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Oct

2025

Tinubu Reviews Pardon List, Excludes Drug, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping Convicts

Crime, FGN, News Flash, Politics, Presidency

Tinubu Reviews Pardon List, Excludes Drug, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping Convicts President Bola Tinubu has ordered the removal of persons convicted for kidnapping, drug trafficking, human trafficking, fraud, and unlawful possession of firearms from the list of beneficiaries under the federal government’s prerogative of mercy. A statement on Wednesday by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu took the decision “following consultations with the Council of State and public opinion”. STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU SIGNS INSTRUMENT OF CLEMENCY AND PARDONS, MOVES SECRETARIAT OF PREROGATIVE OF MERCY COMMITTEE TO JUSTICE MINISTRY President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

Oct

2025

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Stop Praising President, Tell Them The Truth – Sanusi Tells Ministers

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, Politics

Stop Praising President, Tell Them The Truth – Sanusi Tells Ministers The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammadu Sanusi II, has warned ministers and presidential aides against turning themselves into praise singers rather than giving the President honest advice that can save the nation’s economy. Sanusi gave the charge on Monday in Abuja at the Oxford Global Think Tank Leadership Conference and Book Launch, where he and Atedo Peterside dissected Nigeria’s economic policies and governance challenges. Speaking on the need for integrity and courage in public service, Sanusi lamented that Nigeria’s leadership…

Oct

2025

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Prof. Attar Bawany Meets Dr. Alex Otti: Leadership Through Crisis And Transformation- By Prof. Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

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

Prof. Sattar Bawany Meets Dr. Alex Otti: Leadership Through Crisis and Transformation If ever there was a Nigerian example of what Dr. Sattar Bawany calls “The Making of a C.R.I.S.I.S. Leader,” it is the story of Dr. Alex Chioma Otti (OFR) and Abia State. In Bawany’s new global best-seller, he argues that leadership isn’t about power or comfort — it’s about clarity in chaos, moral courage in turbulence, and the ability to turn crisis into structure. Scroll through Abia’s social-media landscape today and you’ll see that happening in real time. When Otti spent eight years in opposition, he wasn’t playing…

Oct

2025

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

News Flash, Abia North, Politics

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…