Abia
Britishnoun
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Similar camps exist in the three other states, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu, that make up the south-east - which the fighters would like to become the independent state of Biafra.
From BBC
This is most clear in “Huesera,” another female-authored film, directed by Michelle Garza and written by Abia Castillo, with a female leading role that resorts to a somewhat complex and not entirely new symbolism of motherhood as a kind of curse.
From Los Angeles Times
His Eminence Samuel Kanu Uche was kidnapped Sunday along a highway in the Umunneochi area in Nigeria’s southeastern Abia state, police spokesperson Geoffrey Ogbonna told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times
The men were travelling on a major highway on Sunday in the south-eastern state of Abia when they were kidnapped, local police told the BBC.
From BBC
The judge in Abia also asked the government, which can appeal the ruling, to issue a public apology for the incident in the media.
From Reuters
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