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Oct

08

2022

‘I am Dr Ukpai Iro Ukpai’ – Do you know Dr Ukpai Iro Ukpai? Meet Him.

Abia State, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

I have volunteered myself for the service of HUMANITY and to salvage my State - Abia from the shackles of bad leadership, disjointed governance system and distorted political cum administrative brouhaha. I have been trying to generate answers that I will give to my children and generations yet unborn at the end of time, when they will ask me: Dad, Grand Dad, where were you when our God's Own State was being governed by career politicians without compass and with defective bearing, to the extent that Abia State had been consigned to the gabbage heap of forgotten states? In order…

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.…

Oct

07

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023: Kenneth Okonkwo accuses APC of building skyscraper of failure

Economy, Entertainment, Opinion, Politics2023, All Progressives Congress, Kenneth Okonkwo, Next Level, Nigeria, Nollywood, Opinion, Politics

A veteran Nollywood actor and chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, Bar Kenneth Okonkwo, has accused the All Progressive Congress, APC, of building a skyscraper of failure on insecurity and corruption. Okonkwo decried the level of corruption in the APC government, saying he did not vote for animals to begin to manifest as witches stealing the country’s money. The veteran actor stated this while fielding questions on the Channels TV Politics Today program. He lamented the fact that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and students have been at home for eight months, with no end in sight. “APC…

Oct

07

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Police vow to sanction officer that carried handbag for Atiku’s wife

Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, Politics2023, Nigeria, Opinion, Police, Politics, Titi Atiku

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said a police officer attached to Titi Abubakar will be sanctioned for carrying her bag. The officer was pictured carrying a handbag at the commissioning office Titi opened for her husband’s 2023 campaign. Titi is the wife of Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi stated that officers are not expected to go against professional ethics. Adejobi responded to a Twitter user @Fifi_Ify who said the officer was turned into a maid. “When a private citizen can turn our uniform force member into her…

Oct

06

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Abians Robbed; Democratic Dividends Raped, Justice In Coma

Abia State, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Ohafia4Gov2023, Opinion, Politics, Ukpai Iro Ukpai

I have stood within the closest perimeter to view our dear state of Abia; I have also stood at a distance to take the same view; and I discovered that in our God's Own State, there is no cause for control; everything is under alarm. Understandably, in the context of contemporary politics and politicking, good governance is not predicated on oratory of tongues and eloquence of words; neither is it premised on party leanings and affiliations. Good governance is a function of individual traits and their peculiar dynamism - the psychological, mental, social, intellectual, spiritual and other make ups of…