The suspected gunmen, on Friday, abducted the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Abia State University (ABSU), Prof. Godwin Emezue. ASP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Abia Command, while confirming the incident in a statement issued in Umuahia, the state capital, on Saturday, said at about 9.30 pm on Friday, the Abia Police…
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the election victory of Alex Otti as Abia State governor Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, while delivering the judgment, dismissed the appeal against the victory of Otti, adding that the appeal by the PDP lacked merit. The Informant247 reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Alex Otti of the…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, on Thursday, signed the N567.2 billion 2024 appropriation bill, recently passed by the State Assembly into law. Otti, while signing the bill, reiterated that the 2024 Budget would move Abia from its current underdevelopment to development. “I want to say that this is a budget that would take Abia…
Alex Otti-led Abia state government has suspended the traditional ruler of Ibom Isii in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state, Eze Kanu Nwa Kanu, for allegedly abusing his office. The Informant247 gathered that the suspension of the royal father was announced in a statement issued by Uzo Nwachukwu, the Commissioner for Local Government and…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, in the last election, has reacted to the comments credited to Governor Alex Otti of Abia, claiming that 20 headless bodies and countless human skeletons were found around Lokpanta cattle market in the state. The former Anambra state governor, while reacting to the development,…
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, during a monthly media parley at the Government House in Umuahia, claimed that over 80 bodies were recovered from kidnappers’ den in the state. The governor, while giving an account, said that the security intelligence showed the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around Umuchieze Cattle…
Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah-led three-man panel of the Abia State governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Umuahia on Friday, dismissed Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) election petition against the governor of the state, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP). Hon. Justice H.T.D Gwadah, in a three hours judgment, struck out the petition on three grounds:…
A petition by the candidate of the Labour Party, Chief Frank Chinasa, seeking to nullify the election of the member representing Bende federal constituency and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu on Tuesday, dismissed by the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, Abia state capital. The Informant247 gathered…
Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor on Thursday, directed that vehicles parking by the roadside or on the median of Nkwoegwu Down to Ubakala Junction move to Ohiya Motor Park in Umuahia, adding that makeshift shops, shanties, and other illegal shops and structures along the affected areas have also been directed to quit before the…
Abia state governor, Alex Otti on Tuesday, launched ‘operation crush’, a joint task force of police, army, navy and other relevant security agencies. The governor, in his efforts to ensure normalcy in the state, inaugurated the project at Okpara square event centre in Umuahia with 20 Hilux vans, adding that the operation will pay special…
No fewer than 13 kidnap victims have been rescued by the troops of 14 Brigade operating under 82 Division of the Nigerian Army along Ngodo- Isuochi road in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. The troops, who arrived the scene of the incident while responding to a distress call on Saturday 22 July 2023,…
….as Kanu Nwankwo appointed Chairman Enyimba International Dr. Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, has approved the appointment of Mr. Ugochukwu Okoroafor, a former director of corporate communication of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as his Special Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation. Otti, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kazie…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, who contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party, LP, saying it only nullified the election of the Kano LP candidates that contested the 2023 general election. The Informant247 earlier reported that Ibrahim Haruna-Ibrahim…
Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed and beheaded an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) serving under the Abia Command. The Informant247 gathered that the ASP identified simply as “Agbalagba” was said to be attached to the Ndiegoro Police Division in Aba South local government area of Abia State. It was learned that the gunmen, after killing…
The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the people of Nigeria no longer have confidence in their government, as they do not believe the government can do anything for them. She made this revelation while addressing Nigerians virtually at the inauguration of the 100-member Abia transition council. The former…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Alex Otti, the winner of the state governorship election in Abia State. He was declared the winner on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 after the presumption of collation of results. Details shortly…
The collation of governorship and the house of assembly election results in Enugu and Abia States has been suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This was revealed in a statement released by the electoral commission on Monday, March 20. The INEC said it has suspended the collation for the governorship and state assembly…
Thugs have invaded the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Obingwa LGA of Abia state. The electoral commission confirmed the incident in a statement released through his official Twitter page on Sunday March 19, 2023. The electoral umpire said it has contacted the security agencies for succour. “Thugs have invaded our Obingwa…
The Akwa-Ibom chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has come victorious in 17 of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state. The party only in one LGA during the governorship election as announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Details later…
Fire on Friday razed 4 motor spare parts stores, destroying goods worth millions of naira in Aba. It was gathered that only few steel products were spared by the inferno. The fire razed some shops located at No. 65 Jubilee Road in Aba. One of the shop owners, Mr Chimezie Dike, lamented that 2 of…
