Tag: ANAMBRA

Sit-at-home: IPOB dares Soludo

Aminu Imam
IPOB Soludo

…Tell residents to defy market closure The Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), has saluted the people of Anambra State for observing the Monday sit-at-home despite threats by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. Residents, including traders, had stayed indoors on Monday because of the sit-at-home directive, forcing the governor to shut down Onitsha Main Market for one week. It was gathered that the shutdown could be extended to a month if traders refuse to open their shops next Monday. Reacting in a statement yesterday, IPOB, through its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the people…

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Christmas: Soludo, Arewa community leader in Anambra sue for peace

Aminu Imam
Soludo, Arewa community

In the spirit of celebrating Christmas to mark the birth of Jesus Christ, Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, and the leader of the Arewa community in the state, GiÉ—aÉ—o Siddiki, have called for peace among Nigerians. In a goodwill message conveyed to the people of the state and all Christians across Nigeria, the governor remarked that Christmas embodies peace, hope, love and redemption, values that resonate strongly with people’s collective aspirations for a better society and nation. The Governor, in the message made available through his Press Secretary, Christian…

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Anambra by-election: Obi shuns LP, campaigns for ADC candidate 

Aminu Imam
Obi shuns LP

Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was spotted wearing an African Democratic Congress (ADC)-branded cap while campaigning for the party’s candidate, Justina Azuka, in the Onitsha-North State Constituency by-election slated for Saturday. Azuka, widow of the Late Labour Party lawmaker for Onitsha-North, entered the race under the ADC platform following her husband’s killing last December. The slain legislator was abducted on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. His body was found weeks later at the…

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Tragic stampede in Abuja, Anambra claims multiple lives

Aminu Imam
Tragic stampede

Tragedy struck yesterday morning, as a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, claimed the lives of 10 individuals, including four children, and left several others injured.  It was gathered that the incident occurred during the distribution of palliatives by the church to vulnerable and elderly residents of nearby communities, including Mpape and Gishiri villages in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learnt that the stampede broke out as thousands of residents scrambled to access the food items, leading to chaos and the unfortunate loss of…

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Alleged N40bn fraud: Obiano asks court to quash charges against him

Aminu Imam

The immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to quash the N40bn corruption charges brought against him by the Federal Government. His request is contained in a new motion on notice filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo and brought pursuant to provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act 2015. In the grounds for the motion, Obiano claimed that there is a subsisting appeal by the Anambra State government challenging the authority of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

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Anambra: Gunmen attack Chris Uba’s convoy, kill two security operatives

Aminu Imam

Gunmen last night attacked a convoy suspected to belong to self-styled godfather of Anambra politics, Chief Chris Uba. A source told newsmen that vehicles in the convoy were riddled with bullets, just as two Police operatives attached to the politician were killed. It was also gathered that another politician and a chieftain of Labour Party, (LP), Val Ozigbo, narrowly escaped the attack. The source said: “We witnessed what happened. Chris Uba’s convoy ran into the men who were stationed at UGA junction, leading to a shootout. “Uba was able to…

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Tinubu mourns, as former Anambra governor, Ezeife passes on

Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commiserated with the people and the government of Anambra State over the demise of the former governor of the State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Ezeife, who was governor between 1992 and 1993 in the aborted Third Republic, passed away at the age of 85. He had lost his wife, Njideka, in December 2021. Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday, extolled the towering influence of the former governor, who also served as a federal permanent secretary, while applauding…

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Troops intercept truck filled with smuggled ammunition en route Anambra

Aminu Imam

An international ammunition smuggling syndicate has been busted in Ogun State, the military authorities has said. The syndicate was reportedly intercepted while transporting a large cache of smuggled ammunition to Anambra. The military hierarchy made this known in a statement issued yesterday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nywachukwu. According to the Nigerian army, the criminals were apprehended by troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area of Responsibility. Nywachukwu disclosed that the operation took place on Saturday, along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa-North local government…

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Nigeria @ 62: Stakeholders demand constitutional role for traditional rulers

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Some traditional rulers in the South-East geopolitical zone have expressed worry that 62 years after the attainment of independence, the country’s Constitution had yet to define the role of the royal fathers.A cross-section of the traditional rulers made the remark in separate interviews.In Anambra, the Traditional Ruler of Abacha in Idemili North Local Government Area, Igwe Godwin Odiegwu, demanded that the Constitution should be amended to assign specific roles to traditional rulers in the process of national development.According to Odiegwu, constitutional recognition will confer greater legitimacy on royal fathers as development…

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Anambra Decides: Abdulsalami predicts peaceful poll, as candidates sign peace accord

Aminu Imam

Former Head of State and Chairman, National Peace Committee, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has called on the resident of Anambra State to maintain peace to ensure success in the November 6 governorship election. Abdulsalami, in company with the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, gave the charge in an interview with newsmen after a visit to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in the Government House, Asaba, yesterday. He said that they were returning from Awka, the State capital, after signing a peace accord with governorship candidates for the poll; he charged…

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