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By Isaac Ojo Igwe Nnewi Celebrates 58th Ofala, 96th Birthday, Drums Support For IVM, Applauds NAUTH's CMD Activities to mark the celebration of the 58th years on the throne of the paramount traditional ruler of the industrial town of Nnewi, HRH Igwe Dr KON Orizu 111 began on Tuesday. Igwe Nnewi who is the Patron of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council also used the occasion to celebrate his 96th birthday. In his speech, Igwe Orizu commended the peaceful election that produced Prof Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as the governor. The monarch said that it was a thing of joy that inspite of the fears and tension that pervaded the atmosphere before the election, there was no violence whatsoever during the election. He said as a matter of fact that the eighteen governorship candidates that contested the election are qualified to be governor of the state but that it is only natural that an individual must emerge as a winner. Ig...

By Princess Anukwu Anti-party Activities: PDP Sets To Discipline Offenders Tough times await the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ranks and file who embarked on anti-party activities during the November 6 Anambra State governorship election. This was the general consensus of the one hundred and thirty eight leaders of the party in Anambra State who met onTuesday at Marble Arch Hotels, Awka to fashion out a way forward for the party after the defeat at the guber polls. Chief Ndubuishi Nwobu, the state chairman of PDP in his opening remarks pointed out that the PDP had the best material in the November 6 governorship election but was sabotaged by individuals who had earlier promised to swim and sank with the party. He commended the PDP governorship candidate, Mr Valentine Ozigbo for fighting like a man during the party primary and the election proper. The PDP Chairman also extolled the leadership qualities of the senator representing Anambra Central in the upper chamber of the ...

By Isaac Ojo Traffic Jam: Govt. Urged To Dismantle Multiple Security Checkpoints At Niger Bridge As more and more people pour into the South East for Christmas and new year celebrations, the governments of Delta and Anambra States have been called upon to temporarily withdraw the services of security operatives deployed on “stop and search” operations at both ends of the Niger Bridge. Chima Christian, a good governance advocate and a public affairs analyst, made this call on Sunday while reacting to the numerous complaints of traffic congestion at the bridge. According to him, “complaints of the traffic situation at the Niger Bridge is so deafening. One writer said he spent 6 hours driving from Lagos to Delta State, and then 5 hours from Asaba to Onitsha.” Chima said the already messy traffic situation is compounded by the presence of security operatives deployed on “stop and search operations” at the two ends of the Niger Bridge. “As more people pour into the southeast for...

By Isaac Ojo PDP Felicitates With Ndi-Anambra At Christmas The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has felicitated and congratulated the people of Anambra State at Christmas. The feleciatation message was contained in a press release signed by the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Anambra State, Mr Nnamdi Nwangwu. He said that it is a thing of joy to be part of the celebration occasioned by the birth and gift of Jesus Christ to humanity. "Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth, Peace, Goodwill towards men. I wish every Anambra man, woman and residents a very merry Christmas. I pray that the peace of the season shall fill our hearts and our homes in Jesus Name" Nwangwu said. The PDP image maker appreciated the good people of Anambra State for their unflinching support for the party. Mr Nwangwu urged Ndi-Anambra to continue to be part of the efforts to Rescue and Rebuild Nigeria as being championed by the Peoples Democratic Party.

By Princess Anukwu OZIGBO, CHICASON Boss Emerge Anambra Man Of The Year Corporate czar and PDP candidate in the last governorship election in Anambra state, Mr. Valentine Chineto Ozigbo and Anambra’s foremost industrialist and largest employer of labor, Chief Dr. Alexander Chika Okafor OON(Nwachinemelu Nnewi) have at the same time emerged Anambra Man of the Year, 2021.  The duo came top in a rigorous voting process that featured about seven other equally prominent and successful nominees.  In announcing them as Man of the Year respectively, the organizers of the prestigious award event said the duo were chosen for being the most impactful and inspiring Anambrarians during the year under review. In a letter conveying the decision and reasons they were voted by Anambrarians, the organizers stated that Ozigbo was massively voted by Ndi Anambra based on his extraordinary intellect that saw him emerge as the PDP flag bearer despite being a political greenhorn,...

By Chuks Collins APC’s Roguish Primary And Andy Uba As SE Albatross  June 26,2021 was a date all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), within and outside Anambra state looked up to with so much enthusiasm. Ironically, December 20,2021 was equally a date members of the party waited for with baited breath. Both dates were very important for different historical reasons. The former was expected to climax the months of the party’s in-house seeming tireless campaigns by its fourteen Governorship aspirants as it was, then. For those who are conversant with Anambra politics/politricks, party primaries though have threatening whirlwind, it always calm down once the popular and sellable candidate triumphs. But once a roguish primary was conducted, or an unpopular hardsell barges forward as winner, the the dust, smoke and fire therefrom often linger till next election cycle. And nothing was deducted from dusty smoking fireball that took over in APC right from the moment...

