The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Leye Oyebade, said on Monday that the force had dismissed Police Corporal Iroh Orji, for shooting two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at Aba.
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UPDATE ON FRSC OFFICIALS’ SHOOTING: TWO SECURITY OPERATIVES IN POLICE CUSTODY – POLICE
The Abia Police Command has arrested and detained two security operatives involved in Saturday’s shooting of two officials of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Aba.
Continue reading »POLICEMEN SHOOT FRSC OFFICERS FOR STOPPING SPEAKER’S WIFE’S CAR
The Abia State House of Assembly Speaker, Chikwendu Kalu, on Saturday, allegedly ordered some policemen in the state to shoot officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps on patrol.
Continue reading »TWO DIE, 26 INJURED IN ABIA ROAD ACCIDENTS
AT least two persons have lost their lives while 20 others sustained various degrees of injuries in two separate auto crashes in Abia State. The first crash involved a Mazda L300 bus with Registration Number XT 215 WER and with a Toyota Hilux van with Registration Number KSF 761 BC along Ubakala axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. According to […]
Continue reading »ABIA MOTORISTS PROTEST TEST LEVY
Commercial drivers in Abia State have called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to stop the alleged illegal N1,000.00 driving test levy collected by the Board of Internal Revenue. The aggrieved commercial drivers said the amount was usually taken from them while trying to renew their driver’s licence.
Continue reading »ONE KILLED, 12 INJURED IN ABIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL STUDENTS ROAD CRASH
One person has been confirmed dead after a fatal road accident involving medical students of the Abia State University, Uturu, along the Isiala Ngwa end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. It was gathered that 12 others who sustained varying degrees of injury were receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. It was learnt that the students were returning from […]
Continue reading »20 ESCAPE DEATH AS FUEL TANKER CRASHES INTO CARS, TRAILER IN ABA
Over 20 persons escaped death in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, when the brake of a fuel tanker failed and it crashed into two cars before ramming into a trailer as all the vehicles moved in the same direction. Vanguard gathered that the fuel tanker with registration number, Anambra: NEN 571 XA and the other vehicles including the trailer, a Mack […]
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