Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State has cautioned Ndi Igbo to avoid wasting their votes in the 2027 elections for President, Senate, Federal House of Representatives, and State House of Assembly seats, emphasising that the Igbos’ votes are crucial to ensuring President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, as their support counts in their own interests. Speaking in Awka during a courtesy visit by the Women’s Wing of the City Boy Movement, led by his daughter Adaora Ifeatu Soludo, at the Anambra State Light House auditorium in Awka on June 1, 2026. He said that Ndi Igbo should be part of making…

The Imo State Ministry of Education, Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE) has issued a stern warning to proprietors of private and faith-based schools, cautioning that continued disregard for government directives could lead to the revocation of their operational licences. In a public notice signed by Hon. Commissioner Prof. B. T. O. Ikegwuoha on May 29, 2026, the ministry expressed concern over repeated acts of civil disobedience by some mission schools, particularly their refusal to comply with declared public holidays. According to the statement, despite the Federal Government’s declaration of May 27 and 28, 2026 as public holidays, several Catholic schools…

The Abia State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) conducted what it termed primary elections for the 2027 Governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly candidates with Governor Alex Otti emerging as the gubernatorial candidate, scoring a total of 368,230 votes. DrumAfricanews reports that many LP chieftains were bittered with manner with which Governor singlehandedly bought forms for his preferred candidates, making it impossible for other interested parties from participating. Impeccable sources told our correspondent that most LP hopeful aspirants were shocked when the Governor decided to shutdown everyone in Senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly positions…

Rt. Rev. Samuel Ezeofor, the Bishop, Diocese of Aguata Anglican Communion, has decried appointments being made by the present administration in Anambra State which he noted were skewed in favour of the Catholic denomination. Ezeofor made the disclosure on Saturday in his Presidential Charge delivered during the Third Session of the Seventh Synod of the Diocese themed “God’s Great Task For The Church: The Great Commitment: Raising A Godly Generation,” at Ezira, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. “The recent appointments say so much about this. We know that the governor looks for the best from anywhere, but…

…Rallies Support for Tinubu’s Re-election Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, PhD, CFR, has told former Abia State APC aspirants that their participation in the last party primaries was not in vain, describing them as critical stakeholders whose sacrifices remain “priceless” to the party’s future. Speaking at a strategic stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Thursday, Kalu commended the courage of all aspirants who purchased nomination forms for various elective offices, stressing that the very step to contest was itself a form of recognition. He said: “You didn’t fail. You stepped forward to be recognized…

By Stanley Okoronkwo When the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost the 2023 governorship election in Abia State, people around the state and beyond believed the party was dead. All of a sudden, the party rose from the abyss and started making headlines from its 2027 primaries. For a party that has ruled Abia for years and left power for three years, many of their members left, remaining only but a few who stood firm to defend the party in all cases, including defending the indefensible and abysmal administration of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu. One of those that stood was Chief John…

By Sam Esiaba There comes a moment in public life when desperation sheds its disguise, not through courage, conviction, or strength, but through the instruments of intimidation, manipulation, and coercion. Across politics and society, there are men who mistake blackmail for strategy, propaganda for influence, and noise for power. They manufacture falsehoods, weaponize relationships, and trade deception like merchants of chaos, hoping fear will achieve what credibility cannot. But blackmail has limits. Lies, no matter how carefully tailored, eventually collide with truth. Deception, no matter how loudly amplified, struggles to survive beneath the crushing weight of facts, consistency, and character.…

Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called of Professor Nnenna Oti to reject the naming of the newly commissioned Umuahia Central Bus Terminal after her, vowing to get the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) involved should she fail to do so. DrumAfricanews reports that yesterday during the commissioning of the bus terminal, Governor Otti explained that the terminal was named after Professor Nnenna Oti in recognition of her courage, integrity, and commitment to truth during the 2023 governorship election in Abia State. “Professor Nnenna Oti stood firmly on the side of truth…

The Abia International Film Festival (ABIFF), together with the Abia Film Makers Association (AFMA) and Abia Nollywood Artists, have heartily congratulated Governor Alex Otti on his third-year anniversary in office as the governor of Abia State. In a statement made available to journalists in anticipation of the Friday, May 29th, 2026, third-year anniversary ceremony of Otti, the group said that the journey so far for Otti has become a powerful testimony of purposeful leadership, courage, vision, discipline, and sincere commitment to the rebirth of Abia State. The congratulatory message which came on behalf of the board, management, executive team, ambassadors,…

Governor Alex Otti has flagged off the construction of the 4.5-kilometre first phase of the Aba ring road across Osisioma, Aba North and South LGAs of the state. Meanwhile, in continuation of the commissioning and flagging-off of projects as part of activities marking the third-year anniversary, Governor Otti also commissioned 13 newly constructed, including rehabilitated, roads, according to his CPS, Ukoha Njoku.  For the first phase of the Aba ring road project, which cuts across Umuaduru – Okpulo Umuobo in Osisioma LGA and is being handled by the Greater Aba Development Authority (GADA), Governor Otti said that the road is…