ABIA

Protests shake Umuahia following the death of a Navy cadet in a swimming pool, and the Abia government swears justice

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The bodies of Emmanuel Onyeomereneche, a Cadet Officer from Abia State, who was discovered dead in the pool of the Hotel Royal Damgrate last week, will be investigated by the Abia State administration. Speaking to the grieving residents of Okwuta-Ibeku, Umuahia North LGA, who had gathered to demonstrate against their son’s death, Navy Commander Macdonald … Read more

Former Abia governor Ogbonnaya Onu is mourned by Orji Kalu, who says, “He’ll be greatly missed.”

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Dr. Ogbannaya Onu was a former minister of science, technology, and innovation, and his loss has been acknowledged with regret by Orji Kalu, who was also the chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatization and a former governor of Abia State. Onu, a former governor of Abia State, passed away on Thursday in Abuja after … Read more

Government of Abia steps in after family denies abducting widow’s children

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In response to a grievance voiced by Mrs. Grace Emelogu, a widow who claimed that her in-laws had abducted her two children, commissioner Mrs. Ngozi Blessing Felix and officials of the Abia State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation have intervened. After her husband, Christian Emelogu, died, Emelogu’s in-laws from Amachara, Umuahia South LGA, … Read more