The Abia Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Uzor Nwachukwu, has said that Abia government does not have any interest in the ‘Eze Aro’ traditional stool of Arochukwu Kingdom. Nwachukwu disclosed this on Monday during a press briefing while reacting to the tussle over the”Eze Aro”...
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Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the economic policies initiated by President Bola Tinubu, expressing optimism that positive changes are on the horizon. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday after paying a Christmas homage to the President, Otti said that the present administration...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has vowed to expand and improve the outlook of all roads leading into the state in order to mark it out from its neighbours. The governor made the promise on Sunday in Aba while inaugurating Udeagbala Road alongside two others namely, Umuimo Road...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti on Wednesday flagged off the expansion of the 3.5 km-Ossah Road, Umuahia, from four to six lanes. The project, which takes off from the Abia Tower on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, terminates at the Okpara Square, Umuahia. In a speech at the...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has inaugurated the 9th Abia Traditional Rulers Council, with a charge to participate in the implementation of government’s agenda to boost rural development. Speaking during the event in Umuahia on Tuesday, Otti said that the government was determined to work with people that...
The remains of Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was on Friday laid to rest in his home town at Itaja-Obuohia , Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area. Ogbulafor died after a brief illness in Canada, on Oct. 6, 2022, at the...
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has expressed sadness over the death of a former President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prof. Joe Irukwu. Irukwu, who hailed from Amaokwe Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia, reportedly died at the age of 89. His death was announced on Saturday by the...
Mr Mike Akpara, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia on Finance, has described the claim by former Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving N24 bilion in the state government coffers as false. Akpara made this known on Thursday during a press conference at the Government House, Umuahia. The...
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has said that his administration will pursue policies and programmes that will create prosperity and security for the citizenry. Otti spoke at Sunday’s interdenominational open-air thanksgiving service held at the Trademore Event Center, Umuahia. The well-attended solemn event, with the theme, “The Lord has...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, has directed that all bank accounts belonging to the government be frozen with immediate effect until further notice. This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, on Tuesday in Enugu....
Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, on Friday, urged the public to disregard the purported sack of his principal by a Federal High Court in Kano. Ekeoma made the request while reacting to the media report at a news briefing in Umuahia. He...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has nullified the candidature of the Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. Aside from Otti, the court presided over by Justice M N Yunusa also nullified the candidature of all Labour Party flagbearers in Abia and Kano States. Yunusa ruled that...
Hundreds of Abia retirees on Thursday danced through the major streets of Umuahia, clad in all white, in celebration of the election of Dr. Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) as Governor. The jubilant senior citizens, including the strong and frail-looking men and women, displayed placards, expressing their...
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Alumni Association has congratulated the Labour Party governorship candidate for Abia, Alex Otti, on his emergence as the winner of the March 18 poll. In a statement issued by the National General-Secretary, Dagogo Edmundson, on Saturday in Yenagoa, the association described Otti’s victory...
Abia youths celebrate first Labour Party Governor Alex Otti
Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday commenced the announcement of the result of Saturday’s governorship poll with Labour Party’s (LP) candidate, Dr Alex Otti, in a clear lead. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Oti, had announced the results...
The Director-General, Alex Otti Campaign Council of Labour Party, Chief Acho Obioma, has called on the security agencies to deploy adequate personnel to Abia to checkmate any security breaches during the March 18 polls. Obioma made the call on Tuesday during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia. He...
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Abia State, Alex Otti, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sort out any issues with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections. INEC has come under fire, following the failure of...
By ONWUKA UDEM -E The level of infrastructural decay that has plagued Abia state, particularly in the last eight years, is simply befuddling. It has left in its trail a near sense of hopelessness in a state that is ordinarily promising and endowed with tremendous potentials. The state of...