Abia State News

Heavy Explosion Rocks Catholic Church In Umuahia(Photo) There is currently a heavy tension in Umuahia following an explosion that rocked Mater Dei Catholic Church, Azikiwe Road, Abia the explosion which occurred in the church premises at about 2:45pm, caused pandemonium in the area as residents s…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abia State says it has recorded 33 accidents between January and November 14, this year. The Abia Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Commander Meshach Jatau, disclosed this on Friday at the Aba Park, while speaking to drivers at a sen…

Fire on Saturday gutted about 156 shops at the timber and furniture section of Nkwo Ngwa market in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia, leaving many families in grief for their losses. The Chairman of the market traders’ association, Okechukwu Lawrence, told NAN at the market on Sunday that …

The family of a former finance minister, Nenadi Usman, has written the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over what it termed the cold murder of 31-year-old Anita Akapson, the daughter of the former minister. In a petition signed by the lawyer to the family, Kayode Ajulo, the Usmans al…

The Abia State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the death of 19 persons, following Friday’s pipeline explosion in two villages in Osisioma Local Government Area of the state. The state Commander of the organisation, Mr Benito Eze, confirmed the numbe…

A crocodile has attacked and ate a woman and her 5-month-old baby. Officials said on Monday that the woman had gone to fetch water from a lake in north-western Uganda. “This is a situation where species often have to fight over natural resources – land and water – and many rural families don’…

There was pandemonium in Adagbrasa-Ugolo community, in the Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State on Sunday after  a church, St. Paul Catholic Church, collapsed. While an 11-year-old boy was confirmed dead, no fewer than 15 others reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury. Our correspo…

THE family of the National Youth Service Corps member shot dead by a police officer, Angela Igwetu, has told the police authorities to go after the hospital that attended  to the corps member, saying  the autopsy report faulted the claims made by the hospital. The PUNCH had reported that the 23-ye…

Pic.30. Ball of fire and smoke bellow from tankers explosion on Otedola Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday (28/6/18). 03474/28/6/2018/Olatunde Okoya/BJO/NAN Several persons who witnessed Thursday’s tanker accident on Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have narrated how i…

A Chicago-based Nigerian pharmacist, Olasunkanmi Esho, has allegedly killed his Cameroonian wife, Bourk Esho, and their eight-year-old daughter, Olivia. Olasunkanmi, 42, who lived in Ilinois, Chicago, in the United States of America, was alleged to have also shot himself dead after the incident…

Woman Jumped Into Lagoon Allegedly Over Leaked Nude Photos the woman committed suicide after her nude photos went viral. Allegedly released online by , her boyfriend Sources close to the woman’s family explained that the woman is a Texas-based Businesswoman, and her husband is an Access Bank st…

The Eyin Ala area of Akure, Ondo State, was thrown into mourning  after two kids of the same parents, Olufemitan (nine) and Oluwafifunmi (seven), were found dead inside a non-functioning freezer in their house on Road 1, Eyin Ala, Akure. It was gathered that the mother of the children, Mrs. Olu…

A three- storey building being demolished killed a woman in Abia on Monday. The woman identified as Mrs. Precious Chizoba Okeke was hawking within the premises of the building at 160 Port Harcourt Road when the building collapsed and killed her. Eyewitnesses said the deceased leg was still sev…

There was confusion in the Ojota area of Lagos State after a middle-aged man, identified only as Muyibi, collapsed and died in a commercial cab. The victim boarded the cab after withdrawing money from a United Bank for Africa branch in the Ogudu area. The driver was said to have demanded the …

The Senator representing Katsina North Central District, Engineer Mustapha Bukar is dead. The Senator, also known as Madawakin Daura, reportedly died Wednesday morning in Abuja. The late Senator’s personal assistant, Ahmed Daura, posted the news of his principal’s death on his Facebook page ea…

Earlier today, 03/04/2018, a fatal accident involving a vehicle in the convoy of the wife of the Governor of Abia State, occurred along Ururuka Road near Ndiolumbe in Isiala Ngwa South LGA of the state. The white Toyota Hiace Hummer bus, which was returning to Umuahia after an engagement in Obing…

The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Baba Jibril is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three-time member of the house, died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja. One of his political associates, Mr Amuda Dan Sulaiman confirmed the death to …

A female soldier attached to the Ngwa High School Forward Operation Base ( FOB ) whose name is yet to be identified has reportedly killed a woman at Osisioma junction leading to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) depot off Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. The woman whose na…

A man suspected to be mentally-deranged, Lekan Adebisi, on Monday allegedly stormed St. John’s Primary School, Agodo, in the Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State and hacked two pupils to death. The victims were identified as Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi. They were both four…

Tragedy has befallen the people of Umuocha Ohuba-Ubomiri in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State as a palm wine tapper simply identified as Njoku, was on Thursday found dead on top a palm tree. A villager, Iheanyi Enwerem, told Southern City News that the deceased had left his house …