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 ...

By Chioma Ndife A call has been made to the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to set up an Old People’s Home to minimize the disquiet and friction in nuclear families. Speaking to the media in Awka, a social welfare protagonist, Mr. Polycarp Onwubiko, said it had been observed that many nuclear families had been passing through psychological ...

By Rev Fr Amobi Chukwuma The atmosphere is politically charged. Campaign for the 2023 general election is in progress. Ungrammatical and political mouth grenades are being thrown at the electorates to solicit for their votes in order to clench the number one seat of the country, come 2023. The presidential candidate of the Questionable Political Party (QPP) flagged off his ...

By Alexander johnson Adejoh and Anthony Akinomolafe The Old Boys Association of St. Joseph’s College, Sasse Buea, Cameroon, has held its Nigerian convention. The convention which took place at Arcbishop AK Obiefuna Retreat Pastoral and Conference Centre, Okpuno, in Awka Anambra State  attracted over 70 students, friends, and well-wishers among others. The 3-Day Convention, which held from the 14th day ...

By Adejumoke Alebiosu The Management of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has announced the date for the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream One Orientation Course. A statement by the scheme said it would commence on Wednesday 2nd November, 2022, and end on Tuesday 22nd November, 2022. It said the three weeks orientation exercise would hold simultaneously in all the 36 NYSC ...

By Adejumoke Alebiosu Federal government has announced plans to restructure the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to make it flexible for Nigerian students in the diaspora to partake in the compulsory national youth service scheme. The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made the disclosure yesterday at the presentation of the 2023 draft budget in Abuja. ...

By Adejumoke Alebiosu As part of efforts to propagate the anti-corruption message of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC Anti-corruption CDS group in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, on Friday, October 21, 2022, unveiled a signpost with anti-graft messages. The signpost which is strategically located at the busy NYSC ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh We lag behind in everything. “Let me take, for instance, football. Nigeria is affiliated to FIFA. There are rules and regulations called statutes on how to administer the sport. Do we follow FIFA Statutes? Check it out, those countries that are doing well in the world, they follow the FIFA Statutes. Obi said under his Presidency, ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Despite witnessing several internal unrest -coups, civil war, maladministration, fluctuation to serious security and leadership challenges among others-, Nigeria still remains the giant of Africa and one of the best countries globally. With a population exceeding 200 million, Nigeria preserves her position as the largest economy in Africa at the age of 62. Unfortunately, many Nigerians ...

By Uche Amunike I was born a Catholic, raised a Catholic and still proudly practice my Catholic faith, for almost five decades now. One of the things I love about the Catholic Church is its universality. If it’s Palm Sunday in Nigeria, it will definitely be Palm Sunday in Canada, Holland, Luxembourg, India and South Africa. If it’s the feast ...

By Amaka Ezeno, MCLArb, It is the law of God that a man should love his neighbour. Quite contrarily, the law of man does not necessarily require that we should love, but that we should not cause harm to another. Negligence is one of the many civil wrongs with a considerable number of suits in our courts. Interestingly, many persons ...