Kalu Odinakachi, Author at OHAFIATV

Oct

10

2022

Aggrieved APC Christians set to dump Tinubu, Shettima over Muslim-Muslim

Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Religion

Voting along religious lines in the 2023 general election may trigger negative consequences among Nigerians and threaten national development, Northern Christian leaders in the All Progressives Congress and Northern Muslim political leaders said on Sunday. They also agreed to adopt one of the presidential candidates in a bid to defeat the Muslim-Muslim ticket adopted by the APC despite the public outcry. The APC Northern Christian leaders, led by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; and a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, agreed to focus on issues that unite them as a…

Oct

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

SERAP condemns police attack on Peter Obi’s supporters in Ebonyi, cautions Buhari, govs

Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, SERAP

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned the police attack on Peter Obi’s followers in Ebonyi. Supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate were tear-gassed by police officers during a peaceful rally in September. The assault followed an alleged directive by Governor Dave Umahi's administration; the state government denied issuing such an order. In a statement on Sunday, SERAP told President Muhammadu Buhari and governors to allow freedom of expression, assembly, and equal participation during campaigns. The organization advised Buhari to publicly instruct the police to protect the right of every Nigerian to take part in the political process.…

Oct

09

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

The Behemoth Called “ABIA” And The Exchange Of Deceits – Opinion

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NNPP, Opinion, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

What a walking disaster with a strange-sounding melody of frustration, in a state adjudged to be the 12th richest state among the Nigerian federating states! Why would a state blessed and punctuated with revered intellectuals and astute professional juggernauts be basking in the euphoria of exchanges of ignorance? For barely 24 years, no government in Abia State has ever produced a new general framework of economic thought. It is totally inconceivable and it distorts the technology of reasoning how a state rich in both human and material resources is dying by instalment. Our state governance system has so reduced us…

Oct

08

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

IPOB says it has no plans to disrupt election in Igboland

Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Biafra, Freedom, IPOB, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said that it has no plan to disrupt the election in Igboland in 2023. The media and publicity secretary of the group, Emma Powerful, in a press statement, said there is no truth in any information circulating on alleged plans to disrupt the election in 2023 in Igboland. The group rather accused the federal government of masterminding insecurity in the South East, with the hope of causing fear and accusing IPOB of their deeds. A recent video of a breakaway member of IPOB, Mr. Simon Ekpa recently surfaced on the internet, where he…

Oct

07

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Nnamdi Kanu’s suit against High Court Chief Judge on secret trial struck out

Metro, News, OpinionBiafra, Court, Freedom, Metro, Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu, Opinion

Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo on Friday in Abuja struck out a suit instituted by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court on the secret trial of terrorism charges policy of the court. The suit, which has the Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, as sole defendant, was thrown out following its dramatic withdrawal by the Biafra nation agitator. Kanu had dragged the Chief Judge before the court following the adoption of a Practice Direction that directed the trial of terrorism-related charges to be done in camera.…