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20
2026
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Star Paper Mill: Facts Not Falsehood – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Star Paper Mill: Facts Not Falsehood – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
The photograph does not disprove Governor Alex Otti’s Star Paper Mill intervention; it actually shows why the intervention became necessary. Star Paper Mill had already become moribund long before the present administration. What Otti’s government did was to acquire the distressed asset from AMCON as part of a planned industrial-revival programme. AMCON formally handed the mill over to Abia State Government in December 2025, and the state disclosed that it paid ₦2.5 billion for the acquisition. 0 So showing pictures of the old gate and abandoned premises shortly after takeover and shouting “agents of falsehood” misses the point completely. The…
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Aug
20
2026
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Leadership. Service. Commitment. A Steady Voice For Progress – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Leadership. Service. Commitment. A Steady Voice For Progress – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
Oracle’s latest intervention, circulated under the title “The Much Touted ‘24 Years of PDP’: Otti Was Part of 18 of Those 24 Years!”, contains legitimate questions about workers’ welfare and university remuneration. But several of its central conclusions collapse once history, public finance and measurable outputs are separated from political rhetoric. The first problem is historical. Alex Otti was a banker, not a member of the Abia State Executive Council, House of Assembly or PDP government. His documented career shows that he worked in Nigerian International Bank, Intercontinental Merchant Bank, Société Bancaire Nigeria, UBA and First Bank before becoming Group…
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Aug
20
2026
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NDC Unveils Etugo Ogah, Uko Nkole, Nworgu, Others As Candidates For 2027 Elections In Abia

NDC Unveils Etugo Ogah, Uko Nkole, Nworgu, Others As Candidates For 2027 Elections In Abia

Abia State, News Flash, Politics
NDC Unveils Etugo Ogah, Uko Nkole, Nworgu, Others As Candidates For 2027 Elections In Abia The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Abia State Chapter, has formally unveiled its candidates for the 2027 general elections, with Elder Ndubuisi Etugo Ogah emerging as the party’s governorship candidate alongside his running mate, Engr. Bright Alaribe. The unveiling ceremony, held on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at the Britarch Event Center, adjacent to the Abia State House of Assembly Complex, Umuahia, brought together party leaders, stakeholders, candidates, ward and local government executives, women and youth leaders, as well as supporters of the party. The event marked…
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Aug
19
2026
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The Limits Of Imported Political Machinery: A Counterfactual Political-Economy Postmortem Of The 2026 Osun Governorship Election And The Wike Hypothesis – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

The Limits Of Imported Political Machinery: A Counterfactual Political-Economy Postmortem Of The 2026 Osun Governorship Election And The Wike Hypothesis – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Abuja
The Limits of Imported Political Machinery: A Counterfactual Political-Economy Postmortem of the 2026 Osun Governorship Election and the Wike Hypothesis Abstract The 2026 Osun State governorship election presents an unusually useful laboratory for examining the limits of political machinery in a competitive Nigerian democracy. Governor Ademola Adeleke, contesting on the relatively less-established Accord Party platform, defeated the All Progressives Congress candidate, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, despite the APC's deployment of an exceptionally powerful national campaign structure. The APC campaign council was chaired by Governor Hope Uzodimma, with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Yobe Governor Mai Mala Buni and Speaker Tajudeen Abbas among…
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Aug
19
2026
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Executive Power, Property Rights, And Due Process: A Legal Appraisal Of The FCT Minister’s Demolition Directives In The Wake Of The Abuja Floods – By Charles Ude(Legal Practitioner And Author)

Executive Power, Property Rights, And Due Process: A Legal Appraisal Of The FCT Minister’s Demolition Directives In The Wake Of The Abuja Floods – By Charles Ude(Legal Practitioner And Author)

Abuja, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Judiciary
Executive Power, Property Rights, and Due Process: A Legal Appraisal of the FCT Minister's Demolition Directives in the Wake of the Abuja Floods By Charles Ude, Esq.Legal Practitioner and Author Introduction: The Floodwaters as a Catalyst for Legal Scrutiny The recent flooding that has ravaged parts of Abuja, particularly the high-brow Maitama District, has brought into sharp focus the perennial tension between executive action and the rule of law. Following his inspection of flood-affected areas on 17 August 2026, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ordered the immediate demolition of all structures found to be obstructing designated…
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Aug
19
2026
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GODA: First Phase Of Abia-Amamiri Road Nears Completion As Asphalt Laying Progresses

