Abia SS3 student fakes own kidnap to extort ‘stingy’ mother
The Police in Abia State have arrested a Senior Secondary School 3 student, who allegedly staged his own kidnap to extort money from his mother, Mrs. Rose Nwatu, accusing her of being stingy.
COVID-19: Police battle joggers as woman slumps, dies in Aba
By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA- Policemen enforcing the Covid-19 lockdown at Opobo junction, along Ikot Ekpene Road, Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia state, had a hectic time Sunday, dispersing over 1,000 joggers who came for their usual morning exercise in the area. Some of the joggers resisted the police team who blocked the junction warning them to […]
PHOTOS: Heavy gridlock as bus falls into huge sinkhole after downpour in Aba
By Eric Ugbor TRAGEDY was averted in Aba, Abia State when a commercial bus plunged into a large sinkhole after a heavy rain caused unexpected damage and heavy gridlock on the road on Saturday night. Luckily, the driver, Victor Daniel who was the only occupant of the bus when the incident occurred at the popular […]
COVID-19: Taskforce kills keke operator in Aba, another survives attack
By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor Tragedy struck in Aba, Abia State yesterday, as the state taskforce set up to enforce the lockdown, killed a Keke rider in the city. This is even as another tricycle rider reported earlier to have been killed as a result of a scuffle with a policeman at Uratta junction […]
Six suspected robbers arrested in Aba
By Eric Ugbor ABIA state Police Commissioner, Ene Okon has confirmed the arrest of six robbers by a team of detectives at the Ndiegoro Police Division in Aba. Okon while confirming the report said that Ndiegoro DPO, SP Alphonsus Ayang and his men had done a good work but would now handover to the department […]
Abia council to prosecute landlords channelling waste to roads
By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Osisioma Ngwa council area of Abia State has threatened to prosecute owners of buildings in the council who channel wastes to roads. Transition Committee Chairman, Osisioma Ngwa council, Dr Ikechukwu Nwabeke, who stated this while inspecting buildings along Nicolas Street by Brass junction in Aba, said most landlords in the […]
