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Abia North Senate Seat: Group makes case for Arochukwu/ Ohafia Federal Constituency, backs Nt As political parties brace up for their primaries, a case has been made for the Abia North Senate seat to be ceded to Arochukwu local government to end years of marginalisation of the area. An articulate pressure group in Abia state, … Read more
This is not the time for another long analysis. You have read the arguments. You have seen the record. You know what this constituency has been through and you know what it deserves. What is left now is a simple, direct conversation between this platform and every delegate, every stakeholder, every party official, and every … Read more
There is a question that the people of Arochukwu and Ohafia have been asking for a long time — quietly, patiently, sometimes angrily, sometimes with the kind of tired resignation that comes from asking the same question too many times without getting a satisfying answer. The question is this: when does this constituency actually get … Read more
Every four years, something predictable happens across Nigeria. A man who nobody knew had money suddenly builds a mansion. A politician who was taking motorcycle taxis to party meetings is now riding in a convoy of SUVs. A representative who could not afford to fix the roof of his own house before the election is … Read more
Encouraged by his impressive credentials and track record of service, a group has called upon the former Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, ( ASCETA), Dr Philips Nto to contest the upcoming senatorial election to represent Abia North under APC. The group, Abia North Voice for Change described Dr Philips Nto as … Read more
Why His Name Alone Makes Politicians Uncomfortable: The Ignes Effect in Arochukwu/Ohafia Politic In Nigerian politics, there is a particular kind of silence that falls over a room when a certain name is mentioned. Not the silence of respect — though that is part of it — but the silence of calculation. The kind of … Read more
There is a particular type of person that shows up in Nigerian politics every election season — well dressed, full of promises, carrying bags of rice and envelopes of cash, disappearing immediately after the votes are counted. We have seen this pattern so many times in Arochukwu and Ohafia that many people have stopped expecting … Read more
Shocking new details have emerged from an ongoing investigation into an alleged coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu, and what investigators are uncovering goes far beyond what was initially reported. This was not merely a plan to assassinate the President. According to findings from the investigation, the conspirators had mapped out a full-scale military takeover … Read more
BREAKING: Mass Defection Rocks YPP in Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency as Ward Members, Chieftains Begin Exodu A political earthquake is shaking the Young Progressives Party (YPP) structure in the Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency as resignation letters from ward members and party chieftains have begun flooding social media this morning, signaling what analysts are describing as a coordinated … Read more
A former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Abia State, Dr Philips Nto has accused those who want to truncate the reelection of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as being behind the accusations of academic fraud against the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Benjamin Kalu. He wondered why it was only … Read more