GODA: First Phase Of Abia-Amamiri Road Nears Completion As Asphalt Laying Progresses

Abia North, Good Governance, Infrastructure
GODA: FIRST PHASE OF ABIA-AMAMIRI ROAD NEARS COMPLETION AS ASPHALT LAYING PROGRESSES‎‎The Abia State Government, through the Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA), is gradually concluding the first phase of the Abia-Amamiri Road project, aimed at connecting Abia Ohafia and Amamiri in Arochukwu Local Government Area, providing an alternative route between the two neighbouring local government areas.‎‎A team of GODA supervisors, led by the Director-General, Elder Engr. Obinna Odum, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, conducted an inspection visit to the project site and expressed satisfaction with the pace of asphalt laying.‎‎The road, which has an overall cleared distance of approximately 2.5…
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Aug
18
2026
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The Significance Of Ikenna Ukwa’s Accomplishments And The Case For Doing More In Office

The Significance Of Ikenna Ukwa’s Accomplishments And The Case For Doing More In Office

Arochukwu, National Assembly, Ohafia LGA
The Significance of Ikenna Ukwa’s Accomplishments And the Case for Doing More in Office Hon Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa is the APC House of Representatives candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency. What makes his profile stand out is that a large body of work has already been delivered without him holding any elected political position. In Nigerian politics where constituents often only see projects after an election, that track record matters. The expectation is often that development starts after the election. Chief Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa has flipped that narrative. His body of work proves that leadership is not about waiting for an…
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Aug
18
2026
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Eke O Ako’s Debt Arithmetic: When Liabilities, Loans And Debt Stock Are Thrown Into One Pot – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Eke O Ako’s Debt Arithmetic: When Liabilities, Loans And Debt Stock Are Thrown Into One Pot – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
Eke O Ako’s Debt Arithmetic: When Liabilities, Loans and Debt Stock Are Thrown Into One Pot Eke O Ako has produced what looks, at first glance, like an intimidating collection of figures against the Abia State Government. Unfortunately, once the figures are separated into their proper accounting categories, much of the dramatic conclusion begins to wobble. 😂 Numbers may be stubborn, but numbers placed in the wrong columns can also become very obedient servants of propaganda. The first problem with Eke O Ako’s argument is elementary: total liabilities in a government financial statement are not automatically synonymous with DMO public-debt…
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Aug
18
2026
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Vanguard Newspapers And The ABSU Controversy: When Owei Lakemfa’s Powerful Headline Outran The Facts, History And Economics By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Vanguard Newspapers And The ABSU Controversy: When Owei Lakemfa’s Powerful Headline Outran The Facts, History And Economics By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
VANGUARD NEWSPAPERS AND THE ABSU CONTROVERSY: WHEN OWEI LAKEMFA’S POWERFUL HEADLINE OUTRAN THE FACTS, HISTORY AND ECONOMICS At first, the title “ABSU: Running a University as a Local Village Contraption”, published by Vanguard Newspapers and written by Owei Lakemfa, seemed to promise a serious interrogation of university governance, funding, labour relations and institutional autonomy. It sounded like the beginning of a rigorous public-interest intervention. Unfortunately, as one travelled deeper into the piece, the thunder of the headline increasingly became louder than the economics, history and institutional context required to sustain it. Mr Lakemfa is entitled to criticise Governor Alex Otti.…
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Aug
17
2026
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Uko Nkole Takes Senatorial Ambition To Umunneochi; Builds Grassroots Momentum For Peter Obi’s 2027 Presidency

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Uko Nkole Takes Senatorial Ambition To Umunneochi.Builds Grassroots Momentum For Peter Obi’s 2027 Presidency The political momentum surrounding the senatorial ambition of Rt. Hon. Uko Ndukwe Nkole received a fresh boost on Sunday as he embarked on a strategic consultation across Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, engaging traditional rulers, political leaders, community stakeholders and party executives ahead of the 2027 general elections. The consultation, which took place on Sunday, August 16, 2026, formed part of Nkole’s wider engagement with stakeholders across Abia North as he sought their support for his ambition to represent the Senatorial District at the…
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