Category: Viewpoint

Kalu Uke Kalu: Our unfinished business

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By Rebecca Ugenyi On the 28 of August 2023, I received a call from a stranger who introduced himself as Emmanuel from Isiugwu Ohafia. Emmanuel asked if I was Ohafia daughter, and I said, yes. He told me that he dropped a message for me on WhatsApp and that I should go and check it and get back to him. Without hesitation, I logged on to WhatsApp to see the message and it happened that he sent me a write-up  I wrote regarding Obai Isiugwu. I was still wondering why…

Kalu Uke Kalu; kinsmen task Otti, OUK, Rep, on Isiugwu – Abam road

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By Uduma Kalu As Christmas and burial of the late financial guru, Elder Dr Kalu Uke Kalu , KUK, (CON) draws near, committees set up across the world for the KUK funeral have called on the Abia state governor, Dr Alex Otti, Abia North Senator, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, OUK and the Arochukwu/Ohafia representative at the Federal house of representatives, Hon. Ibe Okwara, to commence work on the Isiugwu Ohafia road. One of the committees was said to have met with the governor last mid week week. The governor was…

Eminent Nigerians, governors storm Abia for KUK, ex Union Bank Chair’s  burial

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By Uduma Kalu At least five governors and eminent Nigerians have indicated interest to attend the December 9 burial of the late Union Bank chair, Elder Dr Kalu Uke Kalu who died in Enugu Friday October 20, ,2023 at 88.The burial will take place at the deceased home town, Isiugwu Ohafia between Friday December 8 and Saturday December 9, 2023. There will be a service of songs for the deceased by the Presbyterian Church, Uwani, Enugu, on December 7, 2023. The late Kalu was a banker, leading economist, corporate chieftain,…

The deception in Nigeria’s abandoned vast Land mass for the tiny South East region

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Culled NIGERIA’S 36 STATES & FCT RANKED IN ORDER OF LAND SURFACE AREA  1. Niger State 76,363KM² 2. Borno State 70,898KM² 3. Taraba State 54,473KM² 4. Kaduna State 46,053KM² 5. Bauchi State 45,837KM² 6. Yobe State 45,502KM² 7. Zamfara State 39,762KM² 8. Adamawa State 36,917KM² 9. Kwara State 36,825KM² 10. Kebbi State 36,800KM² 11. Benue State 34,059KM² 12. Plateau State 30,913KM² 13. Kogi State 29,833KM² 14. Oyo State 28,454KM² 15. Nasarawa State 27,117KM² 16. Sokoto State 25,973KM² 17. Katsina State 24,192KM² 18. Jigawa State 23,154KM² 19. Cross River State 20,156KM²…