The leadership crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) festered on Friday with two of the principal antagonists, the embattled LP National Chairman, Julius Abure and the part’s lone governor, Dr. Alex Otti of Abia State. This is despite the recent Supreme Court judgement, which was expected to have rested the protracted leadership crisis in the party that came third in …

The wife of the Abia State Governor, Priscilla Otti, on Tuesday, vowed to get justice for a female worker, Miss Gold James, from Okwu Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area, who was allegedly maltreated by her employer. Otti, who sent the Abia State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Maureen Ahukwa, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, said she would …

As Governor Alex Otti concludes his second year in office, he has continued to receive accolades from well-meaning Nigerians on the incredible job he is doing in rebuilding and transforming the state into a modern economy. Only recently, former President Olusegun Obasanjo had described Otti as a miracle worker who has done so much to make Abia a better place, …

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has promised to assist in sensitising Abia youths for recruitment into the Nigerian Army. Otti stated this in Government House Umuahia on Wednesday, while receiving in the audience, a delegation of the Year 2025 Nigerian Army Recruitment Awareness Team, from Army headquarters, Abuja led by Brig. Gen. Chima Ekeator. Otti’s position comes days after …

Dr. Alex Chioma Otti, the fifth democratically elected Governor of Abia State and the proud and worthy son of Late Pastor and Shepherdess Lazarus Weze Otti of Umuru, Umuehim village in Ehi Na Uhuru Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area, is 60 years old today (Tuesday). A man of honour, integrity, candour, and determination, Otti has been a marvel …

There comes a time when a people pause and re-examine their journey. There comes a time when a people sit back and take a retrospective look at their lives. For Obingwa, this is the time for self-appraisal and re-examination.For as Socrates said: ‘The unexamined life is not worth living at all’. Obingwa should reflect on this thought: After 24 years …

I borrow the title of this piece from Thomas Paine’s book, The Age of Reason and Common Sense. I encountered Thomas Paine and the likes of Frederick Engessoll and Bertrand Russell during my exploration of humanism. I wanted to understand the mindset and worldview of agnostics. This piece is inspired by Governor Alex Otti’s covenant with Obingwa. The Governor made …

The leadership crisis within the Labour Party (LP) took a new turn on Saturday as the 29-member caretaker committee, established by Abia State Governor Alex Otti and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi, warned Julius Abure to stop presenting himself as the party’s national chairman. In a statement in Abuja, the committee, led by Senator Nenadi Usman, declared …

The governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has assured that the state government would adequately compensate land owners of the proposed federal government planned airport project in the state. Otti also commended the people of Nsulu in Isiala Ngwa North local government area of the state and their spirit of commitment and sincerity of purpose in identifying with the …

A few days ago, Abia State Governor,  Dr. Alex Otti delivered his New Year. That was the second of such a broadcast since his assumption of office on 29 May, 2023. The message was basically an account of the sterling stewardship of the governor in the last 18 months of his administration and his plans in the New Year. A …