in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State yesterday. The operation was in a bid...
The South East Governors’ Forum has condemned Thursday morning attack which left two Soldiers dead at a check point at Aba in Abia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the attack, which occurred at Obikabia junction in Aba, was reportedly carried out by suspected members of...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, Most Rev. Michael Ukpong, has charged the Catholic media practitioners to help disseminate the Church doctrines among the youths. Ukpong gave the charge on Wednesday, when a group, known as the Catholic Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CAMPAN), paid him...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Mazi Osita Iheme MFR also known as Pawpaw, a peaceful, accomplished and globally celebrated Nigerian has been an advocate for unity, peace and stability in Nigeria over the years. He has been actively engaging with various platforms to promote unity and understanding among...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has vowed to investigate the alleged unprofessional conduct of some of its personnel in the tragic death of a hotel manager in Umuahia, Abia. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party (LP) National Convention held in Nnewi, Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said the conduct...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Gov. Alex Otti of Abia for assenting to the Abia State of Nigeria Governors and Deputy Governors Pension Repeal Law. Obasanjo made the commendation on Friday when he paid a visit to the governor in Nvosi Isiala Ngwa South Local Government...
Football enthusiasts in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia, have pleaded with the Aba Power Limited (APL) to improve the power supply in the city to enable them to watch Sunday’s AFCON final. The Super Eagles of Nigeria will be locking horns in the final match with...
Police in Abia State have arrested three suspects who impersonated as EFCC operatives to rob students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, (MOUAU) Umudike at gunpoint. Police spokesperson in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, stated in Umuahia on Saturday that police got information on Tuesday that a four-man gang...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says he will now settle down and rebuild Abia because his distractions were over with the Supreme Court affirmation of victory in the 2023 polls. Otti made the declaration at the Thanksgiving Service in his honour held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Abia Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a popular On Air Personality, Mr Chigozie Anumudu, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old boy in Aba. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – A chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Mr Ifeanyi Ogbonna, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Ogbonna stated this in a statement by his Media Director, Mr Chisom Ogbonna in Umuahia on Friday. He said...