Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
The Enugu State Government has commenced a Continuous Survey Revalidation and Digitisation Exercise as part of the ongoing Survey Records Digitisation Programme, aimed at establishing a fully digital, transparent and verifiable land administration system in the state. The exercise, according to the government, is a key component of the digital transformation of the state’s land and survey records system and is designed to protect property rights, eliminate disputes arising from lost or defective records, and strengthen public confidence in land administration. It also forms part of the comprehensive digital transformation agenda of the Governor Peter Mbah administration. The government, in…
A grassroots political pressure group, the Umuahia Political Forum (UPF), has unanimously adopted the Abia APC governorship candidate, Chief Eric Opah, as its sole candidate for the 2027 governorship election. The decision was reached during the group’s enlarged executive meeting held on Saturday, 25th July, 2026. The forum comprises members from different walks of life, including pensioners, traders, commercial bus drivers, farmers, artisans and other grassroots stakeholders. According to the group, its members played an active role in supporting Governor Alex Otti during the 2023 governorship election after holding several engagements with him before the polls. However, the forum said…
The Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has reacted to Thursday’s runway incident involving the state-owned airline, Enugu Air, at Benin Airport, empathizing with the passengers and crew members over the traumatic experience. Mbah, in a statement he personally signed, commended the aviation authorities for immediately initiating an investigation into the incident, saying that, for Enugu Air, safety remained non-negotiable. In the statement made available to newsmen on Friday, the governor said, “The Enugu State Government is aware of the runway excursion incident affecting Enugu Air, Embraer E170, Flight 4264, operating until the Benin Airport from Lagos on Thursday,…
The Imo State Government has formally revoked rights of occupancy over several parcels of land, including the Old Timber Market area, as part of a public interest acquisition published in the Imo State Official Gazette. The revocation is contained in Imo State Official Gazette No. 17, Volume 50, published on June 4, 2026, under I.S.L.N. No. 6 of 2026, titled Revocation Order of Rights of Occupancy Order, 2026. According to the public notice, The Executive Governor Senator Hope Uzodimma exercised the powers conferred on him by Section 28 of the Land Use Act (formerly Land Use Decree No. 6 of…
The Management Team of the Imo State Health Insurance Agency (IMSHIA), led by the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Donald Osita Eneh, recently held a strategic engagement with the Management Team of Heartland Hospital Management Corporation. The meeting focused on strengthening the partnership between IMSHIA and Heartland Hospitals to ensure seamless, affordable, and quality healthcare delivery to ImoCare enrollees across the 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State. Speaking during the meeting, Dr. Donald Osita Eneh noted that the collaboration is critical to achieving the Agency’s mandate of providing equitable, affordable, and quality health insurance services in line with the…
The leadership of the Abia State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) has expressed optimism that Governor Alex Otti will be overwhelmingly re-elected come 2027. This is as it commended the high level of traders’ participation in the just-concluded Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. It will be recalled that the CVR exercise which began on August 18, 2025, across the country, and which was originally scheduled to end on July 10, 2026, was, however, extended to July 24, 2026. Speaking after its sensitisation, mobilisation and assessment tour of over 35 markets in Aba, the commercial hub…
The traditional ruler of Umuobasiukwu autonomous community in Ozuitem, Bende Local Government Area, Eze John Onuoha Akaliro, has dismissed claims that Bende traditional rulers and stakeholders signed an agreement in 2019 to rotate the Bende Federal Constituency seat between the Umunna and Ikwuisii blocs after every eight years. Akaliro’s position comes amid growing debate over the zoning of the House of Representatives seat ahead of the 2027 general elections, with some stakeholders insisting that a binding agreement exists to ensure the office rotates between the two blocs. Regarded as one of the most senior traditional rulers in Abia State, Akaliro…
The Aba Book Club has lamented that the lack of a library in the Enyimba city is a huge setback to the current government free education scheme, stressing that going to school without proper access to important books for further study is tantamount to a waste of energy. Co-founder of the Aba Book Club, Osondu Mbonu, who spoke in Aba during ” The Nonprofit Breakfast Dialogue Abia State” organised by the Centre for Development Practice (CEDEP), USA, government’s continuous decision to allow touts to occupy the land mapped out for the construction of the Aba City library at Constitution Crescent is a…
As the 2027 general elections draw closer, political realignments and competing interests are expected. However, beyond the noise and political maneuvering, the people of Bende Federal Constituency must ask one fundamental question: Can Bende afford to lose a representative who is delivering measurable results? The recent perceived gang-up against the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, is more than a political contest. To many, it is an attack on the progress, opportunities, and development that Bende has witnessed under his representation. Benjamin Kalu’s rise to national prominence was not accidental. It is the product…
Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti has completely distanced himself from the five South East governors that Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma claimed have resolved to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu. Recall that Governor Hope Uzodimma, in a recent media comment, said that the five South East governors have all resolved to support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election as a mark of appreciation for all his good works in the region. Otti made the remarks while answering questions on Uzodimma’s comment from a TVC journalist during a media chat in Umuahia and stressed that no individual governor has the…