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Abia State Confirms First Case of Monkeypox

Abia State Confirms First Case of Monkeypox

By Elizabeth Austin, Lagos The Abia State Government has confirmed its first case of monkeypox, according to an announcement made by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, on Monday, August 19. Out of 13 suspected cases, one has been confirmed positive, nine have tested negative, and three are still awaiting confirmation. Fortunately, no deaths have been recorded so far. The confirmed case was reported in the Isiala Ngwa Local Government Area. In response to the outbreak, the state government has established centers for treatment and management, including the Abia State University Teaching Hospital in Aba. Additional centers are expected…
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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Abia Online Media Practioners Inspect Gov. Otti’s Projects

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Abia Online Media Practioners Inspect Gov. Otti’s Projects

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY: Abia Online Media Practioners Inspect Gov. Otti's Projects By Ifeanyi Okali, Aba The Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Abia State Chapter, has embarked on a project tour across the state, beginning with Aba, ahead of Governor Alex Otti's one year anniversary in office. The tour, which is slated for May 23-24, 2024, is aimed at providing the online Media Practioners with a firsthand information as regards the projects executed by the current administration of the Labour party government, constructively criticizing the latter where necessary, and disseminating their findings to the public. A cross section of…
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Onwusibe Lauds OMPAN Leadership, Calls For Constructive Criticism

Onwusibe Lauds OMPAN Leadership, Calls For Constructive Criticism

Onwusibe Lauds OMPAN Leadership, Calls For Constructive Criticism The member representing Isiala Ngwa South/North federal constituency of Abia State, has urged members of the Abia chapter of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria,(OMPAN) to continue in their factual news reportage in order to put the government and political office holders on their toes. Ginger made this remark during an interactive session with a team of Abia OMPAN members who paid him a courtesy visit on Saturday in his home town, Amapu Ntigha, in Isialangwa north local government area of Abia State. The federal Law maker also implored the association…
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OMPAN Set To Tour Abia Governor Projects Across State

OMPAN Set To Tour Abia Governor Projects Across State

Online publishers under the leadership of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Abia State has announced May 23 and 24 as dates to Tour Projects of the current administration, ahead of the One Year in Office/Democracy day celebration. In a Statement jointly endorsed by the State Chairman of OMPAN Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro and the Event Committee Chairman, Comrade Ugochukwu Nwankwo, the online publishers have, in line with their tradition, resolved to take a tour of these Projects with a view to identifying as well as make public developmental landmarks of the current administration led by Dr Alex…
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Pandemonium, as man shoots dead teenage son over food in Abia

Pandemonium, as man shoots dead teenage son over food in Abia

Pandemonium, as man shoots dead teenage son over food in Abia The entire atmosphere of Eziama Lokpaukwu village in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, turned chaotic, as a man, identified as Marcel Udeh shot dead his teenage son over food. It was gathered that the man who returned home from his day's activities, was stunned to realise that his son had consumed the remnant of food in the pot without permission. Filled with indignation, Udeh made for his room, and reappeared with a loaded gun which he, without emotion, pulled the trigger and gunned down his son. Mazi…
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FREE MEDICAL OUTREACH FOR 20,000 ABIANS: Greg Ibe bemoans ABSUTH condition *Says protracted Doctors’ strike increased functional mortuaries in State

FREE MEDICAL OUTREACH FOR 20,000 ABIANS: Greg Ibe bemoans ABSUTH condition *Says protracted Doctors’ strike increased functional mortuaries in State

FREE MEDICAL OUTREACH FOR 20,000 ABIANS: Greg Ibe bemoans ABSUTH condition *Says protracted Doctors' strike increased functional mortuaries in State   The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe says his vision is to rescue not fewer than 20,000 patients in Abia in his extant free Medical and Surgical Outreach in Umuahia, the State's capital. Professor Ibe who expressed acrimony towards the dilapidated stated of infrastructure, particularly the utter negligence towards the health sector, regretted that an acclaimed God's own State houses more functional mortuaries than hospital. The Chancellor of Gregory University,…
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