•Wants Soludo to rescue them Alphonsus Nweze The Anam people of Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State have decried their abandonment by the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, when he was in the saddle as the Governor of the State. Speaking to journalists in Umuikwu, Anam yesterday during the rememberance and funeral ceremony of Mrs Monica Nwodu Mmadubueze, the mother of Mr. Odikpo Mmadubueze, a journalist, some Anam indigenes lamented that Obiano’s eight years in office was a waste for them inspite of their massive…
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2023 Senatorial Race in Anambra: Umeh, Ekwunife, Oduah, Ubah, Azubogu, Others in a Race of Their Lives
Alphonsus Nweze The Anambra State political gladiators like their counterparts in other parts of the country have filed out for the 2023 legislative contests.Since the Governorship slot will not be in contention in the state in 2023, the key contest in the State will revolve around National Assembly election on February and State Assembly election on March 2023 respectively.Key political figures in the State who have indicated their interest in the race and satisfied the conditions set out by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the poll have been…
Read MoreConduct Election for Us Now – Ogbogwu Traders Appeal to Obiano
The traders of Ogbogwu market at Onitsha Bridge Head have called on the Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and the Commissioner for Commerce, Market and Wealth Creation Chief Uchenna Okafor to as matter of urgency conduct election that will usher in a new executive administration in the market. The traders under the aegis of Concerned Onitsha Drug Market Traders, told newsmen yesterday after the cancellation of the market election scheduled to hold Tuesday, February 2, 2022. The chairman of the concerned traders, Chief Ifeanyi Obiekwe, said there was no…
Read MoreGovernor Obiano Asked to Stop Illegal Construction at Onitsha Main Market.
Alphonsus Nweze Governor Willie Obiano has been called upon to urgently intervene and stop with immediate effect the construction of illegal structures at the Onitsha Main Market. A former Executive Chairman of Onitsha Main Market, Chief Nnamdi Unobuagh made the call in an interview with newsmen in Onitsha at the weekend. He raised an alarm over an impending danger if the construction was allowed to go on. He lamented that the illegal construction was taking place at the only motor park inside the market by yet to be indentified individuals…
Read MoreNov. 6 Governorship Election: Provide adequate security as promised, Archbishop Okeke tells FG
Alphonsus Nweze The Archbishop of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev.(Dr.) Valerian Okeke, has asked the Federal Government to provide adequate security as promised for the November 6 , 2021 Governorship election. The Archbishop spoke weekend when he had an interaction with newsmen as part of his 68 years birthday, which he as usual celebrated with the inmates of Onitsha prison .He said : The Federal Government promised adequate security. I think government will fulfill their promise”.The Metropolitan, appealed to those who felt they have been aggrieved to resist the temptation…
Read MoreSoludo’ll complete projects in Ogbaru – Gov. Obiano
By Alphonsus Nweze Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has assured the people of Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State that all the projects he did not complete in his tenure would be completed by his successor, Prof. Chukwuma SoludoSpeaking while addressing the Ogbarus in continuation of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) campaign in the Local Government for the November 6 Governorship Election, Governor Obiano described APGA as a winning party. Gov. Obiano poured encomium on the chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Hon. Arinzechukwu Awogu, for his brilliant…
Read MoreGroups ask Obiano to evacuate refuse in Anambra cities
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has been urged to urgently stem the tide of epidemic in the State by clearing the refuse littered in all parts of the State.Jointly addressing newsmen in Onitsha yesterday , the Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Human Rights Liberty Access and Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), described as embarrassing the mountainous refuse littered in various streets and roads in Anambra State.Speaking to newsmen on behalf of the two groups, Dede Uzor A Uzor, who is the Chairman, South East of CD and Executive Director, HURIDE, said…
Read MoreOnitsha Wharf: South-East Shippers Condemn Frequent Suspension
When in October 2020, the media went into frenzy, both new and conventional, with the news of Onitsha port coming alive again after 42 years of closure. Pictures went viral and many thought that finally it is uhuru for the southeast who have been deprived of everything meant to support commerce in the region.As information went rife that this administration meant well for the economic wellbeing of the east, considering the importance of such facility in the region, ittle did they know that it was all a smokescreen considering as…
Read MoreObiano asked to immediately conduct election in Ogbaru Market. Traders threaten to embark on protest
A body under the aegis of Ogbaru Main Market Concerned Traders (OMMCT), has asked Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State to prevail on the Commissioner for Commerce and Market, Chief Uchenna Okafor, to immediately organise election in Ogbaru Main Market before another crisis sparks off in the market.The group in a press conference lamented that the Governor had already given ASMATA the nod to conduct elections in all the markets but Chief Okafor refused to carry it out due to his personal interest.Chief Ikechukwu Ojukwu, who spoke for the group…
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