Alphonsus Nweze Inspite of an order of Anambra State Hight Court, presided over by Justice Alexious Okuma, that the State Commissioner for Commerce, Dr. Christian Ngonadi, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and others should maintain status quo ante bellum in Ogbaru Main Market, they went ahead on Thursday, June 16, 2022 to impose Caretaker Committee on the market. The Judge had also directed in his sitting on June 3, 2022, that the security operatives should not harass and intimidate Ndubuisi Ochiogu led executive following complaints by Ochiogu’s lawyer, Chief…
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Stop harassing Ogbaru Market leaders, Court orders Ngonadi, others
Alphonsus Nweze Justice Alexius Okuma of Atani High Court has directed the Anambra State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Christian Ngonadi and other officials of the Ministry to stop harassing the chairman of Ogbaru Main Market, Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu and the members of his executives with security operatives. Justice Okuma issued the order on Friday when the case brought by Ochiogu led executive against the Commissioner for Commerce and Attorney-General of the state came up for hearing at Onitsha High Court.The directive came following the complaints by the counsel…
Read MoreUCKEMORAN boss asks Anambra citizens to back Soludo to flush out touts
Alphonsus Nweze The chairman of United Commercial Keke -NAPEP and Motor Riders Association of NIgeria (UCKEMORAN), Anambra State chapter, Chief Arunsi Igbaniuka, has called on Anambra people to support Governor Chukwuma Soludo in his determined efforts to flush out touts in the state. Chief Igbaniuka spoke recently when the chapter held its convention at Awka, the Anambra capital to reaffirm their support for the governor. “This is to show our unalloyed support and solidarity to the present government led by Prof. Soludo and all his seasoned commissioners.” The UCKEMORAN boss…
Read MoreWe don’t want caretaker, leave our elected executive – traders tell Soudo
By Alphonsus Nweze Traders of Ogbaru Main Market have told Governor Chukwuma Soludo to direct his Commissioner for Trade and Commerce to reverse the nullification of their popularly elected executive in the the interest of peace, justice and fairness.The traders spoke yesterday after a crucial meeting of stakeholders which was attended by Board of Trustees BoT, Patrons, sectional heads, past executives, line chairmen, women group in the market and members of the present executives.Speaking at the highly tensed up meeting, the chairman of the BoT, High Chief (Sir), Sam Mendu,…
Read MoreTension grips Anambra markets over imposition of Caretakers
Alphonsus Nweze Palpable tension has gripped markets in Anambra State following the imposition of Caretaker Committees on the 31 markets whose leaderships were sacked some weeks ago. The imposition of Caretaker leadership came inspite of court injunction from some markets directing that the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to maintain status quo ante bellum. The Ogbaru Main Market known as Relief Market had gone to court to obtain injunction against the sacking of its elected executive even when there was no justifiable reason. But shortly after the order of Anambra…
Read MoreSuspension of Ogbaru Market Elected Executive: Court directs status quo maintained
Alphonsus Nweze The Anambra State High Court sitting in Atani, Ogbaru Judicial Division, has directed the State Commissioner for Trade, Commerce, and Industry, Dr.Obinna Ngonadi and the Attorney General of Anambra State to maintain the status quo in Ogbaru Main Market Traders Association (Relief Market).Justice A.O. Okuma, who gave the order following motion exparte seeking an interim order of the court to restrain the respondents from removing the elected executive of the market adjourned the hearing to June 3, 2022.Barrister B.C. Uzuegbu (SAN), had in a Suit No. AT/MISC43/2922 brought…
Read More‘THE GOLDEN FISH – NIGERIA’ BY AMBASSADOR ANDERSON N. MADUBIKE
I arrived in Canberra, Australia on 19th May 2021 to commence my tour of duty as the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the commonwealth of Australia, with concurrent accreditation to New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. During this period, the world was of course experiencing its largest disruption since World War II in every facet of human endeavour, the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has therefore caused damaging effects on economies and public life. While many countries in the world are facing severe dilemma and difficulties on revitalizing their…
Read MoreSack of Market Leaders: Reinstate Ochiogu, Traders Urge Soludo
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has been urged to immediately reinstate the executives of Ogbaru Main Market led by Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu . A cross-section of the traders who spoke to newsmen after the executives of the market was sacked by a statement released to both social media platforms and mainstream media faulted the sacking of duly elected executives of the market. The new Commissioner for Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Ngonadi in the statement said the election conducted by the market and supervised by the Ministry on…
Read MoreDissolve ASMATA, illegally elected market executives – ATF tells Soludo
Alphonsus Nweze Anambra Traders’ Forum has called on the State Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to dissolve all the market executives which elections were conducted six months before his assumption of office on March 17, 2022. The group in a briefing in Onitsha yesterday said the dissolution of the market executives should start from the kangaroo umbrella market body known as Anambra State Market Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA), which leadership does not reflect the wishes and interest of the traders in the state. The President of ATF, Dede Uzor A Uzor,…
Read MoreAlleged P&ID scam: Absence of defence counsel stalls trial of ex-director
Absence of lead counsel to Grace Taiga, former Director of Legal at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, on Thursday, stalled the trial at a Federal High Court, Abuja. The matter, which was scheduled for trial commencement could not proceed as a lawyer working at Olanipekun’s firm told Justice Obiora Egwuatu, shortly after the case was called, that her boss was not in court.She informed that the senior counsel was stuck at the Kano Airport with the case file. She explained that Olanipekun left Lagos for a matter…
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