In celebration of his 70th birthday, the Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has admonished citizens to live exemplary lives. The chief shepherd of Awka Diocese who clocked 70 on the 13th of November, made the call as he marked the week with visitations to various institutions to celebrate life and God’s gracious mercies to him, story by ...

…As Ministry Wields Big Stick Worried by the influx of beggars into Anambra from other states, the Anambra State Government has appealed to sister states to confine their beggars to their states. This is even as the Anambra State Government is using a data base to send back such beggars to their states of origin, reports Jude Atupulazi. Speaking to ...

The once serene environment of the Southeastern part of Nigeria is now a shadow of its old self, no thanks to what can be described as the near total breakdown of security in the zone. The situation has gotten so bad that hardly a day passes without news of the shooting and killing of police personnel and civilians or their ...

A South East youth based group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has condemned the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for his attack on the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. COSEYL in a press release signed by its president general, Mr Goodluck Ibem, said that Soludo through his utterances on Obi had denigrated the ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A suspect, Mr Samuel Obumneme, Nwobodo, has explained how his group killed a member of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, Mr Osita Duruoha, in September this year. The 26 years old, alongside two of his gang members, allegedly strangled Duruoha with the aim of dispossessing him of his shuttle bus. Duruoha had ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A young man whose identity is yet to be ascertained has allegedly committed suicide over a failed relationship. A source said the incident happened on Friday, November 18, at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the man who was a final Year student of the polytechnic was ...

By Jude Atupulazi The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has officially endorsed the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections. Ohaneze said Obi represented what it called the Nigerian conscience, moral probity, generational hope, redemption epiphany, and above all, the Igbo collective unconscious. The Igbo body, which stated this in a statement on Sunday ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The crisis between the Catholic Bishop of Nnewi, Most Rev. Jonas-Benson Okoye and some Spiritan priests over the ownership of St Martin of Tours Parish, took a new turn on Friday, when armed security men allegedly invaded the church. Sources from the parish in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, said the bishop sent security ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to remove all bill boards in the state belonging to politicians if they fail to pay tax on them. Recall that the governor, who before last year’s election claimed he knew where to source funds from across the world, is perceived by many as burdening Anambra people with lots ...

… Advises Niverians TO Take Full Ownership By Ifeanyi Ndukwe The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr. Garba Abari, has made a clarion call to Nigerians to take full ownership of the conduct of the 2023 national population and housing census with a view to generating verifiable and internationally acclaimed standard date for all round development of ...