Author: Candid Reporters

The Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises NIGER- DELTA (LIFE-ND) Project in Abia State has held a 2-day workshop on partnership support training aimed at creating a partnership with the Abia State Agricultural Development Program (ADP) and other agriculture stakeholders on extension services delivery. The event was held on Wednesday and Thursday in Umuahia, Abia State. The event was aimed at impacting and improving the knowledge of farmers and beneficiaries of LIFE-ND project in the state. The well attended event which had experts from the agriculture field encouraged and added value to the idea of Abia LIFE-ND in sharing and improving knowledge…

Mascot Uzor Kalu Campaign Organization has expressed dissatisfaction over the Zooning of Abia governorship ticket to Abia Central. CANDID REPORTERS recalls that Mascot Kalu has already purchased the expression of interest from on Wednesday to join the race for APC Abia ticket. In a press release made public on Thursday, Mascot Kalu Campaign Organization described the press release by Abia APC as frivolous, reckless. Read the full statement below. Our attention has been drawn to a press statement issued by Uche Aguoru, the Abia State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), announcing a purported zoning arrangement by the…

The Benjamin Kalu Movement (BKM), a political pressure group has expressed shock over the decision of the All Progressives Congress to zone the gubernatorial candidate ticket to Abia Central. CANDID REPORTERS had earlier reported that the APC had on Thursday zoned the party’s ticket to Abia Central which automatically screens out the Deputy Speaker, Rt.Hon. Benjamin Kalu from the Abia gubernatorial race. In a press release signed by Emma Trumps Eke, Director-General Benjamin Kalu Movement (BKM) has it that the BKM expressed shock and deep disappointment. Emma Trumps Eke described the move as “hasty, ill-timed, and lacking broad consultation with…

The Supreme Court has vacated the Court of Appeal ruling, which directed parties in the suit over the leadership crisis rocking the African Democratic Party (ADC) to maintain the status quo ante bellum. In law, status quo ante bellum simply refer to putting things back exactly as they were before a conflict, dispute, or legal action started. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed David Mark’s challenge to the Federal High Court’s jurisdiction in the ADC leadership suit, ruling it premature and filed without leave, and ordered the case to return to trial with parties maintaining the status…

The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has in a press release stated that the party has zoned it’s gubernatorial ticket to aspirants that are only from Abia Central. The part’s decision has automatically screened out Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of representatives because he hails from Bende local government areas of Abia State. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has been in the APC’s radar as a possible flag bearer of the APC to slug it out with governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party in the.2027 gubernatorial election in Abia State. The Abia Central are…

A bill to establish a Federal Medical Center in Ikwuano sponsored by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency Hon Obi Aguocha has been passed by the House of representatives and currently at the red chambers before it gets a presidential assent. This bill corresponds with another bill co sponsored by Hon Aguocha, seeking to convert the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture to a conventional University. When eventually the school is converted to a conventional University to enable it offer diverse courses and also give Abia state a Federal University which the state currently lacks, the currently Federal Medical center will…

The political landscape of Abia State, particularly Bende Federal Constituency, witnessed a significant shift on Sunday, April 26, as prominent grassroots leader and political mobilizer, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa (Dogo Bende), formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside well over 2,000 supporters drawn from his formidable political structures— Dogo Vanguard, Dogo Strategic Network, and the entire executives and members of the Labour Party in Uzuakoli Ward. The historic movement also included the Labour Party Uzuakoli Ward structure led by the Ward Chairman, Mazi Nduaka Moses, signaling a major consolidation of political strength within Bende. The defection ceremony commenced…

The Council of Legal Education (Council) of the Nigerian Law School has served Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu an invitation to respond to petition calling for the withdrawal and cancellation of his academic qualification certificate NO. 051144. The Deputy Speaker of the House of representatives has been dragged by concerned persons in the public over time lag on the duration of his service to the Nation under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and his law school certification. The invitation is contained in a letter dated April 21, 2026 requested the Deputy Speaker to respond to the allegation. The letter reads:…

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has expressed appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for entrusting him with the responsibility of coordinating the activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State. Kalu, in a statement, described the assignment as a demonstration of the President’s confidence in his leadership and commitment to the party. He noted that, as the most senior governor from the state, he is prepared to work closely with all stakeholders to strengthen unity within the APC. According to him, the directive is aimed at repositioning the party to produce candidates who are widely accepted…

The recent decision by the former Abia Chief Liaison Officer in Abuja, Hon. Iheanyi Frank Chinasa to leave the Labour Party for the All Progressives Congress has stirred strong reactions across Abia’s political landscape. Predictably, interpretations have split along partisan lines. To some analysts aligned with the current Abia State administration, the move reads as ingratitude — a departure from the platform that swept through the state in 2023. Some even interpret the defection as blind, senseless and ill-conceived.To voices within the APC, it is a calculated gain — another step in the party’s wider South East consolidation ahead of…