Independence Celebration: “Nigeria is a Giant Work in Progress” – Uzuegbuna Okagbue

Nigeria’s independence celebration of the year 2022 has been greeted with different reactions from Nigerians in diverse works of life. Following Nigeria’s independence sixty-two years ago, the country has moved steadily from one challenge to another, yet, nation-building and development remain far from actualization. This year’s independence is significant in many ways given certain fundamental political questions that have resurfaced, particularly as the 2023 General Elections draws ever closer. A country burdened with debts, and...

Matters Arising from the Bus and Keke Operators’ Protest in Awka

Upon assumption of office six months ago, the Governor of Anambra State Prof. Charles Soludo, announced a new tax regime for the informal sector of Anambra State. The new tax regime essentially is an automation of the informal sector levies and taxes. For the transport sector, the tax regime required intra state transporters like keke and bus operators, to pay monthly operational levy, against the daily levies they used to pay. Before now, in the...

Diaspora Medics for Good Governance and Peter Obi Support Network, Train Hundreds of Grassroots Volunteers

ASABA — An advocacy group, Diaspora Medics for Good Governance- DM4GG, has collaborated with Peter Obi Support Network – POSN, to train hundreds of grassroots volunteers on election monitoring and voter mobilization, ahead of the 2023 General Election. The training, which was held at the Grand Hotel in Asaba Delta State, was attended by volunteers from the eleven states that made up the Southeast and South-South geo-political zones. In his opening remarks, the Delta State...

“2023 is Almost the Last Chance” – Valentine Ozigbo

AWKA — The Anambra State Governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2021 General Election, Valentine Ozigbo, has said that the 2023 Presidential Election “is almost like the last chance God has given us.” Speaking earlier on Saturday while in a live TV conversation on Politics Now hosted by Ebuka Onyekwelu for Obi-Datti TV, Valentine Ozigbo said that the clamour for Peter Obi to become the next president of Nigeria, by Nigerians of different backgrounds,...

Coalition of United Political Parties Raises Alarm Over Alleged Compromise of INEC Register

The Coalition of United Political Parties – CUPP led by its Chairman Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has raised alarm, alleging that the ruling All Progressives Congress –APC, has perfected plans to rig the 2023 General Election. In its press conference today, the Chairman of CUPP pointedly accused APC governors, principally, Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma and other APC governors, as well as some staff of INEC, of compromising the Commission’s database, flooding same with fake...

INEC AD Hoc Recruitment: Uzu Okagbue Makes Strategic Proposal to INEC

By Ebuka Onyekwelu    Following the publication of its ad hoc recruitment exercise for the 2023 General Election by INEC, Uzuegbuna Okagbue, who was a frontline aspirant for Anambra Central Senatorial Seat in APGA, has made some suggestions to INEC, in the ultimate interest of good quality public service. It would be recalled that INEC over the years, has developed a system of recurrent recruitment at every election. This exercise, according to Okagbue, is not...

OPINION: Chris Azubogu vs Ifeanyi Ubah: Intrigues, Chances and Possible Outcome

  Anambra South senatorial contest in 2023 is not going to be a usual contest, just like the Anambra North senatorial race. In Anambra South, the contest is squarely between Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah the incumbent senator for the zone, and Hon. Chris Azubogu, the incumbent House of Representative for Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency. By next year, Hon. Chris Azubogu would have completed his third term in Nigeria’s House of Representatives, and...

Wike’s Onslaught on the PDP: When Private Interest Blends with Public Interest

Governance has never been solely about the public good. With politics as a natural precursor to governance in a democracy, it is even more challenging to dissociate private from public interest. In itself, when applicable procurement rules are followed, it is not illegal to make private gains from governance or from the government. Different qualified entities are awarded all kinds of government contracts that they undertake for profitability. Businesses or individuals are contracted to supply...

Governor Soludo Appoints Engr. Emeka Okonkwo MD of ATMA

The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has appointed Engr. Emeka Okonkwo, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra State Traffic Management Agency – ATMA. The appointment which was announced today was received in many quarters as a well-deserved appointment. Engr. Emeka Okonkwo –more popularly known as “Konti”, served briefly as the Transition Chairman of Dunukofia Local Government within which time he distinguished himself, as both one of the youngest Transition Chairmen...

OPINION: Anambra’s Politics of Blurred Identity

Nigeria’s party-based democracy has a distinct model that is perhaps, dominant in the Anambra state. Usually, when a candidate emerges from a political party for an elective position, support from party members is exclusive and never in doubt especially when the process of that emergence is not in contest. But Anambra state has left more to be desired. For sixteen years and five months, the All Progressive Grand Alliance – APGA, has maintained its control...

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