OPINION: What Igbo Political Leaders Must Do Now

For almost two months, the Southeast geo-political zone, which used to be the safest zone in Nigeria, was suddenly engulfed by a distressing security situation that speedily degenerated. Worst is the guerrilla style with which the attacks were coordinated. What started as an attack on security formations around the zone by “unknown gunmen” quickly gained momentum and escalated with more police stations attacked, destroyed, officers killed, and their weapons taken. Thus creating a frightening circle...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu Speaks at Igbonine Inauguration, As Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe Endorses His Presidential Aspiration

ENUGU — Yesterday in Enugu, it was a gathering of Igbo intelligentsia, political leaders and giants in various works of life, to look at the plights of the Igbo nation in Nigeria. Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and 2019 Presidential Candidate of the YPP was the keynote speaker at the event which took place at the Best Western Hotels, Independence Layout, Enugu. Prof. Moghalu, who also is...

OPINION: Why APGA Must Not Die

I have now taken a closer and more subjective view on the current crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance –APGA. And although I have been very critical of the way the party has been going about without due recourse to various interests within the party to harmonize and aggregate the same, it, however, remains the truth that APGA must not be destroyed by both the leadership and those that are aggrieved in the party....

APGA Aspirant Chief Odera Ozoka, Appeals His Disqualification From Participating In The Primary Election

American trained Odera Ozoka is one of the three young people who picked the All Progressive Grand Alliance- APGA form, to contest Anambra State Governorship election coming up in November 2021. He was however “not cleared” according to the result of the APGA Screening Committee, published a few days ago. Just like other aspirants who were also not cleared, Nnewi-born Chief Odera Ozoka has taken the next step provided by the party, and formally appealed...

OPINION: Elitist Arrogance: Is APGA Moving Up or Down?

The ongoing leadership tussle in APGA did not come to many as a surprise. With the sustained assault on APGA by groups supporting aspirants on the party’s platform, who pose to speak for the party in many instances, and tend to dictate the path the party takes, political crisis was only a matter of time. Every serious party man or woman must be concerned and worried at how low the party is going. And so...

22 Years After, Nigeria’s Democracy Yet to be felt by the Nigerian People

Basic interpretation of the quintessence of a democratic government is that it is a government that is sanctioned by the people; one which goes about in performance of its duties, as the people pleases. In other words, a democracy is a government that is literally owned by citizens, within the territory of which the government exerts authority. When we put this into perspective with regards to Nigeria’s own brand of democracy, what we see is...

Umuoji Community Thanks Anambra State Government for Upholding their Constitution

AWKA — The people of Umuoji, a four quartered community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, gathered at Anambra State Government House Awka in a solidarity march today, to pass a vote of confidence on the government of Anambra State, for insisting that the provisions of their constitution in the process of electing their Igwe was dutifully followed. The march which has men and women, old and young, titled men and community...

US Consulate, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and Anambra State Ministry of Youth, Presents “Awka Window on America”.

AWKA — The Public Affairs Section- PAS of the United States Consulate in Nigeria, in collaboration with Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka and Anambra State Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Creative Economy have concluded plans for the “Awka Window on America”. This window is one of the eighteen American Spaces in Nigeria, among a total of six hundred around the world, primarily established for the purposes of interaction and engagement between America and nations or other...

Attack by Gunmen on Awka Police B Division and INEC, Unsuccessful

AWKA — Gunmen yesterday evening attacked the Awka Police B division located along Anambra state secretariat road, in Awka the Anambra state capital. The attack which started around 8 in the evening, left the entire capital city deserted, with rumours that the gunmen have overpowered and burnt Police B division, from where they moved to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission- INEC, which is just less than a minute drive away. However, the...

Hon. Nonso Okafor Intensifies Consultation with APGA Leaders in his Governorship Bid

Hon. Nonso Okafor, the member representing Nnewi North Local Government in Anambra State House of Assembly and a Governorship hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance –APGA, has intensified his consultation with the leadership of his party at the grassroots. Earlier, Okafor announced that he is set to commence his Local Government and ward tour, a major indicator of the seriousness of a governorship aspirant. In the past few days, Hon. Nonso...

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