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BY GORDI UDEAJAH
The hitherto free Abia State Government (ABSG) transport service effected with Electric Buses and tagged Green Shuttle, has gone commercial with effect from March 2026.
Under its commercial status, the government still subsidizes it as members of the public pay about half of what the private commercial transporters charge.
The state Information Commissioner Prince Okey Kanu while announcing...
POLITICS
Otti’s top SA, Abia APC Spokesman trade banters over APC Chairman’s post election remarks
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There is indication that with the emergence of the new Abia State APC Chairman Hon Chijioke Chukwu last week, the new state APC Publicity Secretary, Comrade Uche Aguoru, and the appointment of Comrade Onyebuchi Ememanka as governor Alex Otti 's Director General, Abia State Bureau of Strategic Communication Team, the politics of opposition by...
BY GORDI UDEAJAH
A high level Business Roundtable has been organized to hold on Thursday 5th March 2026 in Umuahia, Abia state Capital at the International Conference Centre.
The state Information Commissioner Prince Okey Kanu who said that it is a forum for the state government to dialogue with members of the...
GOVERNANCE
Expert underscores CSR as effective tool for government and private sector collaboration
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BY GORDI UDEAJAH
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been underscored as a tool that can deepen collaboration between government and private sector stakeholders and accelerate sustainable development across Abia state.
Team Leader of the CSR Initiative in the state Dr. John Nwadiogha, who underscored this, explained that the CSR team operates under...
Leader of the All Progressives Congress APC in Abia state, who is also the Deputy Speaker ( DS ) of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has explained why the state Ward Congresses hitherto scheduled for the previous week did not hold.
He did so while addressing party members on Wednesday in Umuahia, the state capital in...
POLITICS
My call on governor Otti was to do more , not to diminish his impactful achievements, says Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu.
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Deputy Speaker ( DS ) of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu of the APC told his Abia state governor of the Labour Party, Dr Alex Otti that he ( Kalu ) would remain committed to partnering with him ( Otti ) to build a brighter future for their Abia...
EDUCATION
DON seeks president Tinubu’s intervention over delayed promotion to professor at MOUAU
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An Associate Professor at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Abia state Dr Philips Nto has lamented that his promotion to the rank of professor he said was due since 2021, has not been effected despite that his papers had successfully passed through the five levels of rigorous assessment processes before being sent...
NEWS
Tomorrow will decide/determine my leaving or not leaving Labour Party says gov. Otti
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BY GORDI UDEAJAH
Updating on his decision on not leaving or not leaving his Labour Party, Abia state governor Dr Alex Otti has said that it is tomorrow or the future, that can decide or determine his change of decision, basing it on that " nobody knows tomorrow".
The Governor gave the update...
Outgoing 6th Vice Chancellor ( VC ) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia state, Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe has reported how he has administered the university from March 2021 for a five year tenure , stating that he first restored peace after resolving over 100 cases filed in various courts against the university.
The VC in an interview...
By Gordi Udeajah
Abia state government has set articulation of an Industrial Policy into motion for which a committee has been constituted to drive the process and bringing it to fruition.
The state Information Commissioner Prince Okey Kanu said yesterday that the Industrial Policy is a strategic move to boost the ease of doing business and...
