Abia ThinkTank

2023: Putting an End To Abia State Political Insomnia – Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba Ohafia)

PUTTING AN END TO ABIA POLITICAL INSOMNIA This is a time when all lovers of Abia State and who patently feel disturbed by our state of hopelessness may not find sleep easily. Why sleep when it was the same sleeping to stupor since 1999 that destroyed an entire political generation. Our political history from 1999 to 2023 was left in the hands of three misfits, OUK to TAO to OVI with their irredeemable narrow circle of family and friends. They represent the most visionless class of homo sapiens to preside over human species. They together stole 80% of our common…

Sep

2022

2023: Wike Not Crying Wolf But Demanding Justice – Sam Ohuabunwa

Wike not crying wolf — but demanding justice, says Sam Ohuabunwa Sam Ohuabunwa, former presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the concerns raised by Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, are genuine. He said Wike’s demands are hitched on justice and equity, adding that he is not “crying for no substantial reason”. The crisis in the PDP followed the outcome of its presidential primary election held in May. Party stakeholders expressed concerns that Atiku Abubakar ignored Wike after he chose Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate Wike reportedly demanded that Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national…

Sep

2022

Presidency 2023: Press Release By Coalition Of APC Support Groups

The leadership of the coalition of APC support groups has congratulated the APC National Chairman and other National working committee members of the party on their emergence at the March 2022 National Convention. At a well attended meeting of National Executive Committee members of the Coalition held in Abuja on September 9th 2022, the Leadership of the Coalition equally congratulated *the Presidential candidate, His Excellency (Senator) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice Presidential candidate His Excellency (Senator) Kashim Shettima on their emergence as party flag bearers in the just concluded Presidential Primaries. The coalition of APC support groups is the…

Sep

2022

ASUU Strike: UNIBEN Staff Comits Suicide Over ‘No Work No Pay’ Policy

Education

BREAKING (Strike): UNIBEN Staff Commits Suicide Over “No Work No Pay” Policy Prince Carter Oshodin, Data Entry staff, who is a member of Non-academic Staff Union (NASU), UNIBEN, has reportedly ended it all over his dire financial situation. It is reported that the incident which was stymied by the fiasco occasioned by the unresolved six months old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU, led Prince to end it all on Friday, August 9. According to the reports, the deceased was said to have been completely depressed over…

Sep

2022

News Update: Gov. Yahaya Visits IBB, Abdulsalam; Says Tinubu’s Chances In North-East Very High

Gov Yahaya Visits IBB, Abdulsalam, Says Tinubu’s Chances In North-East Very High Gombe State governor, Muhammad Yahaya, has said the chances of APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, winning in the North-East region in the 2023 general elections are very high. Yahaya, who is the North-East Coordinator of the Tinubu Support Organisation, said this on Saturday, in Minna, when he visited ex-Nigerian leaders and retired Generals, Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida. “Our chances in the northeast are very high indeed.We are strong in our resolve to win the 2023 General Elections and we shall succeed. “It does not matter that the…

Sep

2022

News Update: Chief Daniel Chimezie Okeke PhD (APC HOR Candidate For Arochukwu/ Ohafia) Receives ‘ENYIOMA 1 Of Ihechiowa’ Chieftancy Title.

Abia North

Ihechiowa Community Honoured Chief Dr. Daniel Chimezie Okeke with a Chieftancy Title 'ENYIOMA 1 of IHECHIOWA' The APC Candidate for House of Representatives, Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency Chief Dr. Daniel Chimezie Okeke was on saturday 10th September 2022 honored with the chieftaincy title "ENYIOMA 1 of IHECHIOWA' during their annual thanksgiving and Iriji Festival. The chieftancy title was conferred on Chief Daniel Okeke by Ihechiowa Council of Traditional Rulers, and the Eze-in-Council Ihechiowa Community, Arochukwu LGA of Abia State. According to His Royal Majesty Eze Linus Nto Mba (Eze Linto) , the chieftancy title conferred on Chief Daniel Okeke is in…

Sep

2022

ASUU Strike: FG Insists On No-Work-No-Pay

Education

FG slams ASUU, insists on no-work-no-pay The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah has slammed the Academic Staff Union University over the lingering impasse between the union and the Federal Government. Opiah, while expressing dismay over the more than the 200 days old strike embarked upon by ASUU since February 14th, 2022, said the Federal Government has done his best to resolve the issues raised by ASUU but they have been adamant to call off the strike. The minister who spoke when he visited Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State said the ‘no work no pay’ policy stands. He…

Sep

2022

Breaking: No One Can Rig 2023 Elections – Mahmood Yakubu(INEC Chairman)

It’ll be difficult to rig 2023 elections — INEC.…assures Nigerians seamless access to portal THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, disclosed move to recruit over 1.4 million adhoc staff in preparation ahead of the 2023 general election. This was made known by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja. Mahmood said number of adhoc staff to be deployed by INEC for the 2023 general election is above number…

Sep

2022