The National Population Commission (NPC) has said the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census was for the sake of peace and unity and not due to insufficient funds, as widely believed by critics. The Commission explained that contrary to such insinuations, the NPC postponed the census exercise to save Nigeria from a national crisis. The Federal Commissioner in Anambra State, Mr. Chidi Ezeoke, made this disclosure on Friday during a one-day breakfast meeting...
Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo was conspicuously missing on Wednesday, when President Bola Tinubu met with Nigerian governors. Not even his deputy, Dr Onyeka Ibezim was at the meeting to represent his principal, fuelling argument that Soludo’s claims of wanting to connect Anambra to the centre, may be lacking action. President Tinubu in his first meeting with Governors of the 36 States of the Federation known as the Nigeria Governors’Forum (NGF) at the Presidential...
It was a terrific scene on Tuesday in Anambra State, as heavy flood swept away a woman in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of the State, following a heavy downpour that badgered during the day. According to eyewitness, the incident happened at about 11:49pm after the victim came out from the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) where she went to perform some transactions. It was gathered that, as a result of the heavy rain,...
The detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that his pursuit of self-determination is not negotiable. Kanu who spoke from the DSS detention facility in Abuja, announced this on Tuesday in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in which he also greeted Biafran supporters for their solidarity. Tagged ‘Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’, the tweet reads “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of the people...
Gunmen operating in Anambra State have kidnapped a priest of Nnewi Catholic Diocese, Rev Fr Stanislaus Mbamara. The young Priest was kidnapped on Friday evening, while driving from Awka the state capital to Nnewi, where he serves. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi who disclosed this through a press release called for prayers for the priest, expressing hope that he would come out safe. In a press release by the diocese, which was signed by the...
… sponsored 30 bills, 18 motions The senator representing Anambra Central in the national assembly, Senator Uche Ekwunife on Saturday gave account of her four-year stay in the Senate, to her constituents. The senator who addressed her constituents during a townhall meeting convened by her at Senator Uche Ekwunife Centre in Awka, said she is leaving the Senate as a proud politician, after performing very well. She said: “This is my fourth and last townhall...
Up against the wall, Tinubu will need his famed political savvy—and more—to stanch rising discontent in Nigeria. Twice in the past two-and-a-half years, it had seemed all but certain that Bola Tinubu would be denied the object of all his political labors. The first time was in October 2020 when some #EndSARS protesters in Lagos took out their frustration with the Nigerian political establishment on investments and properties believed to be owned by Tinubu, including Television...
A sitting Commissioner in Anambra State, Mr. Sly Ezeokenwa has emerged the new National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Okenwa, a legal practitioner, defeated his co-contestants to emerge victorious in the election that held at the Party’s Regional Secretariat in Awka on Wednesday. The new APGA National Chairman is the Commissioner for Special Duties under Governor Chukwuma Soludo as well as the National Legal Adviser of APGA. Shortly after emerging the winner...
The President, Christian Association of Nigeria Most Reverend Daniel Okoh has, extended warm congratulations to the new President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he assumes office today. In a release signed by the president, “This is a momentous occasion for Nigeria, and we wish President Tinubu well as he takes on the responsibilities of leading our great nation.Nigeria is facing a number of challenges that require strong and decisive leadership. From security concerns...
Most well-meaning Nigerians are of the opinion that for Nigeria to progress, she needs a New Constitution that we can call our own. A “We-The-People” Constitution. I most respectfully disagree. As radical as it may sound, very mindful of the multiplicity of our Ethnic Nationalities with the attendant sensibilities, we don’t really need a new we-the-people constitution to progress if we can reboot our National Assembly through a well-conceived Constitutional Amendment that is much easier...
