Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, PhD, has said that the signing the Kampala Convention Domestication Act into law is a significant step towards restoring the dignity of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and upholding their welfare. Giving the commendation on Tuesday when he received the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nigeria, led by Doris El Doueihy on a courtesy visit in Abuja, added that the Act will be domesticated at the state level for easy implementation. Kalu also expressed gratitude to the Attorney General of the Federation, Chief…

Awka, Anambra State capital, got more than it bargained for in hosting dignitaries during Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s second term inauguration. DrumAfricanews reports that it was grandeur, pomp and pageantry as elites of Nigeria converged for the inauguration ceremony of Soludo and deputy governor Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim for a second term in office as Anambra governor and deputy governor. Vice President Kassim Shettima; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; former Secretary General of the Commonwealth Nations Chief Emeka Anyaoku; serving and former members of the National Assembly; captains of industry; traditional rulers; business magnets; and the clergy were in…

The Orashi Electricity Company Limited has announced a major breakthrough in the Light Up Imo project, confirming that the New Owerri pilot scheme is now operational and actively supplying electricity to critical infrastructure in the area. Built around a 15MVA, 33/11KV injection substation commissioned earlier this month on February 6th, 2026, the substation as gathered is now successfully feeding power into the New Owerri corridor, marking a tangible step toward ending the power challenges in the state capital. An update from the company and the Ministry of Power and Electricity says that several high-profile locations are now connected to the…

The Imo State Health Insurance Agency (IMSHIA) has sealed a landmark agreement with the Heartland Hospital Management Corporation (HHMC) to eliminate barriers to medical care and ensure that quality health services are a reality for every citizen under the Shared Prosperity Agenda. The agreement, which was sealed after a high-intensity strategic session ably led by the Executive Secretary/CEO, Prof. Uchenna Ewelike, officially concluded a transformative management agreement with the Heartland Hospital Management Corporation, a move said to have the capacity to directly execute the mandate of Governor Hope Uzodimma. Prof. Uchenna Ewelike, while speaking, said, “It was a pansystolic meeting…

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…