Politics

By Amb. Monyeazor Oluebube Sunday Ndi Bende ibem, biko, let us drop party cap for one minute and talk as one family. Remove PDP cap. Remove APC cap. Remove Labour Party cap. Remove NDC cap. Just be Bende man, Bende woman, Bende youth. Look at our land with ordinary eye — not party eye. Our land is tired. In Itumbauzo, our brothers still climb hills to make calls because network no dey. In Ebem Ohafia road that enters Bende, gully is swallowing houses. In Umuhu Ezechi, water project done since 2013 is now monument of rust. In Nkpa, young girls…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Arochukwu LGA has commenced preparations for the 2027 general elections with a strategic engagement involving ward chairmen and party leaders at the Ozu Abam country home of the Abia North Senatorial candidate, Rt. Hon. Uko Ndukwe Nkole. The gathering, which had in attendance Rt. Hon. Uko Ndukwe Nkole (Abia North Senatorial District), Mr. Elevis Ignes Ogbonna (Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency) and Hon. Ijoma Ogbonnaya Chinedu (Arochukwu State Constituency) as candidates of the party, also marked the inauguration of the Presidential and National Assembly Campaign Council for Arochukwu LGA. Mr. Ikenna Okoroafor was inaugurated as the…

By Comr. Amos Oge Kalu Ambassador Dr. Osita Offor "De Ultimate Commander", President of OTTIMANIA Legacy Movement, has made a clarion call on patriotic Abians to support the return of Governor Alex Chioma Otti, OFR, in 2027, saying continuity is necessary to consolidate the progress recorded across the state. Offor said Abians should judge the Otti administration by what is visible on the ground — roads, infrastructure, public-sector reforms, improved fiscal transparency and renewed attention to education and healthcare. “Continuity is not about one man. It is about ensuring that what is working does not stop halfway,” Offor said. Under…

The road to 2027 continued on Sunday as the NDC candidate for Abia North Senatorial District, Rt. Hon. Uko Ndukwe Nkole, intensified consultations across Bende, Ihechiowa and Ohafia, meeting political coordinators, community stakeholders and grassroots support groups. At Ozu Abam, Nkole met with Hon. Emeka Philips, the NDC candidate for Bende South State Constituency and Director-General of the Peter Obi Senatorial Campaign Council in Bende LGA. The meeting brought together ward and LGA coordinators, including Hon. Emeka Okafor and Mr. Kalu Oku, Director-General of Etugo Divine Mandate and Chairman of NDC, Isuikwuato LGA. Nkole also received a courtesy visit from…