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Police dismiss six cops for cell break in Abia
The Abia State Police Command has dismissed six police officers, after a jail break at the Anti-kidnapping section of the State Criminal Investigation Department in Umuahia. Commissioner of Police in…
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Police dismiss officer who shot FRSC officers in Abia
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Adeleye Oyebade, has said it has dismissed Corporal Iroh Orji who shot two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the Owerrinta…
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Just In: Thousands of Biafran supporters gather at Nnamdi Kanu’s home (WATCH)
A mammoth crowd of pro-biafrans are currently gathered in front of the house of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Abia State. In a…
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Stop encouraging corruption – Peter Obi urges clerics
Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, says some men of God choose to encourage treasury looters instead of telling them the truth. He said this at the 35th Methodist…
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Buhari’s administration is more rewarding, eventful – Anyim
The governorship candidate of the APC, in Abia State in the 2015 general elections, Nyerere Anyim, has said that Muhammadu Buhari’s two years as president is far better than the 'PDP’s…
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Ogah congratulates Ikpeazu, accepts Supreme Court ruling
by Azeez Adeniyi Former Abia governorship aspirant, Uchechukwu Ogah has congratulated the governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu whose election he challenged at the Supreme Court. The apex court had…
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I’ll rather quit politics than join APC – Orji
by Azeez Adeniyi Former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji has said he would rather quit politics than join the All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated this during a town…
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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…
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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…
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Abia Police arrest man, 51, for allegedly defiling 14-year-old boy
by Dolapo Adelana The Abia State Police Command have arrested a 51-year-old man, Daniel Emeka for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old boy identified as Ndubuisi in a hotel room in Aba, The…
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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 30th of December
Read the full stories and analyses here now!
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Abia Assembly impeaches speaker, appoints successor
Members of the Abia state House of Assembly have impeached their speaker, Martins Azubuike. The former speaker had survived four impeachment attempts after he reportedly fell out of favour with…
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Man set ablaze at PDP chairmanship primaries in Abia
The Abia Command of the Police said one person was killed during Wednesday’s chairmanship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Spokesman for the Command, Ogbonnaya Nta, who…
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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…
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Simon Kolawole: Elections, petitions and distractions
Roughly 20 months after Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu was nominated as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, a court case on his candidature is still…
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Opinion: How Christianity and Islam is ruining Nigeria
by Oyeniran Abioje Nigeria has four principal enemies: egocentricism, Christianity, Islam, and ethnicism. Those are the obstacles blocking Nigeria’s way to progress. The Fulani used Islam to gain territories and thrones…
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Diezani bribe: Abia INEC commissioner detained by EFCC
Mr. Sylvester Ezeani, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Abia State has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly receiving N20 million from the N23 billion said…
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Macwrites Spelling Bee Challenge announces change in 2016 championship schedule
The organising and administrating council of The Macwrites Spelling Bee Challenge have announced a readjustment to the 2016 championship schedule. The maiden state-wide edition of The Spelling Bee Challenge for…
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Opinion: Who is the legitimate governor of Abia state now?
by Ahanonu Kingsley In 2007, the former governor of Rivers State and present minister of transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, who by rightful majority, won the PDP's gubernatorial primary held in…
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Just In: Federal High Court affirms Ikpeazu as Abia governor
The Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Friday has affirmed the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state. Giving a ruling on the matter filed by Friday Nwosu…
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According to Uche Ogah, this was why the court confirmed him governor of Abia state
Monday Ubani, the legal representative to the Abia state Governor-elect, Uche Ogah, over the weekend, said that his client filed the suit which ousted the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, after…
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Abia CJ says ‘mischievous politicians’ are to blame for her ‘running away’
The Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Theresa Uzoamaka Uzokwe, has described reports that she ran away from her duty post to avoid swearing-in Uche Ogah as the governor of…
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Abia game of thrones deepens as third contender emerge
A legal floodgate has been let loose in Abia state as a third petitioner has filed a suit seeking to be declared as the rightful governor of the state. The…
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Why INEC had no reason issuing certificate of return to Ogah
The Abia State Government has refuted the claims of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that Samson Ogah was declared the governor of the state because it was not served…
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Ikpeazu to INEC: ‘You can’t issue Certificate of Return when there’s a subsisting appeal’
Okezie Ikpeazu has declared that he is still the Governor of Abia state in spite of the fact that the Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a Certificate of Return…
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Opinion: With Okezie Ikpeazu, Abians got it right
by Chinyere Akatobi Choosing or electing a leader from a poll of qualified or unqualified candidates can most times be tricky and difficult. Politicians approach the electorate wearing their best…
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Billionaire Orji Uzor Kalu arraigned in court for stealing N5.6bn (PHOTOS)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) wants Orji Uzor Kalu to give account of an alleged misappropriation of N5.6billion wile he was governor of Abia state between 1999 and 2007.…
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Opinion: Mr President, should we queue up to be slaughtered or fight the herdsmen?
“All animals are equal; but, some animals are more equal than others”. George Orwell, 1903-1950 in ANIMAL FARM. “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, wife…
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Cultists hack off 2 students’ heads, use as goalpost
Students suspected to be members of a cult severed the heads of two other students of the Abia State University, Uturu, and thereafter used the heads as 'goalposts'. According to…
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APC chieftain in paternity fight, threatens to invoke the gods on his ‘father’
Prince Kelechi Apugo, a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Abia State has threatened to call the wrath of the deities upon his father for disowning him. Kelechi is…
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