Tag: Soludo

IPOB dares Soludo, declares tomorrow Monday as ‘sit-at-home’ day

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IPOB dares Soludo

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have announced a sit-at-home order for Monday, February 2, 2026, across the five South-East states. The group described the action as a “Biafra-wide solidarity lockdown”. The announcement comes after Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo, ordered traders in the state to resume business on Mondays, and shut down the Onitsha Main Market for one week. In an issued statement signed by IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the group said the sit-at-home is meant to show support for Onitsha traders and to demand the…

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

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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, Giɗaɗo 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: Soludo re-elected as Governor 

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Soludo re elected

…Dances to popular gospel song after landslide win The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has declared Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the November 8 Anambra governorship election, securing a second term in office. Announcing the results in Awka yesterday, the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, said Soludo garnered 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 99,445 votes. Other candidates trailed behind, including Paul Chukwuma (YPP)…

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“Igbo criminals, not Fulani herdsmen, behind S’East killings” – Soludo

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Soludo

The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said the majority of kidnappings and killings in Anambra and other South-East states are perpetrated by Igbos criminals and not “Fulani herdsmen as widely believed”. Soludo stated this during an interactive town hall meeting with Anambra indigenes in the Diaspora, held at the Metro Points Hotel in New Carrollton, Maryland, United States, adding that: “99.99% of kidnappers and other criminals arrested in the state since I assumed office three years ago have been Igbos”. The Governor has been in the US engaging…

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LG Autonomy faces setback, as Anambra Gov. introduces Bill to deduct funds

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Soludo on LG Autonomy

A Bill introduced by Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo has sparked concerns that local government autonomy, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, may be undermined. The Bill requires local government areas (LGAs) to remit a portion of their federal allocations into a consolidated account controlled by the state. Section 13(1) of the Bill stipulates that the state shall maintain a State Joint Local Government Account into which all federal allocations to LGAs must be deposited. Section 14(3) of it mandates that each LGA must remit a State-determined percentage to the…

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Four banks open bid to raise N1tr from capital market

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Cardoso on banks

Four commercial banks with international license Fidelity Bank Plc, Access Holdings Plc, Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO) Plc and FCMB Group Plc which altogether needed to increase their capital base to N2 trillion, are seeking to raise about N1 trillion in the first phase of intense competition for investors funds. The first cluster of offers came as the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), at the weekend said the ongoing recapitalisation will produce resilient and fit-for-purpose banks with more ability to grow the economy. CBN governor, Olayemi Cardoso, said…

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Former Buhari’s Economic Team, Anambra Gov., Soludo says Tinubu inherited dead economy

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Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that President Bola Tinubu inherited a dead economy from his predecessor, despite he (Soludo) being a member of former President Muhammadu Buharis Economic Advisory Council. Governor Soludo, who said this while featuring on a televisions programme, said that the Nigerian economy under former President Buhari was like a dead horse which, though dead, but was still standing and people did not know it was dead. Recall that after Buhari replaced his Economic Management Team with an Economic Advisory Council in September 2019, Gov.…

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Nov. 11 Imo Election: Soludo gives reasons APGAs Ejiogu will win

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Anambra State Governor, and national leader of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Professor Charles Soludo, has given reasons for tipping the partys Governorship candidate, Sir Tony Ejiogu, to win the upcoming governorship election in Imo State. Soludo, who stated the reasons while playing host to Ejiogu at Anambra Government House in Awka recently, also reiterated his firm belief that APGA is poised to reclaim Imo State. According to Soludo, from highlights of his speech during the visit, one of the reasons he believes Ejiogu is the right man for Imo…

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President Tinubu met a ‘dead horse but standing’ economy – Soludo

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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that President Bola Tinubu had inherited an economy akin to a “moribund horse standing upright”. Soludo, a former governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, (CBN), provided his analysis of the country’s present macro-economics during an appearance on a television programme yesterday. While responding to Tinubu’s criticism of spending 90 percent of the country’s revenue on external debt servicing, Soludo remarked: “From a macro-economic perspective, this government inherited an economy that could be likened to a lifeless but still-standing horse. However, in the coming…

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Soludo pledges loyalty to Tinubu, speaks on his inauguration bounce-off

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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as a party will work with the government of President Bola Tinubu. Soludo, who spoke during the inauguration of the regional headquarters of APGA yesterday in Awka, the State capital, was reacting to his attendance at the inauguration of President Tinubu on Monday. Soludo was alleged to have been stopped by DSS operatives from entering the state box, during the inauguration in Abuja. He descended heavily on the peddlers of the rumour, saying he was…

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