It is no news that Aba is top on the list of the some of the major hubs of commercial activities in South-East Nigeria. There is a no fashion accessory that cannot be replicated in Aba. And, most times, the cloned versions turn out to be better. The history of the market continues to add... Read More

June 15, 2018

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The Late 5: Three die in Aba as Soldiers and Police engage in shoot out, Egypt and Morocco lose opening games and other stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Three persons have been feared dead in Abia on Friday as personnel of the Nigerian Army attached to the Forward Operation Base, Aba and Mobile Policemen engaged in heavy shootout over alleged assault on one of them. The situation which occurred at the Osisioma Ngwa junction along... Read More

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Aba, APC, kaduna, Zamfara

October 19, 2017

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IPOB: Abia governor Ikpeazu lifts curfew on Aba

Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has lifted the curfew imposed on the commercial city of Aba. What happened: Governor Ikpeazu had declared a 6am to 6pm curfew in Aba after some members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) clashed with soldiers. What is happening: Enyinnaya Appolos, the governor’s chief press secretary said it is as a... Read More

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Aba, Abia, curfew, IPOB, Okezie Ikpeazu

September 15, 2017

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Gov Ikpeazu extends Aba curfew till Sunday

The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu has further extended the curfew in Aba to Sunday. Reference: Tuesday 12, the governor declared a three-day curfew – after the clash between soldiers of the Nigerian Army and members/supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Thursday 14, the curfew was extended to Friday. Happening now: The curfew... Read More

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Aba, Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu, Operation Python Dance II

September 14, 2017

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‘Army to withdraw troops from Abia’

The Nigerian army has agreed to withdraw its soldiers from Aba and Umuahia in Abia. The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu, made the announcement of the withdrawal of troops during a press conference on Thursday. Troops had been deployed to the state for a military exercise tagged Operation Python Dance II, but have only met... Read More

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Aba, Abia, Ikezie Ikpeazu, Nigerian Army, Operation Python Dance II, Umuahia

September 14, 2017

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Police station razed in Abia (PHOTOS)

The Ariaria police station in Aba, Abia state, has been burnt down, TheCable reports. The station was said to have been attacked on Thursday morning; cause yet unknown. The attack on the police station is coming a day after members of the group were said to have killed a police sergeant in Rivers state. Security... Read More

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Aba, Abia, nigerian police

September 12, 2017

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Governor Ikpeazu declares curfew in Aba

The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu has declared a three-day curfew in Aba, following the Nigerian army’s activities in the state. A statement issued on Tuesday by the state government, Ikpeazu expressed concerns over the launch of a military exercise tagged, Operation Python Dance II in the state and other south-eastern states by the Nigerian... Read More

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Aba, Abia, IPOB, Nigerian Army, Okezie Ikpeazu, Operation Python Dance II

June 15, 2017

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Top four winners in the Hi-Life regional competition

Hi-Life Fest, a talent competition aimed at discovering and development of upcoming artistes through the mentorship of key music industry players, has announced its top four regional winners. Hi-Life Fest is an initiative of Life Continental Lager Beer, a brand committed to the progress of the Igbo man. Highlife music is important to the people... Read More

Dogara bestowed with chieftaincy title in Aba

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday, was honoured with the title, Ome Udo 1 (Peace Maker) of Aba at the palace of the traditional ruler of Aba, Eze Isaac Ikonne. Ikonne said the award is to recognize Dogara’s integrity and leadership qualities, which has ensured peace, unity and development in the... Read More

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Aba, Ome Udo I, Yakubu Dogara

April 4, 2017

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BEYOND BIAFRA: From the heart of Aba, a food revolution is coming

by Victor Akhidenor Agbai Amarachi is on a mission. She is a student of the department of Food Science and Technology at Abia State Polytechnic, Aba and she wants to take the world, Nigerians at least, on a new adventure. “I’m working on the proximate analysis of cassava flour blended with African yam beans flour... Read More

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Aba, Abia, Ariaria, Beyond Biafra, biafra, magazine, onitsha, Umuahia

April 4, 2017

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BEYOND BIAFRA: Stories of innovation, grit and tenacity from the South-East

This month’s citizenship series on YNaija is focused on the South-East part of Nigeria. Keeping in line with our commitment to focus on the people that matter and their stories, our reporter, Victor Akhidenor has unearthed several narratives, with both breadth of scope and depth of focus. From breakthroughs in food to stories about finding success... Read More

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Aba, Abia, Ariaria, Beyond Biafra, biafra, magazine, onitsha, Umuahia

February 28, 2017

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Regulatory agencies must be agents of profound change – Osinbajo

by Dolapo Adelana Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged government’s regulatory agencies to act as catalysts of beneficial change and to take responsibility for facilitating businesses in the country. Osinbajo said this on Tuesday in Aba to regulatory agencies during a follow-up meeting with the Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, medium and small scale... Read More

