Tragedy struck again in Onitsha, Anambra State as a businessman, Sir Edwin Umealo, was last Sunday night assassinated at Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the State. According to a competent source, the victim Sir Edwin Umealo, popularly called Sir White by his friends and business associates was killed at about 7pm last Sunday as he was driving to his Asaba, Delta State home. Our source said that Sir Umealo who hails from Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area attended a meeting in one of the communities in…
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Second Niger Bridge: FG run out of cash, alter master plan
Alphonsus Nweze As federal government construct entrance and exit road for the second Niger Bridge at the head of the old one, drivers plying the old Niger Bridge have raised the alarm that the latest exit road constructed at Oko Junction will create more problem for the users of Benin-Asaba-Onitsha Expressway than solving it. The Second Niger Bridge bye-pass in Asaba was supposed to have passed through near the Asaba Airport to cut-off the entire Asaba town so as to avoid traffic gridlock which the second Niger Bridge was billed…
Read MoreUma Ukpai Storms Onitsha for Miracle Crusade
Alphonsus Nweze A foremost evangelist, Dr. Uma Ukpai, will as from Sunday May 7, 2023, storm the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State for a seven-day miracle crusade.The General Overseer of Bible Base Miracle Assembly, Rev. Jerry Nwachukwu, the organisers of the crusade said the visit of Dr. Uma Ukpai, as “an apostle of miracle” will bring salvation, deliverance and healing to the people of Onitsha and surrounding towns including Asaba, the capital of Delta State.He said for years now his church has been hosting the international preacher where he…
Read MoreDemolition: Onitsha Market Leader Threatens To Drag ANSG, Onitsha South LG Boss To Court
•Says Over N1b Lost to Demolition Exercise The leadership of Union of Plywood and Joinery Association ( UPJA), Bridge-Head, Onitsha in Anambra State, has called on Governor, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State to direct the Care-taker Committee Chairman of Onitsha South Local Government, Hon. Emeka Orji, to rebuild their plaza pulled down by his agents recently. Speaking to Journalists in Onitsha weekend, the Chairman of the UPJA, Chief Emmanuel Obunso, also demanded that the traders in the plaza whose wares and goods were destroyed should be compensated . Chief Obunso…
Read MoreOnitsha Correctional Centre Skill Acquisition Takes Off In October
By Alphonsus Nweze The multi-billion naira Onitsha Correctional Centre Skill Acquisition for the inmates being built by the Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese, Most Rev. Dr. Valerian Okeke, will take off in October this year. Archbishop Okeke himself announced this On Easter day during a mass with the inmates of the Onitsha Correctional Centre. He said the Comptroller General of Corrections has approved their application to allow them fence the centre, expressing hope that by then everything would have been completed and the training of the inmates would start in earnest.…
Read MoreNigerians who fled Country’ll Return If Elected As President – Obi
Alphonsus Nweze The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said that if elected the president of Nigeria those Nigerians who escaped abroad because of hardship would return back because he would have made every part of Nigeria to work. Obi who spoke at All Saints Cathedral Field, Onitsha in Anambra State on Tuesday in continuation of his presidential campaigns said that every part of Nigeria would be involved in food production, so that the country would have enough to eat and export. He lamented that in Nigeria…
Read MoreGod has a purpose for bringing you to Correctional Centre – Archbishop Okeke tells Onitsha Inmates
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese, Most Rev. Dr. Valerian Okeke, has told the inmates of Onitsha Correctional Centre that God has a purpose for bringing them to their current situation.Delivering his homily on Thursday at the Onitsha Correctional Centre during the celebration of his birthday, the Archbishop challenged the inmates and others to give thanks to God in any situation they found themselves.He said: “Take a look at your life, you will see God’s blessings. God may have a purpose for bringing you here. Why has God blessed you?…
Read MoreObi of Onitsha laments state of affairs in Nigeria
Alphonsus Nweze The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, has decried the increasing negative economic, social, political and security situation in Nigeria. The traditional ruler who spoke Saturday at his Ime-Obi Palace in Onitsha during his 20th Ofala festival said: “Our country today appears to be in dire straight than at any other time since national independence, except for three years of the Civil War.” He said that the biggest challenge of the nation now is insecurity which affects most parts of the country and disrupts every aspect of our…
Read MoreGod’ll give Nigeria a man after his heart in 2023 if we praise – Arum, gospel artiste
•As Unusual Praise kicks – off in Onitsha Alphonsus Nweze No fewer than 14 gospel artistes have stormed Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial hub for the annual unusual praise concert. Briefing newsmen yesterday at SOPRUM hotel, 33 Onitsha, the head of the Organising Committee of the event, Mrs.Agustina Igbokwe, said the event starts this evening by 5pm at Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, till dawn.She said that the concert with adequate security which has been provided would be rounded off with a holy mass celebration.One of the artistes, James…
Read MoreCrisis brew in Onitsha market as traders vow to resist Caretaker Chairman
Alphonsus Nweze Crisis is brewing in Ose-Okwodu Market in Onitsha, Anambra State as traders have vowed to resist the plan by the new Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Market, Mr. Ikechukwu Umeanozie to impose another caretaker chairmen on the zones and lines. Arising from a meeting, the leadership and traders of the Zones One and Four of the market vowed to resist any attempt by the Caretaker Committee Chairman to impose caretaker on the zones. The traders who spoke through the removed elected chairman, Hon. Anthony Onwuetiaka, said they would…
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