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By Ugochukwu Alaribe -Umuahia The entire state executive committee of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia state, led by its chairman, Chief Nkem Okoro, has dumped the party and declared for the All Progressive Congress, APC. Speaking at the APC state secretariat in Umuahia, APGA chairman, Chief Nkem Okoro, explained that they came
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor – Umuahia Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, says he has forgiven those who wished him dead while he was receiving medical attention for COVID-19 disease. Ikpeazu who stated this at a thanksgiving service at the Eastern Nigeria Union Conference, ENUC, Headquarters of the Seventh Day Adventist Church,
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor – Umuahia Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered the immediate closure of Ariaria Shoe Plaza within the Umuehilegbu Industrial Market following an attack on the personnel and truck of the State Fire Service. Vanguard gathered that the Abia firefighters arrived the market to fight an inferno which
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The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mrs Janet Agbede, has ordered an investigation into the activities of Insp. John Onunaku, a police officer recently harassed over the alleged illegal arrest. Agbede said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Aba on Monday that the investigation became necessary to unravel the circumstances
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Following the recommendations of education stakeholders in Abia state to resume academic activities on August 10, 2020, the state government has listed guidelines for the schools to implement before opening their gates to students. Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, had directed primary and secondary schools in the state to reopen
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An NGO, Mercy Uwakwe Foundation is set to engage the third phase of her project tagged “Mercy Wave Palliative Outreach”, with a view to alleviate the sufferings created by the recent Covid19 pandemic lockdown.
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Abia state command, has rescued a day-old baby girl from a suspected syndicate that specialises in child trafficking. Abia State Commandant, NSCDC, Mr Nnamdi Nwannukwu, who disclosed this while briefing journalists in Umuahia explained that the two suspects were arrested in Aba,
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By Anayo Okoli – Enugu The Acting Governor of Abia State, Ude Oko Chukwu has assured the Lekwesi-Obiagu community in Umunneochi Council that all issues relating to boundary disputes with Amata-Ishiagu people of Ebonyi state would be handled and resolved by the National Boundary Commission, NBC. Oko Chukwu said that the national boundary commission had
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By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia A truck on Thursday crashed into a church fence at Azikiwe Road, Umuahia, in Abia State as a revenue taskforce team struggled for control of the vehicle with the driver. Vanguard gathered that the “revenue touts” had continued to harass motorists despite the directive of the Abia state government banning
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The Head, Legal Department of the EFCC, Kabir Latona, announced that former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, would soon be charged to court to answer for the case in which the Supreme Court recently decided and returned him to the Federal High Court to stand trial for alleged diversion of his state resources when
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