APGA Anambra Congresses Produce New Party Officers, as Obiokoye Emerges new State Chairman

The ongoing All Progressive Grand Alliance – APGA, congresses in Anambra State, have produced new officers for the party at various levels. On Tuesday, the State Congress of the party produced Barr. Ifeatu Obiokoye, who emerged as the new Anambra State Chairman of APGA. Earlier, APGA had zoned the State Chairmanship to Anambra Central senatorial zone, which effectively limited contenders for the coveted position to party members from Anambra Central zone. However, at the congress...

Ebere Ofunneamaka Okeke Federal Secretariat Commissioned in Awka, Anambra State

The Anambra State Federal Secretariat built and completed by the Federal Government in Awka has been commissioned today, by the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige. The Secretariat named after Engr. Ebere Ofunneamaka Okeke, who was Nigeria’s first civil engineer and the first female Head of Service of the Federation, is now open for use by federal government Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Anambra State. During the commissioning of the secretariat, the Nnewi born Engr....

INEC Adhoc Staff in Anambra Protest Again over Non-payment of Salaries

Adhoc staff of Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, Anambra State, have staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of salaries after the just concluded general elections. The adhoc workers who include collation Officers, SPOs among others staged the protest at the state headquarters of INEC in  Awka. The group who were visibly angry at the delay in payment of their dues after the election,besieged the INEC headquarters long before the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr.Mrs Queen Elizabeth Agwu...

President Buhari Commissions Second Niger Bridge

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned and opened the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta States for public use. President Buhari commissioned the project named after him virtually six days to the end of his administration. The bridge is one of the legacy projects of the Buhari administration, hoped to decongest the existing Niger bridge and connect South-East with the rest of the country and as well boost economic activities of Southern region. The main...

2nd Niger bridge: Nigerians will remember Buhari when he leaves office — Soludo 

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has said Nigerians will remember President Muhammadu Buhari legacies including the ongoing commissioning of the second Niger bridge in Onitsha and Ebele Okeke Federal Secretariat Awka respectively, when he leaves office May 29, 2023. Soludo disclosed this visually, on Tuesday, in Onitsha during the official commissioning of the two above-mentioned Federal projects in Anambra State. The governor said the Second Niger Bridge will attract more social-economic activities in the...

Two Escapees From Kuje Prison Arrested In Adamawa

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command on Friday, 19/5/2023 had arrested two inmates who escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre, following an attack on the facility that freed over 500 inmates on 5/6/2022. The escapees, Atiku Ibrahim 37 years and Adamu Ibrahim 40 years were arrested by the Command Operatives attached to Crack Squad. A  Press Statement by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje that the escapees were arrested for Cattle Rustling...

New Law To Regulate Religious Preaching In Kano

The Kano State Government has enacted a new law to regulate religious preaching, a move to promote responsible religious sermons and address blasphemous content. The decision was reached during a Kano State Executive Council meeting, held at the Government House. Muhammad Garba, State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs who briefed Journalists, said the Council of Ulama will be responsible for supervising and regulating all religious sermons in the state. “We believe that the establishment...

Seun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after being arrested and incarcerated for a week. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, gave an order for the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest the singer after a viral video showed him at the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, shouting at, and hitting a police officer. Following the reactions that trailed the video, Kuti said that the policeman “tried to kill me and...

Nigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility has been launched in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, amid expectations that Nigeria will cease importing refined petroleum products once the company starts operation. The refinery built by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The inauguration of the Dangote refinery was attended by many dignitaries in and outside Nigeria, including...

Group applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable, SIAPRO, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, which was commissioned on Tuesday. SIAPRO, in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Dr Uche Diala; National Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Molokwu; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Charles Kaye Okoye, described the Bridge as the “biggest and most significant singular infrastructural project in the Eastern region since after the civil war.” The group recalled...

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