It was a tragic Tuesday yesterday in Abia as some gunmen reportedly attacked the Abia State Commissioner for Trade, Investments, Commerce and Industry, Dr. Chibueze Ukaegbu and killed two mobile policemen.The incident happened yesterday at Old Express Road by Faulks near Samek Junction at Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State.According to eyewitnesses, the hoodlums ambushed the commissioner while he was returning from a meeting with the leaders of various m...

One of the incumbent commissioners in Nasarawa state, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Yakubu Lawal has just been abducted by gunmen.Lawal was reportedly abducted at his residence in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area by gunmen after sporadic shootings.A family source confirmed the incident, noting that the gunmen who whisked him away between 9.00pm and 9.45pm were heavily armed.State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel sai...

Mrs Patience Umo Eno, the first lady of Akwa Ibom state, has died after an illness.Ini Ememobong, the state commissioner for information, announced the first lady’s passing in a statement issued in the early hours of Friday.The commissioner said the first lady died on Thursday in a hospital in the presence of her family.He said “further details will be provided” in due course while expressing the appreciation of Governor Umo Eno to those who “stood by the family in...