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Aba, businesses, Change, MSMEs, nafdac, Regulatory agencies, son, Yemi Osinbajo

October 27, 2016

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Girls in Aba start having sex at 10 – Report

Girls in Aba, Abia State start engaging in sexual activities at the age of 10, a medical practitioner, Godwin Uwaoma has said. According to Uwaoma who is the Chairman of the Thematic Working Group at the Nigerian Faith Based Advisory Council for AIDS (NFACA), the discovery was made during a 2014 research. He lamented that... Read More

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Aba, Girls, report

September 21, 2016

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YNaija Analysis: 5 things ‘Made In Aba’ must do

On Monday, Sam Hart, an SSA to the Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, announced that MadeInAba.com.ng will go live on October 1. Many of us are old enough to remember when ‘Aba Made’ was used as an insult, but going by the reactions to his tweet, all this is about to change. It is just... Read More

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Aba, aba made, Abia, analysis, Branding, nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu

May 6, 2016

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Abia state recruiting ‘Able-bodied’ vigilantes

In the wake of the outbreak of violence in Aba, Abia state, between Igbo butchers and Hausas as well as the growing threat of Fulani herdsmen, the state governor has instructed traditional rulers to submit names of 10 able bodied men in their community to serve in the state vigilante force. Godwin Adindu, Chief Press Secretary... Read More

‘Buratai confessed that soldiers killed Biafrans while praying’ – IPOB

Following the Chief Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai’s disclosure that the army has set up a committee to investigate the alleged killing of pro-Biafra protesters in Aba, Abia state, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Friday, rejected the committee. IPOB said the committee is “is fundamentally riddled with conflict of interest and lacks the... Read More

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Aba, army, biafra, Committee, IPOB

February 10, 2016

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How 6 pro-Biafra protesters were ‘shot dead’ by security agents in Aba

6 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra were on Tuesday killed in Aba, Abia state, while 20 others were arrested by security agents. The IPOB members were said to have been protesting the continued detention of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing trial for treason and other crimes against the federal government. Vanguard... Read More

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Aba, biafra, enugu, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu

February 4, 2016

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Saraki inspects Aba-made military fatigues (PHOTOS)

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, inspected locally-made military fatigues at the National Assembly. The Senator representing Abia-South Senatorial District of Abia State, Enyinnaya Abaribe, presented the kits which were made in Aba, to the Senate President. See photos below.

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Aba, Bukola Saraki, military kits, Senator ABaribe

May 21, 2015

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Gunmen abduct woman driving kids to school in Aba

by Ranti Joseph Is moving around no longer safe, a woman going to drop off her kids at school was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Aba, Abia state. According to Vanguard, eyewitness said that the kidnappers used their vehicle to block the woman as she approached Road 8 junction, Federal Housing Estate, Ogbor Hill, and... Read More

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Aba, Abia State, kidnap, kids, woman

January 22, 2015

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Opinion: Why Abia has totally fallen in love with Alex Otti

by Ifeanyi Amanze In Abia State, prospective voters are coming to terms with the fact that they’ve been handed a raw and fake deal in the past and are ready to pitch tent with a thinker “Aba ma ndi Aba (Aba knows its own people)”, the cheering crowd yelled as Alex Otti waltzed through Ariaria... Read More

Aba, Abia, Alex Otti, Ariaria, Ifeanyi Amanze, Madubuko Hart, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, Theodore Orji

January 16, 2015

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Opinion: The hallucinations of Madubuko Hart and the wind of change in Abia

by Ifeanyi Amanze It is not the fact that Hart spews his gibberish from a beer parlour that riles. It is the fact that in striving to live up to the billing of his paymasters, he often swerves into the realm of lies, half-truths and outright mendacity. It was always going to be the case... Read More

Aba, Abia, Ifeanyi Amanze, Madubuko Hart, nigeria, Politics

January 9, 2015

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Buhari goes to Aba, gets chieftancy title, buys groundnuts (PHOTOS)

by Azubuike Azikiwe The nationwide campaign tour of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, has berthed in the commercial city of Aba in Abia state. He paid a courtesy visit to the palace of the Enyi of Aba, where he was conferred with the traditional title of Ogbuagu 1 of Aba (The... Read More

Aba, Abia State, All Progressives Congress, Chris Ngige, Enyi of Aba, John Odigie-Oyegun, Muhammadu Buhari, Ogbonnaya Onu, Ogbuagu 1, Rochas Okorocha, Rotimi Amaechi

November 26, 2014

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@egbas: See Aba and weep (Pictures!!!)

by Jude Egbas “The decay of Aba made a former Governor of the old Imo State (Sam Mbakwe) weep, which was why he was nicknamed the ‘weeping Governor”, Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji told a pack of bloggers and new media influencers on a warm November night inside the Abia State government House a fortnight ago.... Read More

