Tag Archives: Abia

Alex Otti has won the governorship election conducted in Abia state last Saturday.    The former managing director of Diamond Bank now Access Bank, was the candidate of Labour Party in the governorship election.   He polled 175,467 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Okey Ahiwe of the PDP who …

The controversial Obingwa LGA results have been declared after the Independent National Electoral Commission resumed collation today.    There had been claims that Obingwa gave PDP 108,000 votes during the governorship election. At the resumed collation, the Collation Officer, Chimaroke Onyebuchi who declared the result said Obingwa had a total …

The Labour party candidate in Abia state, Anthony Chinasa-Abiola who won a seat in the state House of Assembly, has dismissed claims he is from the Yoruba ethnic group. There have been speculations that he is a Yoruba man because of the Abiola attached to his name.     In …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abia suspended the strike it called to demand an improvement in workers’ welfare on Tuesday. The suspension was made public on Friday by the union’s national assistant secretary-general, Mr. Chris Onyeka, following a meeting in Umuahia between the State Government, NLC, and Joint Public …

The presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Abia state.    The state returning officer for the presidential election, Prof. Abel Ezeorah of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Alike-Ikwo (FUNAI), declared the results at INEC state office in Umuahia. …

Chinedum Orji, Speaker of Abia House of Assembly and son of former Governor of Abia state, T.A Orji, has lost the house of representatives election for Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, to Labour Party (LP) candidate, Obi Aguocha.   The Returning Officer, Uma Oke, who announced the result on Monday, …

Chief Whip of the Senate and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial election in Abia North District, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu has been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.     Kalu, a two-term Governor of Abia state polled a total of 30,805 …

An angry mob has killed a man for strangling his brother to death in Ndi Agwu community in Abam, Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State.   The State Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Bala, confirmed the incident when he debunked report that two people died in the course of the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be conducting fresh presidential and National Assembly elections today, February 27, in seven local government areas of Abia State.   INEC Administration Secretary in the state, Mr. Clement Oha, said the elections will be held by 8 a.m at various polling units in …

The Abia state chapter of the All Progressive Congress has dismissed reports that it has suspended Abia North Senatorial candidate and Chief Whip of the Senate, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu.   The media was earlier in the day awash with reports that Kalu had been suspended. Denying the report, the …