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EU Launches €13 Million Social Protection Project in Abia

EU Launches €13 Million Social Protection Project in Abia State

September 30, 2025 6:06 am

European Union (EU) with UNICEF, ILO, and Abia State partner to expand safety nets for Nigeria’s most vulnerable under EU-backed SUSI initiative.

A €13 million European Union-backed project aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s social protection system has been launched in Abia State, with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Abia government serving as key partners.

The initiative — known as the Social Protection System Strengthening Project (SUSI) — will run from 2024 to 2027 across Abia, Benue, Oyo, Sokoto, and the Federal Capital Territory. Its goal is to expand safety nets for poor and vulnerable …

Governor Otti Of Abia The Golden Boy Of Nigeria

Governor Otti Of Abia: “The Golden Boy” Of Nigeria

April 1, 2024 2:46 am

In May 2023, an era of unprecedented transformation commenced in Abia State, an important region in southeastern Nigeria, as Dr. Alex Otti assumed the governorship. Renowned for his remarkable turnaround of Diamond Bank, Otti, a former banking magnate, brought with him not just a wealth of experience but also a vision that promised to redefine the state’s governance and economic landscape. His ascendancy symbolized more than a change in leadership; it heralded a new dawn of transparency, accountability, and economic development that has since begun to reshape Abia’s destiny.

The tenure of Governor Otti, often referred to as the “Golden …

Senatorial Loss Governor Ikpeazu's Defeat

Senatorial Loss: Governor Ikpeazu’s Defeat, Well-Deserved

March 9, 2023 3:37 am

Despite its widely acclaimed failures, the just concluded 2023 general elections in Nigeria will not go down in the history books for only negatives. One of the positives of the elections is the upheaval and dismantling of evil structures belonging to several criminals in the Nigerian political space. For a vast majority of right-thinking Nigerians, the 2023 election will certainly be hailed for retiring the likes of Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu to political oblivion.

Many Nigerian political actors have not come to the full realisation that power is actually a responsibility, therefore an individual vested with any form of …

2023 Why Peter Obi Is Better Than Atiku – PDP Chieftain

2023: Why Peter Obi Is Better Than Atiku – PDP Chieftain

October 21, 2022 2:24 am

Mr. Sampson Orji who is a chieftain of the opposition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and was also the governorship aspirant of the party in Abia State, has declared his unalloyed support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP in a shocking move. 

Orji made this known in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Friday.

According to him, his preference for Obi against his party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was acnhored on Obi’s competence which was vital at this point for Nigeria.

He went on further to posit that …

2023 Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

2023: Wike Pledges To Flog, Crush PDP ‘Small Boys’

September 6, 2022 6:45 am

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has boasted that he would not leave his political opponents for God, insisting that he would deal with them himself saying he has what it takes to do so. 

Wike openly declared that he would flog ‘the small boys.’

Governor Wike spoke on Monday when he inaugurated the Okezuo Abia Flyover along the Aba -Enugu Expressway in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, and the rehabilitated Aba- Owerri Road in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.

“God has given me what it takes to crush these people, for me to crush my …

Will Ikpeazu Ever Stop Lying, And Pay 20 Months Salaries?

Will Ikpeazu Ever Stop Lying, And Pay 20 Months Salaries?

August 30, 2020 11:39 am

One of the natural laws states that ‘a worker deserves his or her wages’ and this law has been corroborated by the Quran and the Bible. Ironically this is not the case in Abia State. Those that Abians have elected to serve them have turned to become overlords and have chosen to eat up even the little that belongs to all of them. Governor Okeie Ikpeazu has turned out to be a thorn in the flesh of most Abia indigenes especially those in the Civil service sector.

When Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu assumed office as the Governor of Abia State …

2023: PDP Must Zone Presidential Ticket To Southeast - Ikpeazu

Governor Ikpeazu Ruining Abia State

July 24, 2020 11:27 am

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has earned a notorious reputation in the Southeast. Not only has he been ranked as one of the worst Governors to ever rule Abia state, but he has also been ranked as one of the Governors who contributed to the downfall of the state.

In a detailed report made against him by a reputable media source, he used the campaign of Made in Aba products to fund a string of secret companies in China which he used to launder funds through his fraudulent aides which is why he has no control over some of …

Ikpeazu Secures ₦27.4 Billion World Bank Funding For Aba Roads

Ikpeazu Secures ₦27.4 Billion World Bank Funding For Aba Roads

June 1, 2020 10:24 am

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has assured the people of Aba and the entire State that his administration will do an excellent job in the total reconstruction Ngwa, Uratta, Port Harcourt, Ohanku and Obohia roads.

Speaking for the very first time on the impending reconstruction works on the roads on a live radio programme on Magic FM Aba, the Governor made it clear that all preparations have been concluded to commence a total rebuilding of the aforementioned roads.

According to the Governor, the apparent delay in starting work on those roads was because his administration wanted to get a …

Aba - Generating Billions, Groaning Under Decay

Aba: Generating Billions, Groaning Under Decay

March 8, 2020 5:33 pm

Aba, popularly known as Enyimba City, the commercial city of Abia State and industrial hub of the entire South-East and Nigeria, is variously described as the Japan of Africa. But despite the commercial activities in the city, which rakes in millions of naira on a daily basis, the state of infrastructure in the God’s Own State is very poor, to put it mildly.

It is no longer news that almost all kinds of commodities, including shoes, bags, leather wears, clothing etc, are manufactured in Aba, just as there are many small and medium enterprises, and all kinds of engineering fabrication. …

Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu Sets Trap For Army, Orders CCTV Installation

February 12, 2020 9:45 am

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has ordered the installation of a Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, camera in his family compound in Afaraukwu, Abia State, ahead of his parents’ burial.

Nnamdi Kanu explained that the installation of the CCTV cameras would monitor the activities of the Nigerian Army during the burial ceremony of his parents on Friday.

The IPOB leader, who spoke during his latest live broadcast on Radio Biafra threatened to kill the children of the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai if any IPOB member was injured during the burial ceremony.

According to Kanu: “We

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IPOB

Police’ll Cause Problem Nigeria Won’t Recover From – IPOB

February 12, 2020 9:45 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Wednesday, warned the police against attacking mourners during the burial ceremony of the parents of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife in Afaraukwu, Abia State.

IPOB warned that the police would be setting up a chain reaction that Nigeria may never recover from if mourners were attacked during the burial ceremony.

The traditional ruler of Afaraukwu community and his wife, who died last year would be buried on Friday.

Read Also: IPOB Should Not Come Near Umuahia – CP

Ahead of the burial, the Police Commissioner in Abia

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