Abia State Archives - Page 279 of 297

Jun

29

2022

2023: OMPAN Abia Chapter cautions Politicians Against Heating Up Polity

Abia State, Politics2023, Abia State, Next Level, Nigeria, OMPAN, Politics

PRESS RELEASE Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) Abia chapter has cautioned politicians against taking actions or making utterances that would heat up the polity and stoke violence in a build-up to 2023 general elections. The online media body gave the warning in a statement jointly signed by the State Chairman of OMPAN chief Paddy Anyatonwu and the Secretary Steve Unegbu on Sunday,June 26,2022 and made available to Newsmen in Umuahia the state capital. The media practitioners appealed to political leaders and their followers particularly in Abia state to play politics with decorum and not to see the forthcoming…

Jun

25

2022

By OHAFIATV

Ohafia must support Okamu to hold their first elective post – Ebin Kalu

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Ebin Kalu, Next Level, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics

Foremost contender for the position of representative of the good people of Ohafia South State Constituency, Hon. Ebin Kalu Orji (popularly known as Chief Obia), has reiterated his determination to represent his people after decamping from PDP to ADP to emerge as the party's flagbearer in the 2023 Abia State House of Assembly. Speaking after another a series of consultative meetings with Action Democratic Party, ADP Stakeholders in Ebem Ohafia, he maintained that besides being eminently qualified for the position as a seasoned and experienced party member and former Councilor of Okamu Ward with requisite educational background, he insisted that…

Jun

23

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Opinion: Why Udumeze Should Use NNPP As Platform To Negotiate Within Abia State, Nigeria.

Abia State, Ohafia, PoliticsAbia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics

There is no gainsaying that the big political parties in Abia State have consistently, persistently, grossly and impudently neglected Nde Ohafia in their political arithmetics, in respect of elective positions in the state polity. It is fundamentally obvious that since the inception our democratic brand in 1999, Ohafia26 has always been used as a laboratory for political permutations and a ligament for political negotiations by other Abia State political Gladiators. Despite the persistent call for affirmative action to remedy this political stigmatization and ignominious political gaps in the politics of our state, especially in the aftermath of the Charter of…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia pensioners beg FG to intervene as two die Monday

Abia State, Economy, Metro, PoliticsAbia State, Economy, Metro, Nigeria, Okezie Ikpeazu, Politics

By Sunday Nwakanma Pensioners in Abia State, once again, took to the streets urging the Federal Government to prevail on the state government to save their lives. Led by their coordinator, Chukwuemeka Okezie, the pensioners who were in all-black attire, weeping and singing retributive songs, marched round the capital city to show their anger. Addressing newsmen, Okezie disclosed that Monday, June 19, two of their members died “out of starvation by not being able to buy drugs”, adding that recently, “the state started paying over three months, but a half pension.” He said since 2014, “total number of unpaid monthly pension…

Jun

22

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Abia South HOA: ZeroSumGame thrives as Ebin Kalu dumps PDP, grabs ADP ticket.

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Ebin Kalu, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Politics

After the shinanigan that heralded and keeps plaguing the People's Democratic Party's Primary elections in Abia State, a situation that has put the party in a myriad of litigation, upon litigation at all levels, some aggrieved members who perceived fairness and equity were not applied in the exercise has moved on intending to actualize their dreams from a more accommodating vintage point of healthy competition. Prominent among these is one of the foremost contenders for the position of representing the good people of Ohafia South State Constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly come 2023. Speaking to OHAFIA TV…