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Oct

26

2025

Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa celebrates with people of Ohafia at the 2025 Iri-Ji Ohamoha Ohafia New Yam Festival.

Abia State, Cultural Heritage, Metro, News, OhafiaAbia State, culture, Ibe Okwara Osonwa, Metro

The Federal House Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa, joined the Udumeze Ohafia and other dignitaries to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Ohafia people at this year’s Iri-Ji Ohamoha New Yam Festival. Held at the Ohafia Central School Field, the event brought together notable figures including His Excellency, Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu, FNSE, Deputy Governor of Abia State; Chief Eleanya Ojuu Kalu, Executive Mayor of Ohafia LGA; Hon. Kalu Mba Nwoke, Member representing Ohafia South at the Abia State House of Assembly; and Chief David Ogba (Bourdex), among others. Hon. Okwara commended the organizers for preserving…

Oct

25

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

House of Reps Order IGP, NSCDC to Enforce Full Uniforms at Checkpoints, Citing National Security Risk

News, PoliticsNext Level, Nigeria, Politics, Security

The House of Representatives on Thursday, October 23, 2025, adopted a critical motion of urgent national importance, demanding immediate enforcement of strict uniform and identification protocols for all security personnel operating at checkpoints, particularly across the South East and South-South geopolitical zones. The motion, moved by Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa (Labour Party, Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Abia State), warned that the current practice of un-uniformed or inadequately identified officers from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) poses a severe national security risk, enables criminality, and undermines public trust. (more…)

Oct

25

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gov. Otti Flags Off Reconstruction Of The 13.5km Ariam Usaka Ring Road, Promise More To Come.

Abia State, Economy, Metro, NewsAlex Otti, Economy, Politics

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has officially flagged off of the construction of the 13.5 Ariam-Usaka Ring Road in Ikwuano LGA. Flagging off the road project on Friday, at Obeama Ariam Model Primary School, Governor Otti said that fixing Ariam-Usaka ring road would signal the beginning of a new cycle of investments that would ultimately transform Ikwuano into the next frontlines of opportunities and prosperity. He said that the Ariam-Usaka Ring Road has been designed as an economic enabler for the people of Ikwuano in particular and the entire Abia at large, because of the interconnectivity of agriculture…

Oct

25

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Gov. Otti Flags Off Reconstruction Of Umuahia – Ikot-Ekpene Road, Says No Dichotomy In Fixing Roads.

Abia State, Current Events, Metro, News, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Metro, Politics

Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has flagged off the reconstruction of the long abandoned 25 kilometres Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Road with assurance that the work will be completed within 18 months. Speaking while flagging-off the project on Friday, at Umuahia Timber Market, Governor Alex Otti described the project as an end to the age long nightmare of motorists and communities along that corridor . The Governor who titled his speech, ‘The End of a Nightmare", said that the project symbolises his administration’s commitment to reversing years of infrastructural decay and noted that his administration’s focus on road infrastructure…

Oct

24

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

President Bola Tinubu has dismissed the Service Chiefs and appointed new ones.

Current Events, Metro, News, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu

According to a statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, General Olufemi Oluyede has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), replacing General Christopher Musa. The new Chief of Army Staff is Major-General W. Shaibu; Air Vice Marshal S.K. Aneke has been appointed as the Chief of Air Staff, and Rear Admiral I. Abbas is the new Chief of Naval Staff. Major-General E.A.P. Undiendeye will continue to serve as the Chief of Defence Intelligence. The statement also noted that President Tinubu expressed his deepest appreciation to the outgoing Chief…