Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

The Imo State Ministry of Education (Primary and Secondary) has issued a firm warning to private schools, reaffirming a strict ban on certain graduation ceremonies and the indiscriminate swapping of textbooks. In a notice dated April 27, 2026, the government directed all private school proprietors, headteachers, and principals to comply immediately or face severe consequences, including license revocation. Under the existing policy, graduation ceremonies are completely prohibited for: · Kindergarten · Nursery · Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) Only two groups may hold graduation events: · Primary 6 pupils · Senior Secondary School (SSS 3) students The Ministry also barred…

Ndigbo For Tinubu 2027 Forum, a political group, has accused leading members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), former vice president Atiku Abubakar; former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde; and former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, of planning an interim government if the ADC loses the presidential election in 2027. The group alleged that the ADC chieftains, through their actions and speeches at the recent national opposition summit held in Ibadan, Oyo State, have sent a message that they do not want free, fair and credible elections in 2027.  In a…

By Alani Bamude The latest orchestrated attack against the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has once again revealed the growing fear, panic, and desperation within opposition ranks who have clearly run out of ideas and now resort to recycled falsehoods and politically motivated petitions. The response submitted by respected law firm Olaniwun Ajayi LP on behalf of Hon. Benjamin Kalu comprehensively dismantles every allegation contained in the petition and establishes, beyond doubt, that all relevant documents are lawful, valid, authentic, and verifiable. What Nigerians are witnessing is not a genuine legal complaint, but a calculated…

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has said that it is a thing of concern and regrettable situation that, despite the money currently available to the Abia State government, the minimum wage of the state is an embarrassment to the workers.  Kalu, a former commissioner for information in the state, in an optimistic tone said that when his party, the PDP, takes over the government house in 2027, the least worker in Abia must earn at least N120,000 after tax as minimum wage.  The PDP stalwart said that in the absence of the global recession of…

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today reiterated that the Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, remains the duly recognised and undisputed leader of the APC in the state. The party said that any individual or group parading themselves as leaders of the party in the state does so at their own risk.  It added that the leadership of the APC in Abia will firmly resist any attempt, no matter how highly placed, to sow seeds of division, create parallel structures, or undermine the unity and cohesion of our party. In…

…demand to represent themselves in all elective positions The Aba Ngwa People, the indigenous owners of Enyimba City, comprising Aba North and Aba South Local Government Areas, held a peaceful demonstration on Monday, the 27th of April, 2026, over what they termed political marginalisation and maltreatment. The peaceful demonstration which started along Factory Road, Aba, saw the demonstrators in their multitude chanting as they marched to the house of Barr. Emeka Wogu, chairman of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), a prominent Aba Ngwa son and the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Abia South Senatorial District.…

The Imo State chapter of the All Action Party (APP) held its state congress in Owerri on Sunday April 26, 2026, and elected Hon. Ernest Njesi as the substantive State Chairman of the party. DrumAfricanews reports that the APP congress held at the State Party Secretariat along MCC Uratta Road, Owerri have been adjuged to be a successful one, new State Working Committee (SWC), has emerged. The congress, which drew party faithful and stakeholders from across the state, marked a significant milestone in the consolidation of the party’s internal democratic processes. The election of Njesi was greeted with widespread approval…

Chief John Okiyi Kalu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Abia State has urged the Labour Party (LP) government to eschew any plan of intimidation as the 2027 elections approach, stressing that the PDP in Abia is immune to such moves, as it does not and will not have any effect. Chief Kalu who spoke in Umuahia during a stakeholders meeting of the PDP urged the LP government to prepare to vacate their current position, because it has failed woefully and should not think that introducing intimidation and threat will yield any fruit. The former commissioner for trade and…

Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the party is not in any agreement to form any form of coalition with any political party and has never entered into such an agreement as the 2027 election approaches. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting at the party’s secretariat in Umuahia, the PDP chairman in Abia State, Elder Abraham Amah, said that the PDP is too big and extremely grassrooted to agree on such laughable alignment with any political party, urging people to disregard such reports. Speaking at the meeting, a PDP chieftain and a former commissioner for…

By; Hon. Dr. David Nwaenyi The latest remarks by Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, distancing Delta North from proposals to relocate Anioma into the South East, bring much-needed clarity to an issue that has too often been framed with sentiment rather than constitutional logic. According to him, the nine LGAs in Delta North Senatorial District prefer Anioma as a 7th state within the South South, not a transfer into another geopolitical zone. That position aligns with the principles of self-determination, balance, and federal equity. Against this backdrop, the proposition by Senator Prince Ned Nwoko to zone Anioma into the South…