Last Wednesday, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti flagged off the construction works to expand the main approach road to Umuahia, the state capital, into six lanes. This was in fulfilment of his pledge to open up Umuahia and unlock her economic potentials. It is a welcome development which will definitely go a long way in opening up the city …

It is no longer news that there is a new Abia where, according to the bible, “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” One of Governor Alex Otti’s major policy thrusts is to cause a rebirth, a rejuvenation and a total change of the Abia routine.  After a season, knowledge increases, and society recreates itself. Society …

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that there are no fewer than 11 federal road projects ongoing in Abia State. Speaking while on inspection of federal roads in the state, where he was received by Governor Alex Otti, Umahi solicited the governor’s help to sort out issues affecting the building of a trailer park at Arungwa Aba, saying …

Abia State Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu has said the state government would invest the N2 billion palliative loan from the Federal Government on transportation. Briefing newsmen at the end of this week’s State Executive Council meeting at the Government House, Umuahia, the state capital, the commissioner, who was accompanied by three other members of the council, …

The mantra is the NEW ABIA, and this announces the new government of Labour Party. Governor Alex Otti is on the saddle and, in the first 100 days, it has not been about a new government but about an intentional and calculated action of orchestrating a paradigm shift. The governor has engaged in a planned and deliberate action of overhauling …

In the face of poor governance and what Prof. Sam Oyovbaire, in a seminal work, called the “retrenchment of the state” in Nigeria, and particularly in the South East geopolitical zone where things have fallen apart, there is the compelling need to ensure that only men of character, imbued with a defining sense of public good are enthroned on the …

A repeat of the 2019 political twist in Zamfara State is looming in Abia State in 2023, elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governorship aspirants of the party have warned. While the All Progressives Congress (APC) which was the sitting party in Zamfara State, won virtually all the National and state elections, the opposition PDP benefitted from judicial …