Chief Ben Etiaba Mobilizes Support for Governor Ekeredolu’s Re-election

Chief Ben Etiaba, a chartered accountant of immense reputations, investor, thought leader and former President of the prestigious Enugu Sports Club; has mobilized support of Anambra people resident in Ondo state, for the re-election of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in the soon coming Ondo state gubernatorial election. In a meeting at the Igbo Hall built in the year 1957 in Akure the capital of Ondo state where Anambra people gathered, Chief Etiaba rolled out the unrivalled...

Prof. Kingsley Moghalu Comments on American Presidential Debate, Speaks on the Future of Democracy

The former Deputy Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank and former Presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu. lawyer and political economist, has reacted to the American presidential debate between President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden. Speaking during ‘The Arise Interview’, a live programme, Prof. Moghalu said that while he expected a strong debate, he did not expect the “debacle that took place”. Since the American presidential debate between Trump and...

Road Infrastructure Nears Total Collapse in Anambra State

Special Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu As heavy downpours continue across Anambra state, the condition of most roads in the state is only getting worse, with many nearing total collapses, even as some are experiencing diverse levels of erosion. From Awka the state capital to Onitsha the commercial never centre, and to Nnewi the industrial hub of Anambra state, and down to suburban areas and villages, the story is the same. In Anambra state, road infrastructure...

Increased Level of Flood in Anambra Puts Residents on the Edge As Environmentalist, Government Officials React

Special Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu “NIHSA wishes to use this medium to advise state and local government, stakeholders, multinational companies and public-spirited individuals and philanthropists that all hands should be on deck to save the country from the consequences of flood pandemic in the year 2020”. Only a few months ago, precisely in July, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency – NIHSA- had warned that several Nigerian states are at the risk of experiencing “massive flooding”....

Imo State Governor Signs Law to Detain Anybody at Will in Imo

The Governor of Imo State Sen. Hope Uzodinma has signed the Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice ACJL 2020, with some sections of the law authorizing him to detain citizens at his “pleasure”. The Bill was sponsored by the Minority Leader of Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Frank Ugboma, has come under intense public scrutiny after sections 484 and 485 were exposed. Specifically, section 484 of the Administration of Criminal Justice law reads,...

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Anambra Startups Struggles

Report by Ebuka Onyekwelu AWKA — Pandemics are purely health-related, however, “throughout history, pandemics have had profound economic effects”, writes The Economist. This is true as can be observed with the COVID-19 pandemic, not just in Nigeria but around the world. More people have lost their job, many businesses are struggling while some have collapsed under the weight of the burden of the pandemic, yet, it is not over. In Anambra State, it is no...

World Literacy Day in Nigeria: Sally Mbanefo; Anambra Commissioner for Tertiary Education and Bierrenu-Nnabugwu; University Don, React

Today is celebrated all over the world by all members of the United Nations as World Literacy Day. The UNESCO on October 26, 1966 declared September 8 World Literacy Day and ever since, the day has been set aside to highlight the importance of education on societies and individuals. However, year 2020 is the first time since 1966 that education is disrupted all over the world because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Consequently, this year’s...

Anambra Assembly Goes on Recess

Awka — The Anambra State House of Assembly today September 3, proceeded on recess which is to last till October 16, 2020. Each legislative year, legislators normally go on recess after satisfactory performance of their constitutional mandate, which includes lawmaking and oversight functions on the other arms of government. As of today, the 7th Anambra State House of Assembly has completed a total of seventy-two sittings in its lifetime that is now exactly one year,...

Anambra State:  ASATU and Local Leaders Locking Horns Tenure Elongation

Several communities in Anambra state are on the verge of crisis because of continued leadership of town union after expiration of the term of office of many President-Generals in Anambra State. In many of these communities, the caretaker system alien to the communities have imposed as a way to maintain the status quo in flagrant violation of the towns’ constitution, and this we gathered is brewing bad blood that may degenerate any moment into crisis,...

Media War Between Umeh and Obi: “They Have not Started Fighting, They are Dancing” –Emeka Ojukwu Jr.

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance – APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, has in the past few days been engrossed in media combat with the former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. Chief Umeh, who also took a stint in the Nigeria Senate as senator representing Anambra Central had in the cause of the frontal engagements on social media made several claims including how, without his singular efforts, Obi would not...

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