Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

Barely a few days after a joint task force led by the Nigerian Army took over the operational headquarters of the Eastern Security Network (an armed unit of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)), journalists and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have been invited for a verification tour at the site. This invitation was borne out of the viral online stories linked to IPOB that stress that the images published on 12 March 2026, along with a media release on Nigerian Army social media handles showing recovered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from Orsu-Eketutu Mother Valley and Orsu-Ihiteukwa, in Imo State, were…

The move to declare Abia South Senatorial District seat vacant has intensified, as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has denied expelling the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who represents the zone from the party. APGA also added that Abaribe was suspended from the party in September 2025 and never reacted to his suspension until he resigned from the party. State chairman the party, Ambassador Sunday Onukwubiri, disclosed that Abaribe resigned from the party on December, 30,2025,  and has never associated with APGA after his resignation. “Let it be known that Senator Abaribe was neither sacked nor  expelled from the party, Senator…

It is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf that the Igbo nation is in one of her most trial times politically. This is an era where youths have been erroneously misled by those who saw an earlier vacuum in leadership to see only them as righteous and begrudge every political leader except those endorsed by them as enemies of the land. The situation is so bad that in the last three general elections, the Igbo Nation, one of Nigeria’s most populated and most respected races, has suddenly reduced herself to an emergency minority in a country where…

…reveals that APC has been seeing Ogah as mole for some time now The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the statement by former minister of state for mines and steel development, Dr Uche Ogah, that despite being a member of the APC, he would support the Labour Party to win the Abia governorship election in 2027 is unacceptable. The party said that Ogah, who spoke in a Labour Party-organised event in Isuikwuato, did not surprise anyone with such reckless and irresponsible remarks, stressing that the Abia APC unequivocally dissociates itself and all its…

 …vow to ensure Kanu, Ekpa, relatives  change their surnames in shame, fear All communities in the Orsu LGA of Imo State have announced a complete ban of the use of the word ‘Biafra’ in their land, the parade of the Biafran flag, and the parade of the pictures of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. This announcement comes on the heels of the recent recovery of Orsu and Ihiala by the JTF and the capture of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) operational headquarters at the Udeke (mother) valley and the subsequent at large mode of…

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has described the City Boy Movement led by Barr. Seyi Tinubu as a near-national consensus for President Bola Tinubu, stressing that the movement is not a single political party affair. Speaking at the Sam Mbakwe Exco Chamber, when the leadership of the group paid him a courtesy call, Uzodimma further described the City Boy Movement as a youth revolution in Nigeria. The visit, which is a prelude to the Renewed Hope National Youth Tour by the City Boy Movement scheduled to be held in Owerri, gave the leadership an opportunity to hear from the…

As far as  February 2026 is concerned, the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.894 trillion among the three tiers of government as federation allocation. In a statement issued yesterday (Friday), by the Federal Ministry of Finance, the distribution was made from a gross revenue of N2.230 trillion generated during the month. Drum Africa learnt that from the amount shared, the Federal Government received N675.086 billion, the 36 states received N651.525 billion, while the 774 local government councils got N456.467 billion. Information also shows that the oil-producing states also received an additional N110.949 billion as derivation…

President Bola Tinubu on yesterday called on Nigerian media executives to extend their usual government scrutiny to both the state and local governments as rigorously as they monitor the federal government and his administration. The president while speaking at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while hosting media proprietors, executives, and members of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, said that states and local governments now enjoy greater financial autonomy under his administration, unlike before He said his administration have opened up the principle of federalism to the extent that local governments are now getting their money directly. He, however, stressed that it…

Come tomorrow, 14th March, 2026, Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University (KOMU) is poised to become the epicenter of critical developmental discourse as it announces its 2nd International Conference on Liberal Arts and Management Sciences. The event which which began yesterday, Thursday 12th and to end March to Saturday 14th March 2026, the conference will bring together global thought leaders, academics, policymakers, and students to confront one of the continent’s most pressing issues: poverty and income inequality. Under the theme “Poverty and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pathway to Inclusive and Sustainable Development,” the hybrid event (physical and virtual) aims to move…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Abia State chapter, has hailed the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) for appointing Archbishop Isaac Nwaobia as a member of the board of trustees (BoT) of the society, describing it as well deserved. The Chairman of CAN in Abia E, Rev. Ojo Ojo Uduma said that the appointment of Nwaobia who is currently the Archbishop of Aba Province and Bishop of Isiala-Ngwa South Diocese of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion into the Bible Society of Nigeria is a plus to Christianity in Abia State and the entire South East. Rev. Uduma described Nwaobia’s…