The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday said it seized 87 truckloads of banned, expired and substandard medicinal products, including USAID and UNFPA-donated antiretroviral drugs, male and female condoms, among others. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who revealed this on Wednesday, added that counterfeiters were after her life and those of her workers. Adeyeye, …

Security operatives, in collaboration with the Feeder Team of Aba Power Distribution Company, have arrested two suspects involved in illegal meter tampering in Aba, Abia State. The suspects were apprehended on Orji Street, off Umule Road, following overwhelming evidence linking them to energy theft, a crime that undermines electricity security in the Aba ring-fenced area. This was disclosed in a …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested two teenagers suspected of oil theft and destroyed of several illegal refineries in the Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State. The arrests were made as part of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad’s ongoing efforts to combat oil theft and economic sabotage. According to a statement by …

Residents of Umuahia and Owerri, the capital cities of Abia and Imo State, shunned the nationwide hunger protest scheduled for Thursday, and went about their lawful daily activities. Those who monitored the situation, reported that there was palpable quiet and serene atmosphere in the two cities. In Umuahia, commercial banks, eateries, business premises and government offices were under lock and …

2 Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have dismantled a training camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Abia State. The NA disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Thursday. The statement revealed that, in collaboration with Task Force Tactical Patrol Squad, the Army raided the camp located in …

The Abia State Police Command said it had commenced an investigation into the beheading of a 70-year-old man identified as Zachary Nmaduka, a native of Ezieke Akpukpa Uturu in Isiukwuato Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. It was reported that the victim, who was the home branch chairman of Uturu Development Union, Uturu in the area, had gone …

The Abia State Government said it has discovered 2,300 ghosts in its payroll system and weeded them out, thus saving over N220 million on monthly wage bill. The state said the ghost workers were detected following ongoing verification of civil servants in the state. At meeting on Monday with the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, in Umuahia, the state capital, …

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has approved the appointment of former Super Eagles skipper and two-time CAF Player of the Year, Nwankwo Kanu as the chairman of Enyimba International Football Club of Aba. Nwankwo will be replacing the club’s longest-serving chairman, Chief Felix Anyansi Agwu who was in charge of the team for 24 years. Kanu’s appointment was confirmed …

The decision of the governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti to retain the Clerk of the Abia State House of Assembly, Mr. John Pedro Irokansi; and Mrs. U. G. Uche Ikonne, widow of the Prof. Uche Ikonne, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who died in the build-up to this year’s election, as Solicitor General of …

Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia on Finance, Mr. Mike Akpara has described the claim by former Governon Okezie Ikpeazu of leaving N24 billion in the state government coffers as false. In a Facebook post, Ikpeazu’s former aide, Ikechukwu Iroha stated that several billions of Naira were allegedly left behind for the Alex Otti administration by the former governor. …