Governor Otti Begins Payment of N18bn Salary Arrears Owed to Abia Workers

Fulfilling his campaign promises, Abia State Governor Alex Otti has initiated the payment of salary arrears owed to academic workers by previous administrations. According to an official source close to the state Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, the affected workers include staff from Abia State University, Abia State Polytechnic, Abia State College of Education … Read more

ABSU Sacks HoD, One Other For Sex-for-grades, Admission Fraud

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…quoted a senior management staff of the University as saying that the school management had been tracking the two lecturers.  EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, has sacked a senior lecturer, Dr Michael Ukaegbu, for an offence bordering on sex-for-marks. In a communiqué issued after the 148th Regular and Resumed … Read more

BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Two Abia State University Lecturers, Others

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According to Nkemdirim, the two lecturers ran into Fulani herdsmen, when they were robbing vehicles.. Two lecturers at Abia State University, Uturu, and others were late Thursday robbed and kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen along ABSU-Isuikwuato Road. According to the Chairperson of ABSU’s Academic Staff Union of Universities, V U. Nkemdirim, the incident … Read more

BREAKING: Again, Gunmen Abduct University Students

Bandits, Breaking: Gunmen Abduct 7-Month-Old Baby, Mother In Zamfara

Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of students of Abia State University, Uturu, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered. The abduction was confirmed by the Abia State Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, in a statement on Thursday. Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of students of Abia State University, Uturu, EKO HOT … Read more

Abia State Varsity Orders Students To Pay N15k ‘COVID-19 Prevention Fee’

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All payments should be made through the online payment system of the university, says Varsity The Abia State University has asked its students to pay N15,000 as “COVID-19 prevention fee” ahead of the school resumption. Schools were shut months ago, following the outbreak of the pandemic. In a notice issued by Acho Elendu, the school … Read more