Abia State

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has acquired 3,000 pairs of solid work boots from the newly built Enyimba Automated Shoe Factory in Aba, Abia state.

The Senate has adjourned its plenary to honour a late lawmaker, Ossy Chinedu Prestige. The Nigerian lawmakers adjourned the sitting to Wednesday, February, 10.

Ossy Prestige, a member of the house of representatives, has died. Prestige, who represented Aba north/south federal constituency, died of an unknown illness.

A court has granted A former gov, Orji Kalu permission to apply for an order prohibiting the EFCC prosecuting him for an offence he was convicted and sentenced.

A US-based Nigerian simply identified as Chinweizu has reportedly escaped from kidnappers’ den. Chinweizu escaped after beating one of the kidnappers to a pulp.

In what will be good news to them, herdsmen in Abia state can rest assured that the government will pay them a whopping N100,000 for any cow killed by farmers.