By Ikechukwu Ogbonna On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Governor Alex Chioma Otti, alongside Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barr. Festus Keyamo, performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Abia Airport, Nsulu, Abia State. Initially, the Federal Government had proposed and made provision for an airstrip in the 2024 budget, but later […]
Onyeka Nwelue, a Nigerian scholar, filmmaker, has penned emotional message following his battle with one kidney. Nwelue, in a post on X formerly Twitter revealed that he has been living on one Kidney for a long time, adding that the only kidney has now been infested. The movie director who has published over 35 books, […]
A 36-year-old United States-based Nigerian cardiologist, Ikenna Erinne, has reportedly committed su!cide after losing a child support case to his ex-wife. The incident occurred on Sunday, January 26. The Anambra-state-born late doctor had a prolonged divorce battle with his estranged wife, including the custody of their children. He, however, lost the case after a US […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for the FBI director, Kash Patel, on Thursday, said the U.S. SEAL Team Six spent only 60 seconds in rescuing a kidnapped American citizen who had been kept hostage in northern Nigeria. Mr Patel stated this during his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate on January 30, 2025. He was grilled […]
In a strong show of support, Professor Kalu Ukairo, a respected scholar and community leader from Ohafia Local Government Area, has declared that the entire Abia North Senatorial District will compel Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to run again in 2027. Ukairo’s statement comes in response to Senator Kalu’s recent remarks, where he emphasized his current […]
A woman and her two children have been detained by the police after she allegedly broke her landlord’s head with a pestle in Umugbabe Ovoko community in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State. A Facebook user, Chijinkem Ugwuanyi, who disclosed this in a social media post on Friday, January 31, 2025, said the […]
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Abia State Command on 20th of January, 2025 raided a criminal hideout in Aba and recovered six stolen vehicles. During the intelligence-led sting operations, according to DSP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, the Abia State Police Command PRO, the operatives raided a criminal hideout in Uratta, Aba, where six […]
The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, has given a fresh ruling on the proscription order placed on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. A three-member panel of justices of the appellate court presided by Justice Hamma Barka on Thursday rejected IPOB’s appeal and upheld the ban placed on the […]
Highly impressed with the performance of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State who is representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, group known as Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Grassroots Movement of Nigeria has come out to endorse the former Abia Governor to retain the Abia North Seat in the […]
Chief Bisi Akande, a senior APC stalwart and ally of President Bola Tinubu has accused the supporters of Mr Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, known as Obidients of orchestrating the 2020 #ENDSARS protest. According to Akande, the mass demonstration was planned to end the political career of Mr Tinubu and stop his […]
