Alleged money laundering: Court shifts EFCC’s case against Obiano to Nov 13

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, shifted the alleged money laundering charge filed by the EFCC against former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, to Nov. 13 for continuation of trial.The matter, which is before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed because the court did not sit.The judge was said to be attending a seminar at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.Justice Ekwo had, on June 26, fixed today for the continuation of trial after the anti-graft agency’s lawyer, Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, led two witnesses in evidence in the…

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Legal Practitioner Bemoans Increase In Social Vices

*Urges Soludo To Revive Scholarship Scheme Alphonsus Nweze A legal practitioner, Chief Vincent Anyanti, has lamented the high rate of social vices in the society which includes: ritual money making, drug abuse and trafficking as well as all manners of criminalities which he said were caused by idleness and joblessness among youths. Chief Anyanti who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State added that issues of social vices especially among the youths are alarming.He pointed out that the adverse effect…

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Tricycle operators arrest eight over criminal activities

*Denies that members are criminals*Set-up Seven-man anti-crime committee The leadership of Tricycles Owners Association of NIgeria (TOAN), Anambra State chapter, has arrested eight notorious suspects who were unleashing terror on people at Onitsha-Owerri Road in Onitsha.The arrest came at the heels of the condemnation of a voice message now trending in the social media, alleging that all Keke operators in Anambra State especially in Awka, the state capital are criminals. According to the TOAN Media Officer, Dede Uzor A Uzor, the suspects have been handed over to the police and…

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Soludo lists 80 man committee for Anambra smooth transition

Recently the Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Solud released a list of 80 mantransition committee to assist his swearing in on March 17, 2022.According to Soludo’s media aide, Joe Anatume, the listed 80 members, with prominent Nigerians will play diverse and active roles in the transition into a new administration in the state. He said the committee would liaise with a team set up by the government of Anambra State to ensure seamless transition from Governor Willie Obiano’s administration to a Soludo-led administration as from March 17, 2022. The members…

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Stop dividing the Igbo race: Group call on South-East governors

The South East Governors have been called upon to discard obnoxious policies that destroy the unity and solidarity of Igbo race in NIgeria.The chairman of Non-Indigenous Free Minds Welfare Association, Anambra State, Chief Eusebius Ezebuwa, made the call in Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial nerve centre yesterday, when the group addressed newsmen over the disqualification of non-indigenes to participate in the contest for the chairmanship of General Old Motor Spare Parts Association known as Mgbuka-Amazu in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State on November 15, 2021.But the non-indigenes in…

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61 years after, Nigeria enmeshed in a different kind of battle – Obiano

As Nigeria celebrate 61 years of independence, this year’s celebration is with much mixfeelings more than before as the citizens are faced with harsh living conditions that has made an everyday life an ebb. The reality of the time we are in is one that cut across the strata. Regardless of class, social status, background and ethnicity. Whatever be the inclination, there is a slice or two that rightly fits.For Anambra, it is a fate associated reality as they prepare inevitably for their forth coming election. This explains why the…

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