By Chuks Collins We Have The Vision To Be Among The Top 5 Teaching Hospitals In Nigeria Says NAUTH's CMD The Chief Medical Director CMD of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Prof Joe Ugboaja says the entire staffers of the institution have embraced his vision to make the hospital belong to the best five teaching hospitals in Nigeria The Chief Executive Officer of NAUTH stated during an interactive session with journalists in his office in Nnewi. He said that all the developmental strides witnessed on all fronts in NAUTH are bids to reposition her to be among the top five of such hospitals in Nigeria. "Central to all the developments in NAUTH is a clear vision which I have shared with the staffers of this hospital and they have keyed into it, so part of the credit should go to the workers and then God factor is a very important aspect of the transformation going on here. "We have started in our own little way to make the permanent site o...

By Chuks Collins Nnewi Youthful Political Prodigy, Hon Akachukwu Marks Birthday In Style The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) McAkason Industry. Umuezena Umudim Nnewi, Anambra State, Hon. Dr. Sir Akachukwu Kingsley Victor Nwachukwu has celebrated his birthday in style. Hon Akachukwu a disciplined and God-fearing personality used the occasion of his birthday to put smile on the faces of people underhis area of influence. The birthday celebration actually started in the early hours of the day as youthful political prodigy surprised his fans by crediting their accounts with undisclosed sum of money. He also had a quiet birthday celebration with his family, friends and associates and who thronged his residence at Umuezena, Umudim-Nnewi. The celebrant, an industrialist and an amiable leader said at the occasion that his is passionately committed to giving a sense of direction to the youth in Anambra State and beyond.

By Chuks Collins Anambra businessman offers scholarships, pays hospital bills to mark birthday Anambra businessman, Chief Ken Maduakor(Ichie Chukwumeucheya) on Tuesday offered scholarship to fifty students and paid hospital bills for indigent patients to mark his 50th birthday. The benefiting students are drawn from the celebrant's Ihiala Local Government Area and Nnewi North Local Goverment Area of Anambra State. The fifteen indigent patients who benefitted from Chief Maduakor's birthday gift were patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala and patients at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH)Nnewi. The celebrant philanthropist spent millions of Naira in the process of clearing the medical bills of the indigent patients at the two hospitals. Chief Maduakor popularly called Kenneth Azia in the business community also paid for the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) of the selected fifty students and also paid for their JAMB. The overall ...

By Chuks Collins Awka Anonymous Benefactor Donates N30m Mobility Aids To Physically Challenged In Anambra A Lagos-based unidentified benefactor has donated mobility aids worth above thirty million Naira(N30m) to physically-challenged citizens of Anambra state. The beneficiaries under the aegis of the Association for Comprehensive Empowerment of Nigerians with Disability (ASCEND), Anambra State chapter took delivery of, and distributed the mobility aids including seventy-five(75)wheelchairs, five(5)walking frames, twenty(20) armpit and about twenty(20)elbow crutches. The donor who chose to celebrate a memorable Yuletide for the physically challenged persons in the state was however not named, according to his wish. Making the presentation, the National President of ASCEND, Chief Cosmas Okoli who took delivery of the items in Lagos and conveyed them to Awka, commended the donor who he revealed was moved by his appeals for assistance to affluent citizens nationwide. ...

By Princess Anukwu NCF Raises Alarm Over Impending Food Insecurity  The Northern Christian Forum (NCF) has raised the alarm over impending food scarcity in Nigeria occasioned by the activities of insurgents and bandits in the North. The Anambra State president of the forum Pastor Andrew Aversion raised the alarm in a press release made available to journalists in Awka. Pastor Aversion pointed out that the insurgents have assumed an invincibility status because there is no sincerity in the war against insurgency and banditary. "Insurgents and bandits have taken over certain local government areas in the North, it is so bad to the extent that Nigerians now pay taxes and levies to the insurgents so as to stay alive. "The federal government is aware of this dangerous development but the individuals in the corridors of power have continued to play the oastrich over the issue. "The North has always been the food basket of the nation but people can no longer go to f...

By Chuks Collins Awka Igwe Nnewi Pays Working Visit To NAUTH, Commends New CMD The royal father of Nnewi, His Royal Highness, Igwe Dr  KON Orizu 111 has applauded the new Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Prof Joe Ugboaja over his developmental strides at the permanent site of the health institution. The highly revered monarch who was accompanied by members of his royal cabinet, President Generals and other stakeholders in the industrial town commended the CMD during his working visit to the hospital. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the health institution, Dr Joe Ugboaja and his management team conducted the monarch and his entourage round some of the ongoing projects in the hospital Some of the ongoing projects inspected by Igwe Nnewi include laboratory building complex nearing completion, huge drainage system to tackle erosion menace, adminstrative block which has been abandoned for long, GOPD and twenty roads unde...

