Abia State

February 16, (THEWILL) - Eight persons have been confirmed dead in a Tuesday midnight attack at the new cattle market at Omumauzor community, in Ukwa West local government area of Abia State. Though the identity of the hoodlums were yet...

February 03, (THEWILL) - Abia state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate closure of the abattoir/cattle market and Ahia Udele market. A statement issued on Thursday by the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Chief John Kalu, explained that...

February 01, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted eleven workers of Umunneochi council in Abia State. The workers, THEWILL gathered, were intercepted on Monday evening at Leru, a boundary town between Abia and Imo states along the Enugu–Port...

January 29, (THEWILL) - A Fuel Station owned by a petroleum product marketing company, Master Energy located along Aba-Owerri road in Umuahia, Abia State has been gutted by fire. Though the cause of the fire incident is yet to be...

Abia State, in south-eastern Nigeria, was created in 1991 from the eastern half of former Imo state, with Umuahia as the capital. Aba is its largest commercial city. The state is bordered by Enugu and Ebonyi to the north,...

December 16, (THEWILL) - A former governor of Abia state and Chief Whip of the senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to postpone its national convention slated for February 2022. Kalu also appealed to...

December 13, (THEWILL) - At least, a police officer has been killed following an attack by gunmen on the Abia State Police Command headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital. The dead officer, an Inspector, was on guard duty in front of...

October 13, (THEWILL) - Suspected kidnappers on Wednesday morning, abducted a Catholic priest, Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie, of St Theresa’s Parish, Ohokobe Afaraukwu Ibeku community in Umuahia North local government area of  Abia State. The kidnappers reportedly intercepted his car, a Toyota Corolla along Enyiukwu...

September 20, (THEWILL) - At least one person is feared dead and three others injured after a robbery attack on students of Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu, Abia state. The students were reportedly returning to the school from the Final Religious Profession...

September 03, (THEWILL) - The Abia State Government has appealed for calm over the death of Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church and six others. Reports say, Ugba and six members of his family, died after...