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Ohafia General Hospital In Bad Condition
The Ohafia General Hospital in Abia is in a deplorable condition and in dire need of immediate government’s attention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A check by a NAN correspondent at the hospital on Saturday, showed that...
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Abia Lawmakers Demand Body Of Student Killed In Borno
ABIA State lawmakers have in a resolution demanded from the University of Maiduguri and the Borno State government, the body of 25-year-old Mr Chukwuma Ogbunji said to be a student of the university who was reportedly killed in...
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Hunger kills 30 per cent of Nigerians, says Abia official
HUNGER has been described as one of the silent killers in Nigeria. In fact, it is adjudged to be responsible for between 20 to 30 per cent of deaths in country. Furthermore, the effects of hunger in the form of malnutrition allegedly accounts...
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House of Reps panel seeks adequate funding of crop research institute
IMPRESSED by the research feats of the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Umuahia in Abia State, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture have recommended that sustained adequate funding and support...
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South Eastern Works Commissioners to storm Abuja over failed roads
UMUAHIA, ABIA STATE — Worried by the level of dilapidation of federal roads in the five South Eastern states, Commissioners of Works in the zone, weekend, resolved to storm Abuja to meet Works Minister, Mr. Mike Onolememen, to seek a solution...
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ABSU gang rape: Victim agreed to be raped – Police
The Abia State Police command has explained why it suspended investigations into the gang rape that happened in its Abia State University. The state police command said the girl-victim consented to the rape.
An online website monitoring the...
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Abia gang rape: Police bar women from protest
“Promise N.5m for information”
Umuahia – SCORES of women from the five South-East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo, were yesterday stopped by the Abia State police command from protesting in Umuahia, the state capital,...
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Boko Haram, a threat to Igbo 2015 presidency bid- Chukwumerije says
ABAKALIKI — Senator Uche Chukwumerije representing Abia North Senatorial district, Abia State in the National Assembly said Wednesday that the aspiration of the Igbos to clinch the Presidential seat in 2015 was gradually taking a strange...
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16 illegal refineries discovered in Abia State
About 16 illegal refineries have been discovered within Imo River Field of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Abia State, causing the company to shut down production of 25, 000 barrels of oil per day since August 28, 2011.
The action...
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Abia State rape suspects freed
“The Abia State Police Commissioner confirmed that arrests were made but the suspects had been released after questioning.”
The men arrested over the gang-rape of a girl in Abia state have been released.
The Abia State Police Commissioner,...
