Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
Governor Peter Mbah has called for a quantum leap and the declaration of a national emergency in Nigeria’s education sector to guarantee the nation’s development and future prosperity. Mbah argued that the audacity needed to fund a quantum leap in the nation’s education sector would flow from an appreciation of its necessity. This was even as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), British Council, and other global and national education stakeholders have hailed the governor for making education the centerpiece of his administration’s development agenda. The governor made the call in his…
Twenty prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, abducted in Imo State on October 1, have regained their freedom following a search and rescue operation by the police and other security agencies. Meanwhile, Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has applauded security agencies for their quick intervention stressing that he is pleased with the security agencies for their collaboration and patriotism in ensuring that the corps members were rescued unharmed. The victims were rescued on Wednesday, October 7, at Amakohia Ubi Autonomous Community in Owerri West LGA, Imo State, according to a statement issued by the Nigeria Police…
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) has been ranked 31st among Nigerian universities, 173rd in Africa and 3,633rd globally, in the October 2026 edition of the AD Scientific Index, a research-based ranking platform that tracks the scholarly performance and impact of scientists and academic institutions worldwide. The ranking reflects the growing presence of the University’s scholars in the international research ecosystem, as it strengthens its visibility on the global research map, to emerge among the Nigerian universities featured. DrumAfricanews reports that the University recorded a total H-index of 3,316, with 470 indexed academic staff, according to the ranking data.…
In a strategic effort to strengthen grassroots agricultural development and advance sustainable food production in Abia State, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU),in collaboration with the Abia State Ministry of Agriculture, has trained ward agricultural coordinators across the state on modern and sustainable agricultural practices. The four-day capacity-building workshop, themed “Strengthening Grassroots Agricultural Coordination for Sustainable Agricultural Development,” which is done through MOUAU’s Agribusiness Incubation Centre (ABIC), brought together agricultural coordinators, extension personnel and other key stakeholders to deepen their knowledge of innovative farming techniques, agribusiness development, climate-smart agriculture, value addition and effective agricultural extension services. Declaring the workshop…
While their victims, who are innocent and hard-working residents of Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, are crying and gnashing their teeth, criminals and swindlers are smiling with their new strategy yet to be properly understood by the majority of the residents. For some months now, DrumAfricanews has been following cases of phone theft and untraceable money withdrawals ongoing in Aba and has discovered that there is a particular syndicate running unperturbed in the city using tricycles as a channel of operation. Their recent victim, Mr Chuukwuemeka Eletue, a young family businessman who deals in electrical parts, had his…
The Abia State Police Command said it has successfully reunited a six-year-old child, found in Aba, Abia State, with his family from Akwa Ibom State. Abia police said that operatives of its Rapid Response Squad (RRS), while on patrol around Brass Junction, on 25/09/2026, along the Aba–Owerri Road Aba, found the six-year-old child, who identified himself as being from Itam, Akwa Ibom State. Leveraging actionable intelligence, the Command commenced efforts to trace the child’s family. These efforts according to the police yielded positive results, and yesterday, 05/10/2026, the child was successfully reunited with his family after the necessary verification established…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, has directed former Local Government Chairmen whose tenures recently expired to hand over all government property in their possession to the Directors of Administration in their respective local government areas. The governor directed that the handover and takeover formalities must be completed on or before the close of work on Monday, October 5, 2026. According to a statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Chief Cosmas Iwu, the directive followed the expiration of the tenures of the Local Government Chairmen and Councillors across the state’s 27 local government areas. The…
A university is, by fundamental design and historic tradition, the bedrock of free thought, intellectual debate, and uninhibited truth. It serves as a sanctuary where ideas are tested, public policies are rigorously scrutinized, and truth is spoken to power without fear of administrative retribution. However, when a citadel of learning begins to systematically clamp down on the voices of its finest minds, it surrenders its core purpose and degrades into a theatre of the absurd. This is the troubling reality currently unfolding at Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), where Professor Nnamdi Nwaeze, a distinguished Professor of Economics, finds himself facing…
The Enugu State Police Command has identified the woman allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, Okpara Chibuike Emmanuel, as 27-year-old Chinyere Rosemary Ugwu, from Obukpa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. Ugwu, a graduate of Medical Laboratory Science from the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, recently completed her National Youth Service Corps programme. Recall that on September 22, 2026, SP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu State Command said that the Command has arrested Emmanuel (male, aged 30), of Olympic Layout, One-Day, Enugu, for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, identified as Ugwu According to the PPRO,…
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ifeyinwa Juliana Odo has become the first female police officer to occupy the position of Aba Area Commander following her recent transfer to the command in Abia commercial capital, Aba. The Executive Mayor of Aba South Local Government Area, Hon. Obialor Denis Anyanwu, received the newly appointed Aba Area Commander in a move aimed at strengthening collaboration between the local government and the police command for sustained peace and security across Aba. ACP Odo paid a courtesy visit to the Mayor at his office, where both sides discussed the importance of deeper institutional cooperation in…