Abia Assembly: Hon. Erondu Jnr, On A Right Start
Though it’s too early to start appraising the newly inaugurated members of the 8th Abia State House of Assembly, there is need to give kudos to the Member Representing the good people of Obingwa West State Constituency, Hon. Erondu Uchenna Erondu Jnr, for his good start at the plenary of the House recently. While his fellow first-timers in the House...
OPINION: How Alex Otti Orchestrated His Own “Hostile Handover”, By John Okiyi Kalu
As a matter of personal philosophy, I refrain from criticizing new administrations, at the state or federal level, or passing judgement on its activities before their first 100 days in office especially if no major blunder is committed that threatens the security and survival of the people. I may extend that to as much as 180 days before taking...
10th Senate: The Miscalculation That Gave Akpabio The Gavel, By Dele Oni
The election of Presiding officers of the Senate is regulated by the Provisions of its Standing orders, just like other Parliaments across the world, but the choice of who to vote for is a decision of personal conviction of Senators. The road to the Seat of the Presiding officers of the 10th Senate was a long winding route, bargaining, alignments,...
Orji Uzor Kalu: Statesmanship At A Time Like This
The events of June 13TH that surrounded the leadership election of the 10th Senate has thought us a lesson like no other, about our politics, our politicians and defined the inevitable peril that lies ahead for our young Democracy. Had the proponents of legislative independence not deployed the arrogance of “Majority” and placed above all else the urgent need to...
OPINION: Senate Presidency Is Not About OUK, It’s About Equality And Fairness – Prince Ike Okorafor
The South East electorate participated in the 2015 election for the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, who hails from the South-South region. Nonetheless, the All Progressives Congress prevailed, and Buhari's administration continued to marginalize the South East until the conclusion of his second term in 2023. In 2023, again, the south-east voted for the presidential candidate of the...
Orji Kalu, The Man Tinubu Needs Now, By Daniel Eke
I most heartily, once again, congratulate our dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and all those who won their elections on the platform of our dear party, APC, and other political parties. I also appreciate those who lost for their contributions to our nascent democracy. That is the beauty of democracy. I believe everyone is seeking a better nation for all. To...
Nnamdi Kanu And His Trials By Ordeal – By Aloy Ejimakor
It’s not acceptable, even by the lowest standards of fairness, that it took the Court of Appeal only two weeks to undo a sound judgment that discharged Nnamdi Kanu from his long and tortuous seven years of ordeal with the criminal justice system in Nigeria. Recall that Kanu was first arrested and charged in 2015 and the judgment discharging him...
10th NASS Speaker: Group Urges G-7 To Accept Abbas, Ben Kalu’s Endorsement
A pressure group, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (CDC), has again appealed to the G-7 aspirants and minority caucus under the umbrella of Greater Minority to jettison the idea of presenting consensus candidates for Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively. The CDC instead urged the aggrieved Aspirants and the Minority Group to support the choice of Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Rt....
Dr. Alex Otti – The Morning Determines The Day! By Monday Ubani
Once again let me use this golden opportunity to congratulate His Excellency, Dr Alex Otti, Abia State Governor-Elect, for his victory in the last
10th National Assembly: A Fair Bargain For South East Overdue, By Ifeanyi Okali
It was Holly Black who said, "We don't need to be good. But let's try to be fair". Since the beginning of the current political dispensation in 1999, there is arguably any region that has been unfairly treated like the South East region of the country. It has again resonated with an age-long animosity, strife and suspicion, leading to a...