By Princess Anukwu Commercial tricyclists lock down Awka over extortion allegations Commercial tricyclists popularly called Keke riders on Wednesday momentarily locked down Awka, the Anambra State capital in protest of alleged exploitation and extortion by government officials. The Keke operators blocked the Onitsha-Enugu express way at Aroma junction in Awka for some time, it took the intervention of  some security agents who appealed to them before they relocated to Dr Alex Ekwueme park. The coordinator of Recover Nigeria Project (RNP) Comrade Ositadinma Obi said that the issue of exploitation and extortion of Keke operators have become an issue that the government seems to be afraid of looking into. Comrade Obi said that in a clime where responsible persons are in governance, the operators should be assisted and not exploited as being done in Anambra State especially in Awka North and Awka South Local Government Areas of the state. He alleged that cultist...

By Chuks Collins 83 Days After Agbasimalo, LP Gov Candidate’s Kidnap *Police Unaware *Wife Opens Up *Supporters Storm Obiano’s Office In Protest Angry Supporters of the Labour Party (LP) Anambra State Governorship candidate in the just concluded November 6, 2021 poll, Mr. Obiora Agbasimalo has blocked the Governor’s office in Awka in bitter protest of the abduction of their candidate by unknown gunmen. Mrs Eucharia Agbasimalo, wife of the abducted candidate also amidst tears narrated her pains that “more than 83 days after, no one has been able to tell me and my children was has happened to my husband, their father. “Now police has denied receiving any formal report or complaint on the matter. Am indeed heartbroken as I don’t know what to believe, at all!” The protest which shocked many citizens of the state was coming almost 90 days after the abduction occurred. Though the location of the abduction was not disclosed, journalists learnt it occurred around Orlu area of Imo state. Cu...

By Ifeanyi Ugochukwu (Mercedes Air Peace: A Symbol Of Outstanding Excellence  Ife onye na-adi ka ya was one of my late grandmother's favourite phrases and most often than nought, it was clear to see that this was true as one cannot give what he doesn't have and can't afford  Chief Allen Onyema, Ide Ihiala, is the textbook definition of a dogged, visionary and outstanding achiever. These traits can be found throughout his business ventures, which have continued to soar higher and higher each day owing to his inert and amazing ability to see things others don't and then, putting his money where his mouth is  Without being told, Air Peace is the apex airline in West Africa and the most trusted brand in the Nigerian Aviation History... This is not a mere serendipity, but a result of meticulous, detailed and deliberate execution of the best well laid out plans, borne out of the love and need to provide world class services to Nigerians by Chief Allen Onyema ...

By Princess Anukwu Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah Powered Anambra South Indoor Games Hold In Nnewi Ifeanyi Ubah club house in Nnewi, Anambra State on Sunday played host to eminent personalities and sportsmen and women who were on hand to be part of the maiden edition of Anambra South indoor games. The theme of the event is "Celebrating our cultural games." In his welcome address, Mr Ifeanyi Ugochukwu (Mercedes Benz) the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Thanos Sports Colloquium, the organizers of the sporting event said that the program was meant to rediscover games. Ugochukwu said that participants who emerge victorious in traditional wrestling, 'ncho' Scrabble and draft will go home with mouth watering prizes. He pointed out that the event was powered by Ifeanyi Ubah Foundation, Dossy Oil, Capital Oil, De Next Centre, YPP among others. The president of Thanos Group applauded the Senate Committee Vice Chairman on sports, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah for his unflinchin...

By Princess Anukwu PMB Not Ready To Release Nnamdi Kanu, Bro Uzukwu Declares, Blasts Igbo Political Leaders The Spiritual Head of Soul Revival Outreach Nnewi, Anambra State, Bro Iyke Uzukwu says President Muhamadu Buhari is not really ready to release the leader of the Indigineuos People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who is currently detained by DSS in Abuja. Bro Uzukwu, a fiery Prophet stated this during an interaction with journalists in Nnewi. He said as a matter of fact that President Buhari will not free the leader of IPOB contrary to expectations of early release of the leader of secessionist group. Bro Uzukwu declared emphatically that it is the next Nigerian president who will take over from the incumbent in 2023 that will actually free the IPOB leader. "No amount of intimidation can stop Nnamdi Kanu, he is passionately committed to concluding the journey which Chief Emeka Ojukwu started in 1967. MNK has been consistently speaking about marginalization of t...

By Princess Anukwu NCF Congratulates Soludo, Pleads For Specific Responsibilities The Northern Christian Forum (NCF) has congratulated the winner of the last month Anambra State governorship election, Prof Charles Soludo. The president of the forum, Pastor Averson Andrew flanked by some of his officials congratulated the governor elect during an interactive session with journalists in Awka. He noted that the election of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is divinely arranged as the battle of life is neither for the swiftest nor the strongest. Pastor Andrew pointed out that the members of NCF have been contributing their own quota toward the growth and development of Anambra State in particular and South East in general individually and collectively. He particularly appreciated the good people of the state for being good host to the foreign elements in Anambra who according to him have been made to feel at home through their warm hospitality. Andrew said that NCF on ...