Magnus Ngei Abe was born on 24 May 1965 in Nchia, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.
He attended St. Patrick College, Ikot-Ansa, Calabar (the capital city of Cross River State) and Akpor Grammar School, Ozuoba.
[3] Abe entered politics in 1999 when he was elected into the Rivers State House of Assembly, serving as a Minority Leader.
In 2003, he defected to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), and from 2003 to 2007 he was Commissioner of Information in Rivers State in the administration of Governor Peter Odili.
[7] In January 2025, President Bola Tinubu appointed him board chairman of the National Agency for the Great Green Walls.