Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

By Elder Abraham Amah In the ever evolving theatre of Nigerian politics, one name has continued to dominate conversations across party lines, geopolitical zones, and power blocs. That name is Nyesom Wike. Whether one agrees with his methods or disagrees with his style, one undeniable reality remains clear. Wike has become a central force in the political calculations of modern Nigeria. Today, many petit politicians spend more time discussing Wike than discussing governance, development, or ideology. This is not accidental. It is the natural consequence of political relevance. In politics, those who lack visibility often attack those who command influence.…

…as AMATA buys two tricycle pickups, 95 buckets for refuse disposal The Chairman of the Ariaria International Market Aba, Sir Hyacinth Ositadinma Nnabude, has charged all traders and other people that make their daily living within Ariaria International Market, including Okada (motorcycle) riders, truck pushers, wheelbarrow pushers and even load carriers (job men), to, as a matter of urgency, get involved in the extended continuous voter registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Nnabude, while speaking to journalists, said that with the governor’s wonderful leadership, which the majority of traders in Aba are currently feeling, they will reciprocate by…

…as Obi-Kwankwaso ticket looks clear Nigeria Democratic Congress, (NDC) has said that it’s decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria for a single four-year term and the vice presidential slot to the Northern Nigeria is a moral statement on national cohesion, intended to reduce tensions surrounding the nation’s long-running power rotation debate.’ DrumAfricanews reports that the NDC yesterday zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria for a single four-year term and the vice presidential slot to the Northern Nigeria. This was sequel to a motion moved by the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency of Anambra State…

By Chimenu Amadi (IIC Leader) Go through major roads and highways in South Eastern part of Igbo land today. You can hardly move a few kilometres without encountering multiple police and military checkpoints. In some places, the checkpoints are so frequent that they frustrate movement, trade, and daily economic activity and that doesn’t come without illegal extortion and dues paid by motorist to these security outfits. How does an economy grow under such conditions and what has the five state Governors done or said to initiate free flow of movement in a bid to stop sabotaging the economy of the…

…says anytime Ijaw installs an Okirika/Kalabari governor, Ikwerre should forget Port Harcourt Leader of the Indigenous Igbo Congress (IIC) in Rivers State, Engr. Chimenu Amadi has lamented the ongoing ethnic and land boundary expansion by the Ijaw ethnic group, stressing that Ikwerre gave room for such actions through her long years of identity crisis and denial of Igbo identity. Amadi, an Ikwerre activist and a believer of the Igbo union, lamented that not just Ikwerre but other Igbo clans with identity crises, like Ndoki, are gradually sinking into the hands of the Ijaw expansionist agenda. Reacting to the recent…

BY NWACHUKWU RAYMOND “Until the Lion gets his own historian, the story of the hunt will tend to favour the hunter,” Chinua Achebe. It is a known fact that among the five governors of the South East extraction, none has come out to lend support to the Presidential aspiration of H.E Peter Obi come 2027. In fact, the Governor of his home State, Anambra H.E Soludo, has been at the forefront of those vehemently campaigning against his ambition, while the other governors, probably except for Alex Otti of Abia State, have not only moved to the APC but are cheerleaders…

The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), HRH Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has said that the reports alleging that the marriage between his son, Elijah Chibuzor, and his wife has broken down are all lies. Eze Chibuzor in a statement shared on his official X handle,said the his sone and the wife were recently at an immigration office to process their international passports ahead of a planned holiday trip to Canada. He said that arrangements have already been made for OPM-sponsored students currently studying in Canada under the church’s university scholarship scheme to receive and take care of the…

In what appears to be a major political development widely viewed as strengthening the prospects of former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has reportedly zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria DrumAfricanews reports that the decision was announced on Saturday during the party’s national convention held in Abuja. At the convention, delegates and senior stakeholders gathered to deliberate on key structural and electoral matters ahead of the 2027 general election, and zoning agreement was reached there. NDC confirmed the zoning arrangement in a statement posted on its official X handle, declaring: “NDC Presidential ticket…

Lieutenant Colonel, Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 82 Division Nigerian Army yesterday announced that troops foiled an attack by suspected terrorists of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Enugu State. According Colonel Ayeni, troops of Sector 1, Operation UDOKA, in collaboration with other security agencies while on intelligence led patrol mission to Imezi owa community, Ezeagu Local Government Area, Enugu State on 6 May 2026, a patrol which he said was a follow-up to the trailing of terrorist collaborators in the community. He said that while troops were advancing on foot…

Hon. Chijioke Chukwu, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, has cautioned Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party against what he described as the dangerous politicization of traditional institutions in the State. Chukwu while reacting to the ongoing tours and political mobilization activities by the Abia State Traditional Rulers Council in support of Governor Otti’s reelection bid, described the development as “constitutionally disturbing, morally inappropriate and democratically unhealthy.” He called on the Abia State Traditional Rulers Council to most respectfully withdraw from open political mobilization for Governor Otti’s re-election and preserve what he described as “the…