Why is the one-year birthday of a baby very significant? Why do parents, especially mothers, prepare so hard and go all out to give their babies a resounding one year birthday party? Why do children look forward in excitement for the one-year birthday of the babies around them? I recall being dragged from Abia State to Lagos to attend the …

In the next four days, it would be precisely one year when Dr. Alex Chioma Otti took the oath of office as the fifth civilian Chief Executive of Abia State at a colourful ceremony in the Umuahia Township Stadium. In this last one year, it has been a flurry of commendable activities that has changed the hitherto sorry state of …

Rebirth. Regeneration. Renaissance. These three R-words, almost expressing the sameness of meaning, aptly capture the idea of the political reforms that have taken place in Abia State in the last one year. Old things have indeed passed away! All things have become new! Governor Alex Otti has caused a total political upheaval that has led to the abolition of old …

Beyond the physical infrastructure, there is an intangible asset which Governor Alex Otti has gained for Abia State in just one year. He has given us an asset of great value, the asset of renewed image and perception. When the public sing the song, Otti is Doing Well, their mental conjecture is not only about the roads and the monuments …

Many may not have noticed this! One remarkable footprint of the one-year stride of Governor Alex Otti is the death of the Abia dichotomies, the main being the Old Bende and Old Aba Divisions. These two groups presented a consistent pattern of struggle over the years. There were other intra clannish and intra group bickering that shaped the tempo of …

One week, one trouble. Last week, it was the bearers of false witness in Abia. Today, the hullabaloo over the viral video from United States of America is over. That was the hype and blitz that engulfed the media space. The Abia media space was agog and the opposition went to the market arena to dance over an entirely private …

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti on Tuesday fufilled his promise of extending financial relief to the victims of the Ehere Timber Market fire disaster. Five victims — Charles Maduforo, Obinna Emmanuel, Uzochi Ubani, Chigozie Theophillus and Chinecherem Joseph — received cheques to the value of their estimated loss in the fire outbreak that destroyed huge timber goods and shops …

Abia State under the watch of Governor Alex Otti has continued to record impressive developments on all fronts since about 11 months ago when he mounted the saddle of political leadership. For a state that has been mired in gross misgovernance and bad leadership in the last 24 years when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held sway, its good people …

I guess, perhaps that you are conversant with classical tales, that you may have encountered the Penguin Bookshelf or come across Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales or John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim Progress. Mine is an inspiration from the classical tales. There is another pleasant tale for you, the tale of Abia pensioners. Our fathers and mothers. The elder statesmen who served …

In the years to come, Governor Alex Otti’s 10 months scorecard shall be classified as the early days of a historical age. Every historical age has its peculiar identity, social forces and the values that shaped the movement. The early days of Otti in power have been a period of emergency intervention, consolidation of change and creating a new political …