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2026

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Adeleke’s Osun, Otti’s Congratulatory Message And The 2027 Abia Question: When Development, Welfare And Electoral Legitimacy Meet – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

ADELEKE’S OSUN, OTTI’S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND THE 2027 ABIA QUESTION: WHEN DEVELOPMENT, WELFARE AND ELECTORAL LEGITIMACY MEET Osun as a Contemporary Governance Laboratory The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Osun State on 16 August 2026 offers more than a conventional electoral story. It provides a useful case study of how welfare intervention, infrastructure delivery, fiscal management and political communication can combine to shape voter judgment. Adeleke, contesting on the platform of the Accord Party, was declared winner by INEC after securing 19 of Osun’s 30 local government areas. His victory gave him a second term after a campaign conducted…

Aug

17

2026

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El-Rufai, KASU And The Sacking Of Lecturers: Why The Kaduna Record Does Not Prove Otti Ordered The ABSU Suspension – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education

EL-RUFAI, KASU AND THE SACKING OF LECTURERS: WHY THE KADUNA RECORD DOES NOT PROVE OTTI ORDERED THE ABSU SUSPENSION The Difference Between Evidence, Institutional Responsibility and Political Attribution The controversy surrounding the suspension of Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze by Abia State University has increasingly been dragged into a wider political argument about Governor Alex Otti. The argument being circulated in some quarters is straightforward: because Otti is Governor of Abia State and Visitor to ABSU, and because the university suspended a professor whose public comments were critical of the welfare conditions of lecturers, the suspension must therefore have been ordered by…

Aug

17

2026

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ABSU, ASUU-ABSU And The Otti Question: Who Really Created The Crisis At Uturu? – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education

ABSU, ASUU-ABSU AND THE OTTI QUESTION: WHO REALLY CREATED THE CRISIS AT UTURU? An investigative examination of salary arrears, union claims, inherited liabilities, university finances and the suspension controversy now being placed at Governor Alex Otti’s doorstep There is a seductive simplicity to the story presently being told about Abia State University, Uturu. Lecturers are unhappy. ASUU-ABSU has declared an indefinite strike. A professor has been suspended after criticising the remuneration and welfare of academics. Alex Otti is Governor and Visitor to the university. Therefore, the argument goes, Alex Otti must be responsible for everything that is wrong at ABSU.…

Aug

17

2026

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Terrorism, Warning Fatigue And The Security Lessons Of Lockerbie: A Deep Paragraphic Analysis- By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Foreign Affairs, Security

TERRORISM, WARNING FATIGUE AND THE SECURITY LESSONS OF LOCKERBIE: A DEEP PARAGRAPHIC ANALYSIS The history of terrorism repeatedly shows that the decisive security failure is often not the total absence of warning, but the inability of institutions and societies to correctly interpret warning before catastrophe occurs. Lockerbie remains one of the clearest historical examples of how a terrorist act can expose weaknesses not only in physical security but also in intelligence coordination, international cooperation, political judgement and institutional preparedness. The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988 demonstrated that terrorist violence is rarely a spontaneous act.…

Aug

16

2026

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The Dangerous Political Punches At ABSU – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba Ohafia)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, Politics

THE DANGEROUS POLITICAL PUNCHES AT ABSU. The inauspicious suspension of Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze of the Department of Economics in the Abia State University, Uturu, is raising more eyebrows than was ever expected. What should have been handled quietly as internal domestic affairs of the University has been allowed to trend badly in a politically very hot season. This is not the best of times to clutch what might turn out to be hot potatoes. It is either that the authorities in ABSU are ignorantly toying with fire or may have ulterior sinister motivation reminiscent of the fifth columnists in an…

Aug

16

2026

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A Political Economy Review Of The Reckoning In God’s Own State: Why Alex Otti Deserves A Second Term And Why His Reformative Innovations Must Continue – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

A POLITICAL ECONOMY REVIEW OF THE RECKONING IN GOD’S OWN STATE: WHY ALEX OTTI DESERVES A SECOND TERM AND WHY HIS REFORMATIVE INNOVATIONS MUST CONTINUE By AProf Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma, writing under the pen name AI-KO, has produced in The Reckoning in God’s Own State: Why Alex Otti Deserves a Second Term and Why His Reformative Innovations Must Continue an unusually expansive intervention in the political economy of subnational governance in Nigeria. The author identifies himself as a Nigerian writer, analyst and public intellectual whose writings traverse political history, governance and civic affairs. Although the work…

Aug

16

2026

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Academic Review Of The Broom That Never Swept: A Reckoning With The APC And The Biggest Political Con In Nigeria’s History – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

ACADEMIC REVIEW OF THE BROOM THAT NEVER SWEPT: A RECKONING WITH THE APC AND THE BIGGEST POLITICAL CON IN NIGERIA’S HISTORY Author: Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma (AI-KO)Reviewed by: AProf Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke Introduction Agbeze Ireke Kalu Onuma’s The Broom That Never Swept: A Reckoning with the APC and the Biggest Political Con in Nigeria’s History is a provocative work of political commentary, historical interpretation and governance criticism that interrogates the trajectory of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) from its formation through its years in national power. Writing under the pen name AI-KO, Onuma presents himself as a Nigerian writer, analyst…

Aug

15

2026

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So Moving An Induction For Safety Is Now Evidence Of University Collapse? – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

SO MOVING AN INDUCTION FOR SAFETY IS NOW EVIDENCE OF UNIVERSITY COLLAPSE? 😂 The Absurdity of Treating Safety as Collapse There is something almost comic about the argument that because an induction ceremony involving ABSU medical students was reportedly moved from ABSUTH to Rhema University amid tension and threats, this must automatically prove that the university has collapsed. Really? 😂 Since when did taking precautions become evidence of institutional failure? If there were credible concerns around the original venue, then relocating the ceremony was not weakness; it was common sense. The students still graduated, the ceremony still held, families still…

Aug

15

2026

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The N158,000 ABSU Salary Story: Where The Deception Begins – By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

THE ₦158,000 ABSU SALARY STORY: WHERE THE DECEPTION BEGINS There is a legitimate conversation to be had about the remuneration of university lecturers in Nigeria, including lecturers at Abia State University. But legitimate advocacy does not require statistical sleight of hand, selective comparisons and political hero-making. The viral post being circulated by Obinna Oriaku is a classic example of how a real welfare question can be converted into a misleading political narrative. FIRST DECEPTION: A BANK ALERT IS NOT A SALARY STRUCTURE Look carefully at the screenshot. What does it actually establish? It shows a credit of ₦158,514.75 with a…

Aug

15

2026

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A Paragraphic Critique Of The “Where Are Governor Otti’s Legacy Projects?” Argument- By Pastor Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance

A PARAGRAPHIC CRITIQUE OF THE “WHERE ARE GOVERNOR OTTI’S LEGACY PROJECTS?” ARGUMENT The central weakness of the argument is not that it asks questions about Governor Alex Otti’s performance. Those questions are legitimate. Every governor should be subjected to scrutiny over expenditure, project completion, value for money, rural inclusion, pensions, hospitals, schools, electricity and industrial development. The problem is that the writer repeatedly moves from limited personal observation to sweeping statewide conclusions. He admits that he did not visit every part of Abia, specifically acknowledging that he did not visit the Old Bende axis, yet he confidently concludes that there…