Abia State Government (ABSG) has increased the number of electric buses it earlier slated to procure for the state mass transit programme from 20 to 40.
The decision was approved during Monday weekly state executive council meeting after which the state Information Commissioner, Prince Okey Kanu so informed journalists.
He said that, apart from the increase in the number...
Dr Ude Oko Chukwu, the immediate past Abia state deputy governor for 8 years under ex governor Okezie Ikpeazu Dr Ude Oko Chukwu ( both PDP members) on Tuesday met with serving Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party ( LP) at his Nvosi country home office, and thereafter hinted of his likelihood to...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Office of the State Chairman
Umuahia, Abia State
Nigeria
August 2, 2025
His Excellency,
Dr. Alex Otti,
Executive Governor,
Abia State Government House,
Umuahia, Abia State.
Your Excellency,
RE: A SHADOW GOVERNMENT REVIEW OF THE ABIA STATE 2025 Q2 FINANCIAL REPORT: NEED FOR GREATER FISCAL PRUDENCE, STRUCTURAL ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE
On behalf of the Abia State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), we respectfully write to express grave...
An Umuahia-based legal practitioner, Mr Goodman Iheikwunacho has urged the team of experts investigating the collapse of a three-storey building in Umuahia last Saturday to look beyond technical and regulatory issues.
The Abia state government had announced that while investigating the cause of the collapse, the remaining two buildings will be subjected to integrity test to determine their conditions...
A Nigerian , who is Africa's first/pioneer professor of Cryptocurrency Finance ( CCF) Dr James Chinedu Ihemeje has recommended its formal/official adoption and use in official transactions in Nigeria.
But he cautioned that it should exist under effective regulatory framework by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) and the Security and...
Management of Abia State University Uturu ( ABSU ) and a group of its Lecturers are discordant over the Lecturers' claim of being owed their 12 months salary arrears.
A news report of 16 July, 2025, titled " Abia varsity lecturers lament 12 months unpaid salaries", stated that "about 200 lecturers engaged by the Abia...
The 140 ' Batch 31' Medical doctors trained by Abia State University Uturu ( ABSU ) have been formally inducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
It was gathered that the MDCN had in the past seven years, similarly inducted a total of 607 medical doctors trained by the university in different batches, however, this year's is the first time...
Media practitioners, teachers and students of mass communications, allied professions and occupations, conferred for two days (24-25 June) at Umuahia, Abia state capital, for the 12th Media Institute Training organized annually by Vision Africa , the owner of Vision Africa FM Radio, Umuahia.
The conference themed " Image Makers: Shaping Culture, Inspiring...
The Abia state Chapter of the South East Renewed Hope Agenda ( SERHA) Initiative of president Bola Tinubu has been inaugurated along with the state and 17 LGA Executives.
The ceremony which had the theme " Empowering The Grassroot " also featured the formal inauguration of the State and it's 17...
Abia State University Teaching Hospital has offered its facilities to the medical graduates of the privately owned Gregory University Uturu ( GUU ) Abia state for their mandatory House Officership training programme.
83 medical graduates of the GUU were recently inducted by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
The Deputy Provost, College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the...
