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  Opinion   Re: Bar Julius Abure’s “Dwarfness” and Governor Otti’s “Masturbation” Comments By Dr. Ifeanyi Anslem Okeke | #NwokeukwuMascot Last Friday was a fire Friday in the Labour Party headquarters and rightly so, the current leadership of the Labour Party decided to respond to a man who they felt should be loyal to the party, because he came to the party begging for a governorship ticket having wasted his money in the APC primary in Abia state and was denied the ticket. On the morning of Friday, 2/5/2025, on Arise television, the governor refused to criticize Tinubu as the leader of the opposition but instead insinuated that the national leadership of his Party was masturbating. Abure, who has been a gentleman till now, decided to fight fire with fire. The idea that anyone with power and money is always right is the reason why we have been reduced to a laughing stock as a country.  Alex Otti's Campaign to push out the members of the Labour Party and take over the par...

  Opinion   The Living Legacy of Dr M.I. Okpara Rekindled in Senator Austin Akobundu  By Elder Abraham Amah | #NwokeukwuMascot Umudike, Abia State — History came alive and destiny took center stage as the second edition of the Michael Okpara Lecture held at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) transcended its academic billing, becoming a powerful convergence of legacy and leadership. What was designed to commemorate the life and vision of the late Premier of the defunct Eastern Region, Dr Michael Iheonukara Okpara, transformed into a moment of national reflection and symbolic rebirth manifested in the person of Senator Austin Akobundu. The event, held within the walls of a federal university situated on land donated decades ago by Akobundu’s kinsmen, brimmed with symbolism. For those in attendance, it was more than just coincidence that Senator Akobundu, a native of Ikwuano-Umuahia, presided over a lecture honoring Dr Okpara. It was a converge...

  News   I The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) took a dramatic turn on Friday, May 2, 2025, as the party’s National Chairman, Barr. Julius Abure, fired back at Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, over what the party described as abusive and unbecoming comments made during a national television interview. Speaking during a pre-recorded interview on Arise TV’s with Rufai Useni, Governor Otti, while addressing the leadership tussle in the party, dismissed the claims of legitimacy by the Abure-led faction, stating: “I was in PDP, then from PDP I went to APGA, then from APGA I went to APC and then Labour Party which is the party that brought me to power. And today, we have fought and retrieved Labour Party. If you go through the Supreme Court judgment, you’ll see that Abure is just masturbating.” The remark has since triggered outrage within the party’s hierarchy. Responding at the Labour Party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held Saturday at the ...

  News   In a strongly worded open letter addressed to the Governor of Abia State, His Excellency Dr. Alex Otti, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Elder Abraham Amah, has raised critical concerns over the continued use of the Governor’s private residence as the operational seat of government nearly a year into the current administration. The letter, titled “Public Concerns on Government House Usage, Infrastructure Deployment and Fiscal Responsibility,” was prompted by recent remarks made by the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Mr. Caleb Ajagba, during an interview with prominent Arise TV journalist, Rufai Oseni. In the interview, Mr. Ajagba claimed that the newly constructed Government House initiated and almost completed by the previous administration was “not 100% complete,” hence its non-occupancy by the current government. Elder Amah, however, described the explanation as insufficient and misleading, stating that if the Government House is indeed 9...