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11
2026
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Made-In-Aba Does Not Need Empty Romance; It Needs Power, Standards, Capital Markets And Global Access – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Made-In-Aba Does Not Need Empty Romance; It Needs Power, Standards, Capital Markets And Global Access – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
MADE-IN-ABA DOES NOT NEED EMPTY ROMANCE. IT NEEDS POWER, STANDARDS, CAPITAL, MARKETS AND GLOBAL ACCESS. Let us lecture this argument properly. Nobody who understands Aba will ever talk down on Made-in-Aba manufacturers.Aba is not ordinary.Aba is genius.Aba is enterprise.Aba is survival converted into production.Aba is the city where a young man can start with a bench, a needle, a cutting table, a hammer, a machine, a customer, and a dream — and still build a business.So let us be clear from the beginning: Made-in-Aba deserves global promotion.But promotion without industrial support is noise.Promotion without power is hypocrisy.Promotion without standards is…
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11
2026
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Daylight Loyalists To Darkness – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Daylight Loyalists To Darkness – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
DAYLIGHT LOYALISTS TO DARKNESS I choose to call them daylight loyalists to darkness: people who see roads rising, salaries stabilizing, institutions recovering, Aba breathing again, and governance returning to evidence, yet still choose bitterness over truth. They are not critics; they are voluntary blind men in broad daylight, condemning light because it exposes their old darkness. They are moral absentees, truth dodgers, conscience deserters, professional despoilers of good, and political undertakers of hope. When performance stands before them and they still deny it, they are no longer analysts. They are curators of convenient blindness, frightened by facts and allergic to…
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11
2026
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When Opposition Mistakes Anger For Analysis, It Commits Intellectual Suicide – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

When Opposition Mistakes Anger For Analysis, It Commits Intellectual Suicide – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
WHEN OPPOSITION MISTAKES ANGER FOR ANALYSIS, IT COMMITS INTELLECTUAL SUICIDE The write-up by @ORACLE is long, loud and emotionally arranged, but when subjected to academic scrutiny, it collapses under the weight of its own contradictions. Let us begin scientifically.A serious analysis must separate anecdote from evidence, allegation from data, political bitterness from empirical fact, and personal discomfort from policy evaluation. The post failed all four tests.First, the claim that Governor Alex Otti “lied” about Aba power is based on a shallow misunderstanding of what a ring-fenced electricity system means. A ring-fenced power model does not mean that every bulb in…
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Jun
11
2026
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Aba Has Been Ring-Fenced From Darkness: Otti’s Quit Industrial Revolution Has Started – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Aba Has Been Ring-Fenced From Darkness: Otti’s Quit Industrial Revolution Has Started – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance
ABA HAS BEEN RING-FENCED FROM DARKNESS: OTTI’S QUIET INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION HAS STARTED There is a new economic story rising from Abia State, and it is not the usual noise of politics. It is not about who shouted the loudest. It is not about who abused whom. It is not even about another ceremonial promise of “industrialization” that dies immediately after the microphone is dropped. This one is different. This one is about power. Not political power. Electric power. The real power that keeps machines running, tailors sewing, welders producing, shoemakers finishing orders, cold rooms preserving goods, hospitals working, small factories…
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11
2026
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Otti: Building A New Abia And Repositioning The Labour Party – By Ebere Uzoukwa, Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Otti: Building A New Abia And Repositioning The Labour Party – By Ebere Uzoukwa, Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, Politics
OTTI: BUILDING A NEW ABIA AND REPOSITIONING THE LABOUR PARTY By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD The emergence of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, as the Executive Governor of Abia State has not only altered the developmental trajectory of the State but has also significantly transformed the political fortunes of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia and across Nigeria. Through visionary leadership, prudent resource management, and an unwavering commitment to delivering democratic dividends, Governor Otti has built what is now popularly known as the "New Abia" a governance model that is rapidly becoming a benchmark for effective, accountable, and people-oriented leadership in…
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Jun
10
2026
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Resign If You Can’t End Insecurity, Reps Tell Service Chiefs

Resign If You Can’t End Insecurity, Reps Tell Service Chiefs

News Flash, National Assembly
Resign If You Can’t End Insecurity, Reps Tell Service Chiefs The House of Representatives has called on President Bola Tinubu to come up with comprehensive and aggressive security strategy to flush out bandits, terrorists and kidnappers from their hideouts in Nigeria. The lawmakers said the service chiefs should step down if the administration fails to curb insecurity and regain public trust within a defined timeframe. The lawmakers declared that if the administration proves unable to halt the worsening security situation and restore public confidence within a clearly defined timeframe, the service chiefs should “honourably resign from office.” The call followed…
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10
2026
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Okonkwo Releases Evidence, Insists Obi, NDC Leaders Demanded Payments From Aspirants

Okonkwo Releases Evidence, Insists Obi, NDC Leaders Demanded Payments From Aspirants

News Flash, Politics
Okonkwo Releases Evidence, Insists Obi, NDC Leaders Demanded Payments From Aspirants Renowned actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, has released what he terms documentary evidence to double down on his corruption allegations against the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, and other Southeast party leaders. Okonkwo insists that aspirants were pressured into making illicit payments to secure tickets during the party’s primary elections. The disclosure follows a pre-litigation warning from Obi’s legal team threatening a five-billion-naira defamation lawsuit over claims Okonkwo originally made on Channels Television’s “Sunrise Daily.” In the interview, he claimed that House of Representatives…
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10
2026
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Even If They Kidnap All Of Us, There’s No Vacancy In Aso Rock – Edo Governor, Okpebholo

Even If They Kidnap All Of Us, There’s No Vacancy In Aso Rock – Edo Governor, Okpebholo

News Flash, Politics
Even If They Kidnap All Of Us, There’s No Vacancy In Aso Rock – Edo Governor, Okpebholo Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has alleged that some persons are sponsoring insecurity to distract President Bola Tinubu. Speaking during the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign for Local Government Council elections in Edo South Senatorial District, the governor said, “They can even kidnap all of us—yes, there is no vacancy in Aso Rock.” He said insecurity had suddenly increased in the country, alleging that it is being orchestrated to tarnish the leadership of President Bola Tinubu. Okpebholo said promoting…
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Jun
10
2026
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Iran Re-evaluates Negotiations After US Strikes

Iran Re-evaluates Negotiations After US Strikes

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, War, World News
Iran Re-evaluates Negotiations After US Strikes Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, has cited that Iran is “reviewing” negotiations with the United States (US) in light of strikes on Iran last night, as reported by the Iranian Student News Network (SNN). Baghaei accused the US and Israel of “repeated ceasefire violations” and said that diplomacy cannot “take place in a vacuum,” adding that “a minimal environment in which diplomacy can function” is necessary for negotiations to advance. “Unfortunately, the United States is undermining this process through contradictory messages; frequent shifts in its positions and demands, as well as repeated ceasefire…
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10
2026
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Panic As Fire Breaks Out At National Assembly Complex

Panic As Fire Breaks Out At National Assembly Complex

News Flash, National Assembly
Panic As Fire Breaks Out At National Assembly Complex A fire incident on Wednesday triggered panic at the National Assembly complex in Abuja after flames briefly broke out near a hearing room in the Senate wing. Videos shared on social media showed smoke billowing through the affected area as lawmakers and staff members scrambled to contain the situation. Voices in the video could be heard saying, “The fire came from gas,” while another said, “No extinguisher.” One of the clips also captured Senator Ned Nwoko (Delta North) leaving the scene as the emergency unfolded. According to TVC, the fire occurred…
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