Chieftain of Labour Party beheaded in Abia State

Chieftain of the ruling Labour Party in Abia State, Nigeria, Mr. Maduka Zachary popularly known as ” Power Zac”, has been reportedly beheaded in his house. According to Vanguard, the deceased who was the Campaign Director of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections in Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state was slaughtered […]

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Labour Party’s Alex Otti is Abia State gov-elect

Nigerian economist, banker, investor, philanthropist and politician, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State, Nigeria. He trounced his opponents, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got […]

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Abia State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate is dead

Abia State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Prof Uche Ikonne, has passed away. This was announced in a statement by his son, Dr Chikezie Uche-Ikonne, on Wednesday. The statement read: “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today January 2023 […]

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Former Abia State Commissioner for Sports, Uche Mpamah, dies

Former Commissioner for Sports in Abia State, Uche Mpamah, has died. The late Mpamah died of an undisclosed illness on Saturday, September 4, according to Daily Times, Hon Sam Onuigbo, a Member representing Ikuwano/Umuahia federal constituency of Abia state in the House of Representatives, confirmed his death in a statement, where he expressed sadness over […]

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6 Nigerian soldiers, unknown gunmen feared killed in Abia state

Six soldiers and an undisclosed number of gunmen are feared dead in Ohafia, Ohafia council area of Abia state in the early hours of Saturday as the military battled gunmen in the area. Vanguard gathered that on Thursday, at about 5pm, unknown gunmen had stormed the Ebem motor park, shot sporadically in the air and […]

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Another Police station burnt by gunmen in Abia state

Just about six hours after Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu left Bende LGA headquarters after the civic reception for a three-time (12 years) immediate past House of Representatives member who represented Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Nnenna Ukeje, gunmen burnt Bende Police Station, in Bende LGA. This was just a few hours after the National […]

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NDLEA office in Abia State razed by gunmen

Unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday attacked the Ohafia office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), located at Amaekpu, in Ohafia LGA of Abia state, setting the building ablaze. This is as the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Amaekpu, Ohafia was attacked last Sunday. Confirming the […]

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