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Feb

2026

Otti: How Geometric Power Can Re-Industrialise The South East – By Ebere Uzoukwa Ph.D (SSA To Governor Otti On Public Affairs)

Abia State, Columns/Opinions/Letters, Good Governance, South East

Otti: How Geometric Power Can Re-Industrialise the South East By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, on Wednesday, February 4, used the platform of the South East Vision 2050 Regional Stakeholders Forum in Enugu to advance a clear and persuasive development thesis that places reliable electricity at the centre of economic revival in the South East. Far beyond a routine policy speech, the Abia State governor articulated a practical roadmap for re-industrialisation, anchored on decentralised power generation, with Geometric Power’s Aba Independent Power Project (AIPP) presented as a viable regional anchor. His message to political leaders, investors, and…

Jan

2026

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Umahi’s Son Wins APC Chairmanship Ticket For Ohaozara LGA

News Flash, Politics, South East

Umahi’s Son Wins APC Chairmanship Ticket For Ohaozara LG Osborne Umahi, son of the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has secured the ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) ahead of the Ohaozara local government election. Osborne, who was the sole candidate on the ticket, garnered all 55 votes cast by delegates in the primary election, which took place at Obiozara Primary School in Uburu. The Deputy State Chairman of the party, Alphonsus Nwali, who was the Chairman of the electoral committee for the Council’s primary election, declared the younger Umahi as the winner of the primary election. Nwali commended…

Jan

2026

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Abia’s Ascent: Otti Tops South-East Performance Poll, Redefinning Governance Narratives – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

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

Abia’s Ascent: Otti Tops South-East Performance Poll, Redefining Governance Narratives In a political climate often dominated by noise rather than nuance, a new empirical assessment has injected fresh reality into the conversation about state leadership performance in Nigeria’s South-East geopolitical zone. According to a recent performance poll conducted by the Forum of South-East Democratic Organisations (FOSAD), Governor Alex Chioma Otti OFR of Abia State emerged as the best-performing governor in the region, capturing 55.5% of total votes across a range of governance indicators.The poll — which evaluated the Five South-East governors on security, economic development, infrastructure, education, health, and overall…

Dec

2025

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South-East Under Siege: How Insecurity Is Redefinning Governance Tests For Otti And Other Governors – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Security, South East

SOUTH-EAST UNDER SIEGE: HOW INSECURITY IS REDEFINING GOVERNANCE TESTS FOR OTTI AND OTHER GOVERNORS The South-East of Nigeria is passing through one of its gravest security crises since the end of the civil war. From Abia to Imo, Ebonyi to Enugu and Anambra, violence has assumed a frightening regularity, marked by kidnappings, ambushes, extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and crippling economic shutdowns. Once known primarily for commerce and enterprise, the region is now increasingly defined by fear. For governors like Dr. Alex Otti of Abia State, insecurity has become not just a policy challenge but the ultimate test of leadership. A…

Nov

2025

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2027: APC To ‘Loose’ All South Eastern States – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics, South East

2027: APC to ‘Loose’ All South Eastern States The 2027 elections will test many things in Nigeria, but one outcome is already becoming politically inevitable: the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on track to lose every elective seat in the South East — and the reason is singular, emotional, legal, historic, and moral: the handling of Nnamdi Kanu’s case. For four years, the APC-led Federal Government has carried the burden of a decision that continues to inflame sentiments across Igboland — the abduction, extraordinary rendition, and prolonged detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).…

Nov

2025

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MNK Deserves Acquittal, Not Pardon – By Prof Chukwuemeka Ifegwu Eke

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Crime, Human Rights, South East

MNK DESERVES ACQUITTAL, NOT PARDON MNK is not a violent man.MNK is not genocidal.MNK is not a commander of militias.MNK does not need a pardon.MNK needs acquittal.Period. The Nigerian Constitution is clear in Section 36(5): “Every person charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proven guilty.” The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, domesticated in Nigeria under Cap A9, reinforces it: No one shall be deprived of liberty except on grounds and procedures established by law. And internationally, Article 14 of the ICCPR insists that punishment must match proven personal conduct, not political interpretation. Philosophy is…

Oct

2025

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Changing The Narrative From Partisanship To Performance II.

South East

Enugu, Nigeria - When Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah took the oath of office as the 5th democratically elected Governor of Enugu State, he promised to “disrupt the status quo.” Two and half years later, the evidence is visible in Schools, Hospitals, Roads, Pipes, Fiber-optic Cables, Security Cameras, Smart Cities, and Farmlands across the State. Of the plethora of very laudable projects of the Mbah administration, I have elected 30 standout Projects that define one of the most ambitious State-level development blueprints in contemporary Nigeria. This feature takes a deep dive into these 30 landmark projects reshaping Enugu. 260 SMART GREEN…

Sep

2025

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Soludo Vs Ekwunife Fight: Soludo’s Wife Challenges Uche Ekwunife For Oath Of Fidelity And Chastity Including Paternity Test

News Flash, Politics, South East

Festering Fight: Soludo's wife, Nonye takes on Uche Ekwunife Nonye Soludo , the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo takes on Senator Uche Ekunife who has accused her and her husband of sundry misdemeanors as the as the run up to the Anambra Governorship election degenerate into a smear campaign and dirty war Two days ago, I posted a terse remark in response to the barrage of fabricated inanities from Uche Ekwunife in her incoherent response to my husband’s legitimate questions about her questionable PhD and inadequate GCE result, noting that I would not condescend to her…

Aug

2025

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The IGBO Question In Nigeria Gradually Turning To A Yoruba Vs Igbo Fight – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Politics, South East

THE IGBO QUESTION IN NIGERIA GRADUALLY TURNING TO A YORUBA vs IGBO FIGHT. The seminal and trite statement by Reuben Abati, a seasoned journalist and former Presidential Adviser few days ago that the Civil war that was said to have ended in 1970 never really ended but continued economically, socially, politically, geopolitically, commercially, infrastructurally, institutionally, systemically, and environmentally until the advent of Buhari's 5% participation for the Igbo ethnic group that boasts of at least 30% of total Nigeria population, natural resources and demography. Today, Tinubu's government that promised to continue where Buhari stopped is upping the marginalization policy to…

Aug

2025

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The Fear Of The Igbo: How Ethnic Propaganda And State Policy Strangle Development In The South-South – By Charles Ude, Esq (Abuja Based Legal Practitioner And Public Opinion Analyst)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, South East, South South

The Fear of the Igbo: How Ethnic Propaganda and State Policy Strangle Development in the South-South By Charles Ude, Esq.Abuja-based legal practitioner and public opinion analystEmail: charlesude2014@gmail.com Abstract The systemic marginalization of the Igbo people, driven by deep-seated fear, political rivalry, and economic suppression, now extends far beyond the South-East. Nowhere is this more palpable than in the deliberate stifling of infrastructure and industrial development in the South-South region of Nigeria. This article argues that the anti-Igbo sentiment, packaged as political strategy, has been sold to the South-South, weaponized to paralyze progress, and used as a smoke-screen to concentrate wealth…