Aba, Abia State, Jude Egbas, opinion, Sam Mbakwe, Weeping, ynaija

November 25, 2014

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Orji Kalu is a political liability, ignore him – Gov. Orji

by Akan Ido Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has told his predecessor, Orji Uzor Kalu to stop pointing accusing fingers to his direction over his (Kalu’s) political woes. Governor Orji who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Ajunwa, denied allegation by Kalu that he had handpicked all the candidates for various elective... Read More

Aba, Abia, Charles Ajunwa, Orji Uzor Kalu, PDP, Politics, Theodore Orji

November 22, 2014

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Opinion: #Abia and the insanity of a critic

by Madubuko Hart I was astonished that some persons are still backward in the way they reason and act. Some of them, for the ill-gains they make from their paymasters, especially in politics, are ready to engage in shoddy businesses. It was to my uttermost disbelief that one Okwadike Ikpeazu could fall into such group... Read More

Aba, Abia, Charles Ajunwa, critic, nigeria, Okwadike Ikpeazu, Politics, TA Orji, Umuahia

October 25, 2014

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Union Bank holds 2014 Market Access for SMEs in Lagos

by Jewel Stephen Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, in partnership with ‘Business Day and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) is a proud sponsor of the 2014 edition of the annual SME event Market Access for SMEs. The Lagos-leg of the event took place on Tuesday 21 October, at the Civic... Read More

Aba, Business Day, kano, lagos, Market Access for SMEs, SMEDAN, union bank, workshop

September 16, 2014

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“They killed my daughter” || Landlord machetes two tenants in Aba

by Azubuike Azikiwe Police officers of the Ndiegoro Division, Aba, Abia state, have arrested Emmanuel Ndukwe, a landlord, for cutting down two of his tenants with a machete. The incident happened at 2, Ogechi Street, off Ohanku road, after Ndukwe accused his tenant and his wife of being responsible for the death of his 7-year-old daughter.... Read More

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Aba, Abia State, Crescent Mammah, death, Emmanuel Ndukwe, landlord, machete cuts, Maduabuchi, Ndiegoro Division, Ogechi, Ohanku, police, tenants

September 1, 2014

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GOtv launches in Makurdi with open-air concert

by Jewel Stephen To mark the launch of its service in the city of Makurdi, GOtv on Wednesday, 20 August 2014 held an open air concert at the Cool-off Park. Hosts for the event were Radio Benue’s On-air-personality, Henry Ipole aka H316, Archbishop of the Microphone Diocese supported by comedian Eneche. In GOtv’s characteristic nature... Read More

July 27, 2014

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Who will educate us? Who will give us light? How many more have to die from generator fumes?

by Mayowa Aboah Fumes from a generator have reportedly killed a 6 year-old boy in Aba, Abia State. The incident occurred on a Friday night as members of Young People’s Christian Fellowship, located on Eziukwu road, Aba, passed out due to fumes from a generator that was within the fellowship premises. According to witnesses,... Read More

Aba, Abia State, Electricity, Eziukwu road, generator fumes, power generation

July 27, 2014

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Boy dies, 15 others unconscious during church vigil in Aba

by S’ola Filani A six-year-old boy has been reported dead while doctors are now battling to save the lives of 15 others as a result of generator fume they inhaled during a vigil in Aba, Abia State. According to reports, the victims were conducting an inter-denominational all night prayer Friday at the Young Peoples Christian... Read More

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‘Army to withdraw troops from Abia’

Police station razed in Abia (PHOTOS)

Governor Ikpeazu declares curfew in Aba

Top four winners in the Hi-Life regional competition

Dogara bestowed with chieftaincy title in Aba

BEYOND BIAFRA: From the heart of Aba, a food revolution is coming

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Regulatory agencies must be agents of profound change – Osinbajo

Girls in Aba start having sex at 10 – Report

YNaija Analysis: 5 things ‘Made In Aba’ must do

Abia state recruiting ‘Able-bodied’ vigilantes

‘Buratai confessed that soldiers killed Biafrans while praying’ – IPOB

How 6 pro-Biafra protesters were ‘shot dead’ by security agents in Aba

Saraki inspects Aba-made military fatigues (PHOTOS)

Gunmen abduct woman driving kids to school in Aba

Opinion: Why Abia has totally fallen in love with Alex Otti

Opinion: The hallucinations of Madubuko Hart and the wind of change in Abia

Buhari goes to Aba, gets chieftancy title, buys groundnuts (PHOTOS)

@egbas: See Aba and weep (Pictures!!!)

Orji Kalu is a political liability, ignore him – Gov. Orji

Opinion: #Abia and the insanity of a critic

Union Bank holds 2014 Market Access for SMEs in Lagos

“They killed my daughter” || Landlord machetes two tenants in Aba

GOtv launches in Makurdi with open-air concert

Who will educate us? Who will give us light? How many more have to die from generator fumes?

Boy dies, 15 others unconscious during church vigil in Aba

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