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Anambra Elections Columns OpinionOPINION: Nurturing The Men And Women That Will Build And Sustain The Anambra One State Liveable Megacity

PilotnewsJanuary 18, 2022

By Joe C Anatune – Guest Columnist My good friend and late Yerima of Auchi, Prince Tony Momoh, never ceased to counsel that in building great cities, it is always better to first build the men and women who will sustain it. From March 17, 2022, when Governor-Elect Cee Cee Soludo will be sworn in, Anambra will commence the journey to a Livable Megacity. This will not be a hundred-metre dash but the benefits of...

Anambra Elections Columns OpinionANALYSIS: Soludo’s Transition Team Speaks to His Political Agenda

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2022

Obviously, the appointment of members of opposition political parties is not an oversight or an error. It is a deliberate effort that makes a bold statement to the effect of giving a hint of the incoming governor’s ambitious political roadmap. AWKA — A careful consideration of the just-released Transition Team of Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo reveals, among other things, his scope of interest in state, regional and national politics. Soludo who rode on...

Anambra Elections Columns OpinionObiano vs Soludo: The Treacherous Politics of Comradeship and Succession

PilotnewsDecember 5, 2021

“Prof. Soludo must stand firmly and define the type of government he wants to run from day one in office” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu With four months left for Governor Obiano to hand over to the Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, it is expected that political intrigues will set in to define Governor Obiano and Prof. Soludo’s relationship, moving forward. Much of these intrigues will be set in motion by aides to governor Obiano who are now switching...

Anambra Elections Columns OpinionIs the Southeast Prepared to Wrestle the Nigerian Presidency in 2023?

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2021

“Fortunately or not, democracy dictates that electorates must select from those that have presented themselves to govern.” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu With just a few months left before the 2023 presidential election takes the centre stage, the Southeast is yet to boldly move towards securing the tickets of major political parties in Nigeria. By the Southeast, I am talking about Igbo political leaders who are members of these parties and who have the precise capacity to match...

Anambra ElectionsEXCLUSIVE: Hon. Onyebuchi Offor Reveals Why He Returned to PDP from APC

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 20, 2021

The member representing Ekwusigo constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Onyebuchi Offor, has reacted in an exclusive interview with Ebuka Onyekwelu of The West African Pilot News, why he returned to the People’s Democratic Party –PDP from the All Progressives Congress – APC, about a week after the governorship election. In the buildup to the Anambra state governorship election, some members of the Anambra State House of Assembly in APGA first decamped to...

APC Set to Challenge Anambra Gubernatorial Election in Court Over Compliance with Electoral Act, As APGA Insists Due Process Was Followed

Anambra ElectionsAPC Set to Challenge Anambra Gubernatorial Election in Court Over Compliance with Electoral Act, As APGA Insists Due Process Was Followed

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 19, 2021

AWKA — Following the outcome of the 2021 Anambra State governorship election in which Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance –APGA, was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission- INEC, the All Progressives Congress –APC, and its candidate for the election, Sen. Andy Uba, have decided to challenge the election in court. Since the declaration of Prof. Soludo as winner of the election by INEC after the Ihiala local government...

Anambra Elections Columns OpinionHow the 2021 Anambra State Governorship Election Can Impact Future Elections

PilotnewsNovember 16, 2021

“Nigerians normally believe that election results do not reflect the choice of voters and that’s why they abstain” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu The Anambra governorship election has come and gone but still, it resonates. Already there are tones of lessons that hopefully have been underscored by analysts and critical stakeholders in our democratic project and moving forward, it is expected that these lessons form the bedrock of further reforms and innovations in our electoral system. A seamless...

Anambra ElectionsAnambra Election, a Call For INEC to Do More, Says CSO Coalition

PilotnewsNovember 12, 2021

ABUJA — Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organisations said the just concluded Anambra governorship election showed that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) needed to do more in election management. Convener of the Situation Room, Ene Obi said this while reading the document co-signed by her, co-conveners Asmaú Joda and James Ugochukwu at a news conference in Abuja. Obi said that Situation Room sent observers to monitor the Anambra election and...

Anambra Elections SoutheastBianca Ojukwu Thanks Anambra People for Keeping Faith With APGA, Congratulates Soludo

PilotnewsNovember 10, 2021

AWKA — Wife of late Biafra leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu has thanked Anambra people for keeping faith with her husband’s legacy by giving the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) a landmark victory in the state. Mrs. Ojukwu, who had on the eve of the governorship election invoked the spirit of her husband to lead APGA into the electoral battlefield, expressed satisfaction not only with the conduct of the elections but with the fact that...

Anambra ElectionsGovernor-elect Dedicate Victory To Slain Policemen

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 10, 2021

The Anambra State Governor-elect, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dedicated his victory at the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state to three policemen who were gunned down during a town hall meeting in his hometown. Speaking on Wednesday morning after he was declared winner of the governorship poll, said his victory calls for the remembrance of the slain officers. Recalls that the former governor of the Central Bank of...

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