Category: PERSPECTIVE

By Stella Njemanze-Neboh  Amawom and Owerre Nshi Ise youth I stand strongly with you, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. This has always been my pledge to our youths. Youths all over the world are the foundation and backbone of any community, State or country. Our youths are our future and will take over when our journey on earth is over. So we must protect, guide and make sure they are ready to step into their new roles when needed. Our…

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By Prof Protus Nathan Uzoma In 2023, Nigerians watched a new kind of war unfold. It was not fought with guns. It was fought with faces. Doctored audio of candidates, AI-generated videos of rallies that never happened, and photos of ballot snatching from polling units that did not exist. What once needed a Nollywood studio now needs only a phone and 10 minutes. As Plato warned in The Republic, “False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.” In 2027, those false words will…

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By: Donatus Ihejirika Party primaries are preparatory elections conducted by registered political parties to select their preferred flagbearers ahead of general elections organized by a national election management body. In Nigeria, party primaries are conducted every four years by political parties for their tested and trusted members seeking elective positions such as President, National Assembly, Governors and Houses of Assembly. Party primaries are also conducted for aspirants in states where off-cycle or off-season elections are held. The states include Anambra,Bayelsa, Edo, Kogi, Imo, Osun and Ondo. The Electoral Amendment Act…

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Imo state must not elect a person that is selfish and self centered. Must not elect a person that is very greedy and uses his or her power to intimidate, oppress and humiliate our citizens. You must elect a person who has a clean record of pure and sincere governance and not one that uses facebook and other media to start pretending to be helping the hungry, poor and suffering because they want to be elected. We need a giver who freely gives behind all the cameras, facebook, and from the…

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The development comes exactly seven days after Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, member representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency, confronted the Minister of Finance over ₦1.15 trillion in approved capital funds that remain undisbursed—with capital projects across Nigeria sitting at zero percent execution. It was Wednesday, February 25th, when Hon. Ikwechegh—a member of the House Committee on Aids and Loans—took the floor at the Appropriation Committee’s budget defence session and began firing questions that would ultimately reverberate all the way to Aso Rock. Armed with documents from his committee assignment, he…

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By Ebere Uzoukwa 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,…

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  Dear beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, religious, political, traditional and social leaders, and the people of Imo State, and Nigeria at large, As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, I bring you joyous greetings from the Christian Association of Nigeria, Imo State. The theme of this year’s Christmas, “Jesus Christ: The Gift of Hope,” is drawn from Isaiah 9:2, *”The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light…

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By Ebere Uzoukwa Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, has moved Abia State from the uncertainty of political cycles into the certainty of long-term planning by signing into law a comprehensive 25-Year Development Plan. In a political environment where visions often expire with administrations, this singular act stands out as a deliberate effort to protect Abia’s future from policy reversals and governance disruptions. By legally institutionalising development planning, the governor has transformed aspiration into obligation, ensuring that growth, prosperity, and good governance in Abia are no longer optional promises but enforceable…

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By Ikenna ONUOHA, Ph.D. Ecclesiastics, chapter 3:1 says; “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven,”. The chapter emphasized that all of life’s events, from joy to sorrow, birth to death, growth to decay, happen in an appointed, purposeful time ordained by God. It is a profound reflection on the cyclical nature of life, acknowledging that every human experience, both good and bad, fits into a greater divine plan and serves a specific purpose. On Saturday, December 20, 2025, all roads lead to…

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By Steve OsuJi RUMOURS OF COUP: It’s not just about the rumoured putsch, everything about this government seems to be in the mire currently. But when military officials begin to openly discuss that sacrilegious matter, then there’s indeed trouble in the land. As always, it started as subdued murmurings in September. It was so much in the open that a certain tainted and self-proclaimed prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele hinted at it weeks ago. The matter however became grave when the ceremonies to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence celebration was cancelled. NEVER…

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