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Oct

2025

Abia North APC Progressive Forum Paid A Courtesy Visit To Chief Dr. Sam Anya(Akaekpuchionwa) As Strong Contender

ABIA NORTH APC PROGRESSIVE FORUM PAID A COURTESY VISIT TO CHIEF. DR. SAM ANYA (AKAEPKUCHIONWA) The Apc Progressive Forum paid a courtesy visit to Chief. Dr. Sam Anya (Akaekpuchionwa), over the weekend. The delegation urged the prominent Abia North leader to throw his weight into the ring for Abia North Senatorial District race, positioning him as a strong contender to bolster the party’s influence in the region. Chief. Dr. Sam Anya, a respected figure in Abia North known for his contribution to healthcare and local empowerment initiatives, has long been a subject of speculation regarding his 2027 senatorial ambition. During…

Oct

2025

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Governor Otti’s Triumph Over The Forces Of Resistance In Abia – By Ebere Uzoukwa, Ph.D(SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

Governor Otti’s Triumph Over the Forces of Resistance in Abia By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Every true reformer meets resistance. In Abia State, Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has faced it head-on and turned it into a driving force for transformation. From the moment he assumed office, Governor Otti declared that the old order of waste, deceit, and underdevelopment was over. His pledge was simple but firm: to rebuild Abia on integrity, discipline, and purposeful governance. Twenty nine months later, the results are clear. The same forces that once doubted him now watch in disbelief as he delivers one project after…

Oct

2025

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92-Years-Old Paul Biya Secures Eighth Term As Cameroon’s President

Foreign Affairs, Africa, Politics

92-Year-Old Paul Biya Secures Eighth Term As Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, has been declared the winner of Cameroon’s election, granting him an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100. The country’s constitutional council said Biya won 53.66% of the vote, while his former ally turned challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, got 35.19%. Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning re-election by comfortable margins. Cameroon has been on edge…

Oct

2025

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The Otti Years As An Opposition Figure: From Critique To Constructive Governance- By Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, Politics

The Otti Years as an Opposition Figure: From Critique to Constructive Governance My people, nobody is saying opposition should be silenced — we’re only saying it should be informed.And if we’re talking about what true opposition looks like, Dr Alex Chioma Otti (OFR) wrote the manual. 2015–2017 – Opposition by Law, Not Noise:Otti challenged PDP dominance through the courts, not through chaos. The Supreme Court upheld Ikpeazu (Feb 3 2016) but later granted Otti leave to test the process again (Jan 2017). It was legal discipline, not street drama . Opposition by Ideas:Through his “Outside the Box” column in ThisDay,…

Oct

2025

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Truth Under Siege: A Rebuttal To Chief John Okiyi Kalu And Iyke Mba’s Misguided Assault On Governor Alex Otti- By Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

Truth Under Siege: A Rebuttal to Chief John Okiyi Kalu and Iyke Mba’s Misguided Assault on Governor Alex Otti When history is rewritten by those who once presided over decay, it becomes the sacred duty of truth to speak louder than propaganda. The recent publications by Chief John Okiyi Kalu and Mr Iyke Mba — both politically tainted veterans of Abia’s old order — are not critiques born of conscience; they are the last gasps of a vanishing political species, desperate to claw relevance in a state finally emerging from decades of misrule. The Myth of the “N500 Million Approval…

Oct

2025

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Governor Alex Otti Finally Breaks Silence On Defecting To APC

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, News Flash, Politics

Gov Alex Otti Finally Breaks Silence On Defecting To APC Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has denied reports circulating on social media that he has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor’s reaction followed claims by some online platforms suggesting that Otti had abandoned the Labour Party — the platform that brought him to power — to join the ruling party. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Abia State Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, described the defection story as completely false and the work of political mischief-makers trying to distract…

Oct

2025

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Ikenna Ukwa Consults APC Stakeholders, Ward And LGA Leaders In Arochukwu And Ohafia LGAs For His Political Ambition

News Flash, Politics

IKENNA UKWA MEETS APC WARD AND LGA LEADERS & STAKEHOLDERS IN AROCHUKWU & OHAFIA LGA'S … Consults Them For His Political Ambition The Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President of Nigeria, Hon Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa on Saturday 18th October 2025 held a strategic meeting with the APC ward and LGA leaders and stakeholders from Arochukwu and Ohafia LGAs. The meeting which was held at the Asaga Ohafia country home of Hon Mba Ukaha was well attended by the party leaders and stakeholders from the ward and LGA levels, where they expressed confidence in his leadership abilities and declared full…

Oct

2025

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2027 And Beyond: In Defense Of Governor Alex Otti – Facts, History, And Philosophy Against Falsehood- By Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

2027 and Beyond: In Defense of Governor Alex Otti — Facts, History, and Philosophy Against Falsehood History teaches that when reformers arise, those whose fortunes depend on disorder will unite to resist them. From Pericles of Athens to Abraham Lincoln, moral leadership has always provoked the rage of the privileged few. In Abia today, Governor Alex Otti occupies that historic space — a reformer besieged by voices who fear transparency because it disrupts their access to the trough. Yet, like all great reformers, he governs with an unflinching conscience, guided by faith, discipline, and an unyielding fidelity to truth. The…

Oct

2025

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ECOWAS Appoints Osinbajo To Lead Team To Monitor Cote D’Ivoire Election

News Flash, Politics

ECOWAS Appoints Osinbajo To Lead Team To Monitor Côte d’Ivoire Election The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has appointed former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo to head its Election Observation Mission for the forthcoming presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire. In a statement by ECOWAS, the election is scheduled to be held on October 25, 2025, while the observation mission will be deployed from October 19 to 29, 2025, in accordance with the provisions of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance. “As Head of Mission, Osinbajo will lead a delegation of eminent West Africans who will engage…

Oct

2025

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Why Tinubu Will Lose In 2027 – Aregbesola

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics

Why Tinubu Will Lose In 2027 – Aregbesola Former Minister of Interior and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rauf Aregbesola, has revealed why president Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 general elections. He stated that regardless the grandstanding of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will take over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria and in most of the states. Aregbesola said this on Saturday in Ilorin while fielding questions in an interview with newsmen after the commissioning of the state secretariat of the party along Basin Road, Ilorin. “If APC is…