No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead following an explosion that occured at an illegal oil refinery located at Uzuaku Community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. While three persons reportedly died at the scene of the incident which reportedly occured on Friday evening, seven others later died in the hospital […]
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A truck driver whose identity has yet to be determined was crushed to death in Aba by a cargo train late on Thursday. The accident occurred at about 10 p.m. at the railway crossing behind Eziukwu Market off Cemetery Road by Ogbonna Road in the commercial city. A source, who pleaded anonymity because he was […]
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John Okiyi, Commissioner for Information in Abia, has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Lassa Fever at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia. Okiyi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Umuahia on Monday, said that the government and the hospital management had swung into action to check the spread of the disease. […]
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Senator representing Abia South, Enyinaya Abaribe, has found himself in trouble following the disappearance of of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). He has therefore, asked the federal high court to discharge him as a surety of Nnamdi Kanu. But the court has given him three options: one, produce Kanu in […]
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While addressing his northern colleagues who paid him a solidarity visit inside the executive chamber of government house, Umuahia, Okezie Ikpeazu, governor of Abia state, said, “we won’t allow an infinitesimal few to separate us”. During the visit on Monday, the governor when the crisis started, he asked himself, “in my shoes, what will my […]
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Men of the Nigerian Army are gradually being withdrawn from various checkpoints in Aba after the recent clash with protesting members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. It was earlier reported on Sunday that Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia state governor told newsmen in Umuahia that the military on Operation Python Dance II had withdrawn from the […]
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The police has confirmed the death of a police officer, after an attack by suspected members of the pro-Biafra separatist group, IPOB, in Abia State. The police also announced that at least 59 suspected members of the now outlawed group have been arrested by security officials and will be prosecuted for murder, arson and other […]
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