Author: Candid Reporters

On behalf of Abia people I join millions of Nigerians and other well-wishers across the globe to felicitate with the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, on the occasion of his 74th birthday. We celebrate not just a birthday but the number one citizen and father of the nation whom God has granted the rare privilege of being alive and in good health to celebrate such a milestone. At a time like this, my prayer is that God would bless the president with more knowledge,…

Author: Professor Mondy S. Gold. Year of Publication: 2025. Pages: 374. Publishers: NA. Reviewer: Kabowei Akamande (Phone: 0703 846 3111; Email: oweiak@yahoo.com). From 4th August 1967 to the Present Unlike most agents of change, the Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro of History left a detailed account of himself in his autobiographical “The Twelve-Day Revolution.” From these memoirs we know he was born on 10th September 1938; executed his violent revolution and was condemned to death in 1966; released from the death row to life imprisonment in May 1967; and from life imprisonment to freedom on 4th August 1967. There is no…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, has clarified that the federal government will not reimbursestate governors who took over reconstruction of federal roads in their state. CANDID REPORTERS recalls that the Deputy speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin kalu during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abia state Congress held in Umuahia recently, he insinuated that the federal government is funding the reconstruction of federal roads in Abia hence state government will be reimbursed by the federal government and President Tinubu should be given the credit for the reconstructed roads and Omenokor bridge newly reconstructed and commissioned by the administration of Governor Alex…

The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger-delta ND federal representative on inspection tour in Abia State has expressed satisfaction on the level of progress achieved in the second phase kickoff of the agro project implementation in the state. According to Mrs Antonia Esenwan, the Agro Business National Coordinator of LIFE-ND while responding to questions fed during a live radio interactive program in Umuahia on Thursday said the assessment tour revealed that the current beneficiaries of the project went through with their agro business training and now moving to the mentoring stage which interprets a significant progress in the life line of…

The attention of Abia State government has been drawn to the arrest of a personnel of the Nigerian Army, Staff Sergeant Amoke Simon who was received and promised a medical support by His Excellency, Governor Alex Otti a few days ago. Information from Military Authorities revealed that Sergeant Amoke was arrested in connection with alleged fraud perpetrated by him some time ago. The government wishes to state as follows: Also, financial support was recently extended to the family of an Immigration officer who was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife in Umuahia. Just a few days ago, 8 personnel…

Nenadi Usman, national chairperson of the Labour Party (LP), say the party has zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the south. Usman spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, adding the decision was already settled within the party. “We have one certain decision that we have taken and that is that we will certainly not field any aspirant from northern Nigeria. We have zoned the position to southern Nigeria,” she said. “So if any northerner comes now to want to contest elections, we certainly will not accept that.”

The federal high court in Kaduna has adjourned the bail application of Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, to March 31. El-Rufai was brought before the court on Tuesday over charges bordering on conversion of public property and money laundering. The charges were preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). He was brought to court by security operatives at about 9:00 am in a Hilux vehicle and was held in the car for about 25 minutes before being escorted into the courtroom about 10 minutes later. Security operatives were stationed in and around…

The Online Media Publishers Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Abia Chapter, has felicitated with its erstwhile chairman, Mazi Ugochukwu Nwankwo, on the occasion of his birthday. In a message endorsed by the Chairman of the association in the state, Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro, anipr, described Nwankwo who also doubles as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees as a visionary leader, seasoned media practitioner, and a pillar of unity whose contributions have continued to strengthen the association. The statement noted that during his tenure as chairman, Nwankwo demonstrated exemplary leadership, dedication, and an unshaken commitment to the growth and professionalism of…

Former Abia State House of Assembly member, Hon. Chukwudi Apugo has decamped from the African Democratic Party (ADC) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Apugo made the declaration on Sunday at Nkata Ibeku, Umuahia Abia State during the visit of the Abia State APC party stakeholders and executives who came on a mission to convince him to join the APC. The event was witnessed by some Abia APC Chieftains and supporters of Hon. Chukwudi Apugo. The Abia APC Chairman, Hon. Chijioke Chukwu, Emma Trumps Eke, DG Benjamin Kalu Foundation and Chief Charles Ogbonna led the APC executives to the…

Chijioke Chukwu’s emergence as the Abia State Chairman of APC was exciting to me, for two reasons. One, he is my brother and friend. Secondly and the most important, I know his capacity and can predict that his leadership will be calamitous for the APC in Abia, thus giving us some advantage. You can see why I am happy. I’m not surprised that he has got off on the wrong foot. I knew it would happen, though it’s happening quite too early. Before his emergence as a House of Assembly member a few years ago, Mr. Chukwu was ready to…