The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down 150 shops at Eziukwu Market in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state. In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Wednesday, NAFDAC said its personnel shut down the shops during a two-day operation between 16 and 17 December. The regulatory agency … Read more
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says he has approved a discriminatory compensation package to incentivise teaching services in public schools located in remote areas of the state. Mr Otti said this on Friday night during the December edition of his monthly media briefing at the Government House, Umuahia. He said that the initiative would … Read more
The police have charged a member of the House of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, who was caught on camera assaulting a Bolt driver. He was arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Kuje, Abuja, on Wednesday. The lawmaker faces three counts of assault and threat to life. He pleaded not guilty to all three counts on Wednesday. … Read more
The crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) appeared to have worsened as the LP’s leadership announced that the party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 general election is now open to all qualified Nigerians to contest. Julius Abure, the LP’s former national chairperson, announced this on Monday at the party’s national executive committee meeting in Abuja. … Read more
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Nenadi Usman, has emerged as the chairperson of the Labour Party Caretaker Committee. Ms Usman was appointed to the position at the party’s National Executive Council (NEC)/ extended Stakeholders’ meeting, held on Wednesday at Government House, Umuahia, Abia State. However, the controversial chairman of the party, Julius Abure, has dissociated himself … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has asked the Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Emmanuel Emeruwa, to release all entitlements owed to Aaron Uzodike, the newly inaugurated lawmaker. Delayed inauguration PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Uzodike, a member of the PDP, was sworn in on Tuesday after several months during … Read more
Here are the highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the South-east within the past week: Again, gunmen kill a police inspector three others in the South-east The week began on a sad note on Sunday when gunmen killed a police inspector and three civilians in Abia State. The deceased inspector and other … Read more
Suspected kidnappers have abducted a driver and 18 passengers at Azumini, a town in Abia state, South-east Nigeria. The incident occurred last Wednesday, Vanguard newspaper reported. Azumini, a boundary town between Abia and Akwa Ibom State, is located some 15 miles south of the commercial city of Aba. In recent years, because of the high security … Read more
The Abia State Government has said it would pay in tranches salary arrears owed workers in the state-owned higher institutions of learning. The Commissioner for Finance, Mike Akpara, made this known on Tuesday during a press conference in Umuahia, the state capital. Mr Akpara expressed the determination of the present administration to completely change the … Read more
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has spoken on the sack of his chief press secretary and the suspension of the state commissioner for health. PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Otti, earlier in June, suspended the Commissioner for Health in the state, Ngozi Okoronkwo, for “gross misconduct”. This newspaper also reported that the governor also … Read more
