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…Says resistance by traders delaying intervention By Steve Oko, Aba Abia State Government has accused some opposition members of circulating videos of flooded A-Line in Ariaria International Market on the social media to disparage government. Commissioner for Information Chief John Okiyi Kalu who made the allegation in a press statement also accused some influential traders
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The Abia state government has, on Saturday, announced the exemption of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Uche Ihediwa, Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, and the Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Osuji from the dissolution of the State Executive Council which was announced yesterday.
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The Abia State Government has promised to get swift justice for one Onyekachi A. Nwogu who was allegedly gunned down by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Inspector Robinson Otobong Abel (M), attached to the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Corps. This was contained in a condolence message issued
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA -Abia State government has expressed dissatisfaction with some churches in the state over their failure to comply with COVID -19 protocols. Chairman, State Inter-Ministerial Committee on COVID-19, Barr. Chris Ezem, who frowned at the flagrant flouting of COVID-19 protocols by some churches in Umuahia, blamed clerics and their members over
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The Abia Government said on Friday it has embarked on active case search in all its 17 local government areas to ensure that cases of COVID-19 and other related diseases are reported timely. The Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer, state Ministry of Health, Mr. Stanley Ajamgbulogu, disclosed this to journalists in Umuahia. He said the
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Abia State government has accused Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, of misinformation on the trial of a lawyer, Mr Emperor Ogbonna, over his issue with the state government, saying NBA was misinformed by the branch of the association.
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Abia State government has faulted the statement credited to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, saying that the late petrol attendant in Aba, Mr Chibuisi Okameme, was not killed by a police man. Recall that a Police Inspector, attached to the Ohuru Isimiri Division, reportedly shot dead Okaneme, along New Umuahia road, Ogbor Hill, Aba, while enforcing the lockdown on Covid-19 in the area.
Read More Abia government on Friday announced indefinite extension of the ongoing lockdown in the state, which will commence from April 20, as part of its effort to prevent COVID-19 outbreak in Abia.
Read More The Abia State government on Saturday ordered the closure of all land borders as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19 to the state. The state Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, who disclosed this in a statement in Umuahia, said the decision has become necessary following the outbreak of COVID-19 in some
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Abia state government says it is committed to delivering quality roads and other infrastructural projects in the state.
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