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Education News NigeriaNasarawa Varsity Vice Chancellor Honoured at Oxford University

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 13, 2025

The Vice Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Professor Sa’adatu Hassan Liman, has received an award and honourary fellowship at the Centre for Business and Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Oxford. The award was conferred on the Vice Chancellor at the 14th International Conference on Restructuring of the Global Economy (ROGE), which was held at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Professor Liman, who presented a paper at the conference entitled “Leadership...

News Nigeria PoliticsChukwuma, Okagbue, Storm Onitsha for Princess Njideka Ndiwe, ahead of Saturday’s By-Election

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 11, 2025

The Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and the Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, stormed Onitsha North LGA on Saturday, August 9, in style, for Princess Njideka Ndiwe, the YPP candidate for the Onitsha North State Constituency 1, ahead of the by-election on August 16. The Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC, has scheduled August 16th, 2025, for all outstanding by-elections, nationwide. In Anambra State, the Anambra South senatorial zone...

News NigeriaYPP Governorship candidate Condoles APGA Woman Leader Over Son’s Demise

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 7, 2025

Sir Paul Chukwuma, the Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party – YPP, in the November 8, Anambra State Governorship Election, has condoled the Woman Leader of APGA, Mrs. Esther Onyekesi, over the loss of her son, Martins Onyekesi – Fish Magnet, to kidnappers. Martin Onyekesi, a young and vibrant fish farmer in Awka, Anambra State capital, was kidnapped in his family compound in Okpuno area of Awka about ten days ago, and murdered by...

Education News NigeriaSoludo Confirms Prof. Kate Omenugha as Substantive Vice Chancellor of Ojukwu Varsity

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)August 7, 2025

The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has confirmed Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha as the substantive Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. The confirmation announced on Wednesday marked a turning point in the leadership of the Anambra-owned Institution, which Vice Chancellor Prof. Kate Omenugha has been in acting capacity since November 2023, during which time she has made remarkable progress in the administration of the university. Prof. Omenugha’s confirmation followed a long...

Crime & Security News NigeriaAnambra APGA Woman Leader loses son to Gunmen in Awka

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 29, 2025

Anambra State Woman Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, Mrs. Esther Onyekesi, has lost her only son to the cold hands of death after he was kidnapped on Sunday in their home in Awka, the Anambra State capital, by gunmen. The deceased, Martin Onyekesi, a young man in his 20s and a notable fish farmer in the Okpuno area of Awka, was reportedly trailed and accosted by gunmen in his family compound,...

Community News NigeriaChief Akai Egwuonwu Pledges to Abide by the APGA Conclave Result

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 20, 2025

Chief Akai Egwuonwu, the leading Anambra South APGA senatorial aspirant, has pledged to abide by the outcome of the conclave, which produced Chief Emma Nwachukwu, as the preferred choice of the eight APGA aspirants for the Anambra South senatorial by-election. It would be recalled that last week, upon the request of the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the eight APGA aspirants who bought the APGA form for the Anambra South senatorial by-election...

Community News NigeriaAPGA National Chairman, Sly Ezeokenwa Buries Father

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 20, 2025

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, on Saturday, buried father, Chief Sir Sylvester Ezeokenwa, who passed on a few months earlier at 71 years. The funeral, which took place at Umuchu in Aguata local government, was very well-attended by APGA leaders, leaders of other political parties, the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, members of the State Executive Council, members of Anambra State House of Assembly, and the Deputy...

Education News NigeriaOdumegwu Ojukwu University Commences Diploma Certificate in Herbal Medicine

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 18, 2025

Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, has now commenced a diploma certificate course in herbal medicine, domiciled at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University. The University now offers a professional Diploma in Herbal Medicine and Nutrition, following its first matriculation for students of herbal medicine, which was held at the university campus in Igbariam, Anambra State. This move formalizes the learning and study of herbal medicine at COOU. With the matriculation, COOU...

News Nigeria PoliticsMan Brutalized by Anambra Government Agents Dies

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 13, 2025

Mr. Okechukwu Akaneme, former President of the Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, brutalized by agents of the Anambra State Government at his home in Onitsha, has died. Precisely on October 11, 2024, Mr. Akaneme was at home in Onitsha when revenue agents working for the Anambra State Waste Management Agency – ASWAMA in the early hours of the morning came for levy enforcement and in that process broke his spinal cord and thereafter abandoned him and...

Lifestyle NewsDignitaries Pay Tribute as Chief Maja Umeh Receives Final Rites in Amichi

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)July 12, 2025

Political leader and a former commissioner in Anambra State, Chief Maja Umeh, has been laid to rest in Amichi, Nnewi South local government area of Anambra State. Until his death, Chief Umeh served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA and was also a Life Patron of the party. For years, he was a stabilizing force behind several political truces. The funeral, which attracted several political,...

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