Anambra Investment Summit Set for September

Organizers say participants with bright pitches can win as much as $10, 000 Mark Okoye, the Managing Director- MD, of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency – ANSIPPA, on Friday during a media roundtable at the ANSIPPA office in Awka, announced that Anambra Investment Summit 2023 would hold in three months time, precisely on September 7 and 8, 2023. During the summit he said, participants with bright pitches can win as much as $10,...

Attempt to Abduct Nnewi North House Member-Elect in the House of Assembly, Foiled

It was melodramatic as some men later to be identified as officers of the Department of State Services – DSS, stormed the premises of Anambra State House of Assembly in Awka, around 2pm on Thursday, and attempted to abduct Sir Onyedikachukwu Ike, House of Assembly member-elect, Nnewi North constituency. But luck ran out of the abductors when the House of Assembly security, the clerk, members of the House, media, staffers, and others withn the complex...

Day of Tribute as Anambra State 7th House of Assembly Holds its Final Session

It was a day of glowing tribute and eulogies as Anambra State 7th House of Assembly draws its curtains after its final plenary session on Thursday. The session which started at about 11am with a Church service presided over by Rev. Raphael Onyekwelu of Government House Chaplaincy and other priests, was immediately followed by plenary at the legislative chambers. The plenary commencement time was a bit disrupted by attempted abduction of Nnewi North House Member-Elect,...

Hon. Somto Udeze, the honourable member representing Ogbaru II constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, has rejoined APGA from PDP. Udeze who is coming back to the Assembly to serve his third term in office from June 13th 2023, will be the most ranking member of the Anambra State 8th Assembly. Only recently, Hon. Somto Udeze had admonished Igbo politicians to join hands and build APGA. In what appears as walking his own talk,...

“Igbo Politicians Should Unite and Build APGA” – Hon. Somto Udeze

Hon. Somto Udeze, the honourable member representing Ogbaru II constituency in Anambra State Assembly, has called on Igbo politicians to unite and adopt the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, as its political identity. Honourable Udeze made this call in an exclusive interaction with Ebuka Onyekwelu of West African Pilot News while reacting to the outcome of the just concluded 2023 general election. According to him, without a united political front, it would be difficult...

Fuel Subsidy and the Age-Long Ideological Confusion in Nigeria

“It becomes even more disturbing as the country would now borrow to fund the subsidy ” —Ebuka Onyekwelu Perhaps, nothing epitomizes Nigeria’s ideological war more than the recurring argument over whether to remove or not remove fuel subsidy. Since the inception of this democratic dispensation, each government has had to deal with the issue of fuel subsidy removal, in one way or another. But largely, what is in display with the recurrent argument on fuel...

Days to the Inauguration of Anambra State 8th Assembly: the Next Speaker Remains Sketchy

The inauguration of Anambra State 8th Assembly is expected to take place on the 12th day of June 2023, now only counting in days. So far, it is unclear, who is the governor’s preferred choice for the position. More so, APGA as a party is yet to take a position on the matter. What is perhaps definite, is that the contest can now be said to have been narrowed down to Hon. Ejike Okechuku of...

Uzuegbuna Okagbue Congratulates Nigeria’s New President

Says ‘Asiwaju’s Capacity to Move the Country Forward is Doubtless’ Uzuegbuna Okagbue, Chief of Protocol and Deputy Chief of Staff to former Anambra State governor Willie Obiano, has reiterated his optimism in the Bola Tinubu’s presidency, coming into effect in a matter of hours. Okagbue, who was a senatorial aspirant for Anambra Central senatorial district, was a foremost supporter of Bola Tinubu’s presidential aspiration and had predicted from the get go that Tinubu would not...

Consolidation of Political Relevance: The Ifeanyi Ubah’s Model

“By far, the 2023 General election was the best outing ever recorded by Ifeanyi Ubah throughout his political voyage ” —Ebuka Onyekwelu For about a decade and half, Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South senatorial district, has continued to build a fascinating political model that is worthy of some close examination. At first, he was launched into the scene as a ‘philanthropist’, with resounding media buzz. Years on, he has normalized that identity within...

APGA Anambra Congresses Produce New Party Officers, as Obiokoye Emerges new State Chairman

The ongoing All Progressive Grand Alliance – APGA, congresses in Anambra State, have produced new officers for the party at various levels. On Tuesday, the State Congress of the party produced Barr. Ifeatu Obiokoye, who emerged as the new Anambra State Chairman of APGA. Earlier, APGA had zoned the State Chairmanship to Anambra Central senatorial zone, which effectively limited contenders for the coveted position to party members from Anambra Central zone. However, at the congress...

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