South-East Deserves To Produce The Next Senate President, By Bello Osaretin
In The Spirit Of Brotherhood And National Unity, The South-East Deserves To Produce The Next Senate President. Today, the presidential elections has come and gone, the winner of the contest declared and the storm of election razzle is gradually settling down. The question now is that, to what extent would any strategy deployed to bring everybody on board, especially the political...
Before We Crucify The Private Organ Graduate
By Alex Enemanna The viral TikTok video of a young lady who claimed to have successfully completed her academic sojourn at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State, through the help of God and her private organ, has activated the sainthood in us. This has led many conservative critics to call for her head, while the liberal ones just stop at hurling...
[OPINION] Abia 2023: If Power Must Return To Abia North, Then Mascot Uzor Kalu Is The Last Hope
When the Abia state governorship candidate of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, threw his heart into the ring for the governorship race, so many eyebrows were raised. So many grumbled and asked, "Why must it be the Uzor Kalu family?" But deep within me, I knew from the onset that he could be the only...
2023: Day Ikpeazu Won The Abia South Senatorial Election, By Michael Nwabueze
Democracy is a system of government whose outcomes in elections are determined by the people. For an election to be adjudged successful, it must be free, fair, and credible, and these are factors driven by the system's ability to allow the people to so freely express their choices without let, hindrance, or coercion. Such free choices are expressed in several...
[OPINION] Arochukwu/Ohafia 2023: Why Chief Dan Okeke Is Best Equipped To Represent, By Oti Maduabuchi Orieji
Both empirical evidence and historical facts reveal that the All Progressive Congress candidate for 2023 Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, High Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke will develop Arochukwu/Ohafia better than any other person to represent the constituency in 2023. This is because Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke has been in the business of growing both human beings and institutions for many decades. If...
OUK: Drawing On The Goodwill Built Over The Years, By Agu U. Agu
Orji Uzor Kalu, at the age of 20, had started early in life to make ends meet, build a name for himself and set up his various establishments. By the year 1980, 20 December to be exact, OUK and I met at Heathrow airport. He was shuttling between Lagos to London to buy what he thought his schoolmates will...
Finding Political Solution To Abia APC Crises Ahead Of 2023, By Sam Okobi
The conventional but cult-like political and electioneering dynamics in Abia State during the party primaries, ahead of the 2023 General Elections, have obviously left many political office seekers psychologically and politically disillusioned across board. The horse trading and maneuverings that held sway during the election of candidates in practically all the political parties were unprecedented and scandalous, leaving the parties...
The Orji Kalu Mark On Ohafia LGA, By Barr. Emeka Kalu
Like him or hate him, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK), is a political Iroko in Nigeria. When he was governor of Abia State, salaries were paid as and when due throughout his tenure that spanned 1999 to 2007. Gratuities were paid to retired staff throughout this period under consideration. Teachers and other civil servants were able to build houses,...
Beyond Politics…Ikpeazu Vindicated By NBS – John Okiyi Kalu
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), “in terms of the proportion of poverty and its intensity, the poorest states included Sokoto, Bayelsa, Jigawa, Kebbi, Gombe, and Yobe.“ The multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) survey report released yesterday measured deprivations related to education, health, living standard, work, and security showing Abia State among the top 5 best states in Nigeria. According...
Ogah And The Uchechukwu Ga Eme Na Abia 2023 Political Philosophy
In Saudi Arabia '89 during the Under 23 Junior World Cup competition then USSR-Soviet Union, but now Russia was leading the Nigerian Junior National team by 4 goals to nil during the first half and some later part of the early second half. It was like all hope was lost. As a matter of fact, l remember vividly abandoning...
