As the countdown to the 2023 general elections continues, there are indications that all is not well with the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. This comes as the highest decision making organ of the group, Directorate of State (DOS) has insisted it has no plans to disrupt election in the south east, reports Ikeugonna Eleke. The insistence of ...

… Victims Count Losses – Farmers Begin Rescue Mission for Crops Though flooding in Anambra and some other states in Nigeria has become an annual event, this year’s has surpassed other years. In previous years, after two weeks of flooding, the flood usually receded, giving victims who may have relocated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps the opportunity to move ...

It was a kind of armageddon on the night of Thursday October 20 when a report came in about gunmen setting about 15 shops and vehicles ablaze in Amorka, a community along the Onitsha/Owerri Road, situated in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to reports, at least 15 shops, several trucks and cars were burnt by yet-to-be identified ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku-Awka, Dr Joe Akabuike, has enjoined the SERVICOM team of the hospital not relent in the positive change they have brought in the hospital, particularly in the area of staff-patient cordiality, and charged the team to inculcate the five drivers of SERVICOM, nameAly, Service Delivery, ...

By Jude Atupulazi For Nigeria to be freed from the shackles of ethno-religious politics, she needs a man that will unify the country at a critical time of its History. The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited Prof Obiora Okonkwo, stated this during the Ofala Celebration of the Obi of Onitsha, Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, October 22, in Onitsha. Okonkwo ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The All Progressives Congress, APC, Anambra chairman, Chief Basil Ejidike, says the party only has one publicity secretary in the person of Dr Valentine Oliobi, even as the party clarified that Mr Okelo Madukaife is no longer its member and should not be representing APC in anything. Addressing newsmen at the party’s headquarters in Awka, Ejidike warned ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The members of the Anambra State 7th Assembly, Tuesday, October 18, returned to plenary after a recess. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uche Victor Okafor, during the plenary, announced what he described as the unfortunate death of the Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Dr. (Pharm) G. Nnamdi Okafor, who until his ...

Future of Ndi Anambra through Agriculture – Commissioner By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Commissioner for Agriculture, Anambra State, Dr Forster Ihejiofor, says the Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is working towards securing the economic future of Ndi Anambra. Commissioner Ihejiofor who stated this during a press conference held at his office in Awka to commemorate this year’s 2022 ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Prof Charles Esimone, has showered encomiums on the chairman of Anambra State Football Association, ANSFA, Chikelue Iloenyosi, for what he has been able to achieve so far in the development of football in the state, especially at the grassroots. The Vice Chancellor made this known when the FA boss ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Anambra State Football Association led by the chairman, Mr Chikelue Iloenyosi, recently, at Awka City Stadium, organized a Memorial Service for all the late sportsmen and women of Anambra State extraction. Some of those remembered included Aloysius Atuegbu, POC Achebe, Ernest Ufele, Okey Isima, Temple Moneke, Ernest Okonkwo, Power Mike Okpala, Kenneth Ilodigwe, among others. In ...