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Jan

09

2026

Kalu’s 1999 vs Otti’s 2023: How the Former Governor Further Exposed His Intellectual Deficiency

Abia State, Column, News, Opinion, PoliticsAbia North, Abia State, Alex Otti, Metro, Nigeria, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics

By Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Public commentary by political leaders carries a responsibility. It must be grounded in facts, context, and historical honesty. When these pillars are absent, statements may ignite partisan passions but will inevitably collapse under scrutiny. This is the fundamental flaw in Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s recent attacks on Governor Alex Chioma Otti OFR, particularly his reckless attempts to compare governance outcomes between 1999 and 2023 while disregarding context, economic realities, and his own legacy in office. Kalu’s latest pronouncements reveal a troubling combination of arrogance, historical amnesia, and intellectual superficiality. The former governor had during his recent…

Jan

07

2026

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohafia LGA Mayor Visits Okon-Aku Community, Condemns recent Killing and destruction of properties

Abia State, Column, Metro, News, Politics

The Executive Mayor of Ohafia LGA, Chief Eleanya Ojuu Kalu, accompanied by his Deputy, Hon. Eme Iro Eme, yesterday Tuesday 6th January 2026 visited Okon-Aku community in Ohafia LGA following recent tragic incidents that have unsettled the area. The visit was prompted by the recent killing of Mr. Igwe Akuma Akwu, who was reportedly shot dead in Okon-Aku and the wanton destruction of the residences of Eze Ndukwo Iko, Eze Bernard Nkama and several others. These incidents, however, has generated widespread concern and grief within the community and beyond. During the visit, Chief Eleanya visited the family of the deceased…

Jan

06

2026

By Amos Oge Kalu

Orji Kalu: When Insatiable Political Ambition Overshadows Statesmanship

Abia State, Column, News, Opinion, Politics2027, Abia State, Opinion, Orji Uzor Kalu, Politics

Ebere Uzoukwa, PhD Senator Orji Uzor Kalu’s recent declaration that Abia will be APC in 2027, coupled with his emphatic insistence that he would actively work against the re-election of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, despite professing personal friendship, is not only reckless but deeply revealing. It exposes a troubling contradiction between unrestrained political ambition and the standards of statesmanship expected of a former governor and serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On the surface, the statement is framed as an expression of party loyalty. In substance, however, it reflects a longstanding pattern of political indiscretion that has…

Jan

05

2026

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia ADC Crisis: Bishop Prof. Emeka Nwankpa Calls for Peace, Unity

Abia State, Column, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics2027, Abia State, Emeka Nwankpa, Metro, Nigeria, Politics

Amid the ongoing crisis within the Abia State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a leading stakeholder of the party, Bishop Prof. Emeka Nwankpa, has called for calm, dialogue, and unity among party members. As a critical stakeholder who has been part of the ADC coalition arrangements from the very beginning, Bishop Prof. Nwankpa reaffirmed his unwavering and irrevocable commitment to the growth and stability of the party, not only in Abia State but also at the national level. He recalled that from the inception of the coalition, he worked hand in hand with key leaders of the alliance…

Jan

01

2026

By Amos Oge Kalu

Of Fallacies, Forgery And Fakery II. – As The Descent To Shamelessness Continues, I Worry For Nigeria.

Abia State, Column, Opinion, PoliticsChris Nwaokobia, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics

Tinubu: Imperial Rulers Like You Who Do Not Listen, Populate The Ignoble Dumpsites Of History. Since yesterday afternoon our time I watched the razzmatazz and funfair by which nations embraced the New Year, the earliest parties happened in and around the Islands of Kiribati, Chatham, Samoa, and Tonga, by the way Chatham Island is in New Zealand, as Australia, Russia, Papua New Guinea, China et al in no particular order were the 2026 early birds. In Nigeria what remains remarkable year in year out is the religiosity of the moment ditto the Cross-Over Night Services, and the 'prophecies' mostly by…