A Nigerian businessman based in Abia state, Steve Ukpabi, has gifted a new Toyota Prado SUV, to the Abia state governorship officer, Professor Nnenna Oti, for keeping her integrity during the electioneering process. This was disclosed in a statement on his Facebook page on Thursday. He wrote, “For your outstanding service to the people of Abia, I hereby request for Read More
Abia governor-elect, Alex Otti, speaks after victorious 2023 governorship election The Abia state governor-elect, Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, has assured Abians of his responsibility to serve as their chief servant in the coming years. In his acceptance speech, Otti said the seige was over in Abia state. He said, “My fellow Abians, it gives me great pleasure this evening to Read More
Dr. Alex Otti of Labour Party has been declared governor-elect of Abia State. Otti polled 175, 467 votes to clinch the state, while his closest rival Okey Ahiwe of People’s Democratic Party got 88, 529 votes after Saturday March 18, 2023. The Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Oti, declared the LP candidate the winner at the headquarters of the Independent National Read More
Information reaching Blueprint revealed that the remaining collation of results and eventual announcement of winner of Abia state governorship election will take place later on Wednesday March 22, 2023, barring any unforeseen circumstance. This is after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended the final lap of result collation in the state due to controversies surrounding outcome of election from Read More
Veteran political and media strategist, Chief Mrs Mary Ikoku, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to delay any further in declaring winners of 2023 governorship elections in Abia, Enugu and Adamawa states. Ikoku, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for House of Representatives for Arochukwu-Ohafia Federal Constituency in the 2023 general elections who spoke through a terse Read More
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for the March 11 gubernatorial election in Abia state, Prof. Gregory Ibe, said he is adequately prepared to restore the glory of Abia state. Prof Ibe, according to a statement released Wednesday by his spokesperson, John Nwokwocha, said the candidate has demonstrated a track record in service with a working document on how to Read More
Jubilations have greeted the ruling of the Supreme Court Wednesday in Abuja, re-affirming Professor Greg Ibe as the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia state for the Saturday, March 11 gubernatorial election. Teeming supporters, associates and party faithful were caught celebrating the declaration of the apex court. As at the time of filling the Read More
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the March 11 gubernatorial election in Abia state, Prof Gregory Ibe, has commended the people of the state for maintaining peace and calm despite the hardship occasioned by the redesigned naira swap. The governorship candidate, in a statement signed Sunday by his spokesman, John Nwokocha, said he has observed Read More
The Anambra state Police Command on Friday rescued three children stolen from their parents at Abia, Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. The Anambra state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, gave the names of the recovered children as Master David Frang, aged eight; Miss Sarah Frang, aged three; and Master Chibuchi Sunday; Read More
A political analyst and member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mrs Mary Ikoku, has hailed Supreme Court judgement which affirmed Mr. Samuel Onuigbo as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abia North senatorial candidate. The court had on Friday January 27, 2023, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, dismissed the appeal filed by Mr. Emeka Atuma and declared Read More
Okey Ahaiwe has won the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), governorship primary election in Abia state on Saturday, February 4, 2023. His emergence was due to the death of the former Abia state gubernatorial candidate, Uchenna Ikonne, who died on January 25, 2023. Ahaiwe scored a total number of 469 to defeat, the deputy governor of the state, Ude Oko-chukwu and Read More
About two months to the governorship election in Nigeria, a gubernatorial candidate Prof. Uchenna Ikonne has passed on. Blueprint reports that Prof. Ikonne is the People’s Democratic Party governorship candidate in Abia state. His first son Chikezie Uche-Ikonne confirmed his demise on Wednesday January 25, 2023, His message reads, “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Read More
Nigerians on social media has reacted to a viral video showing the son of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, arriving at an event in grand style. The 21-year old Chinedu Ikpeazu, arrived in a long convoy, including cars with police escorts. Here are the reactions from various social media users… Nnana Okoro, “For me the guy started very late yes….he should Read More
Popular Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has become the first female chief in her community, in Abba, Anambra State. The renowned author was recently installed as, “Odeluwa,” an Igbo language expression translated as “the one who writes for the world.” In a social media post on Thursday, the Anambra born said, “I am the first woman in my hometown to Read More
The governorship campaign council of Labour Party (LP) in Abia state has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state of wanton destruction of the party’s billboards. He warned the government of the state on the dire consequences of setting the state on fire by not being tolerant of opposition parties. Addressing journalists in the state, the Read More
Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, have petitioned the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of National Judicial Council (NJC), Olukayode Ariwoola, over an alleged refusal by a Federal High Court Judge in Umuahia to hear a pre-election matter. Lawyer to the aggrieved members, Nnamdi U. Nwokocha Ahaaiwe, in the petition, said Justice Read More
Nigerian women living in Abia State slept on the road as they prayed for a better Nigeria. In a post shared on Umuahia headline Facebook page, the women in their matching outfits were said to be from Methodist Christian church of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Association of Electricity Consumers (NAEC), Southeast Zone, has dissociated the zone from the reported refusal of 14 communities in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia to pay electricity bills to Aba Power Limited. The report has it that the communities claimed that they donated transformers some years ago to a firm which was supplying power to the area Read More
Few after quitting governorship contest in Abia state, Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has quit the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The serving Senator also resigned as the Minority Leader in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. Senator Abaribe confirmed his exit from the party, and resignation as a minority leader in the Senate in separate letters to the ward Read More
An Abia High Court has nullified the victory of Chief Ikechi Emenike an acclaimed winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held in the state on Thursday. At the end of Thursday’s controversial primary election in Abia state, the embattled Chief Emenike were declared winner. But a court presided by Justice O. A Chijioke, Thursday in the Read More
Leading House of Representatives aspirant for Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency in Abia state, Chief Mrs Mary Ikoku, has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates to vote for her at the party primaries scheduled to hold on Friday May 27, 2022. Mary, a media guru and notable social advocate spoke in a press statement through her campaign organisation on Thursday. Read More
A former member of the Polish Parliament betwenn 2010-2015 Dr. John Godson has joined the race for the senatorial ticket of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia Central Senatorial district, even as he called on Nigerians in the diaspora to return to the country and contribute their quota to her development. Godson is the first black man in the Polish Read More
The immediate past Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and incumbent Minority leader at the Senate Enyinnaya Abaribe on Wednesday withdrew from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary elections in Enugu and Abia states. Speaking through a statement by the Director-General of Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Hon. Charles Ogbo Asogwa, Ekweremadu who did not give reason for his withdrawal, said, “We Read More
With the promise to offer quality representation, Okoro Uchenna Kalu, a young journalist and former banker, has declared his intention to represent Arochukwu State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly in 2023. Kalu, who obtained the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination forms for the constituency seat at the party’s secretariat, Umuahia, the state capital, said it was time Read More
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