Anambra Police Command Parades Couple for Child Trafficking, Others

 

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA 

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hassan Karma says it has arrested child traffickers including a couple who specializes in snatching newly born babies from their mothers in various hospitals across the state.

He made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on recent breakthrough by the state police command in Awka on Friday.

Words of an enlightened Widow who loved and still loves her husband

Bianca Ojukwu was asked this question:

"Recently, former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, defect­ed to the PDP, how did you re­ceive this news because you had told us the previous day that he would not quit APGA because of the promise he had made to Ojukwu?"

A Tale of Two Peters: The Story of Betrayal

There is an Igbo saying, that a person's name influences him. Little wonder, though Judas is a name available in Christianity, no one takes it as a baptismal name, apparently because of the lot of Judas Iscariot in the bible, who betrayed his Master and Saviour of mankind, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Peter is a name that presents a paradox of both strong and weak in the bible.

Unmasking the Little Savage Called Mazi Odera

The trouble with Mazi Odera, an acutely depraved savage who has cleverly turned himself into a social media boogeyman, is that he takes himself too seriously. And we are all to blame for that. Yes. We all – who allow him to torture us with his bad English which he spices up with vernacular to shield his rabid foolishness, who indulge him when he shows his lack of scholarship or infidelity with truth, and regales us with his voodoo analysis, we are all to blame for not calling him out and giving him a very simple advise that will help his personal growth – “Mazi nwanna, go back to school.”

Re- Peter Obi a Traitor …APGA Youths

 Members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) comprising of mostly   detachment of youths from the twenty-one Local Government Areas of Anambra State today converged at the headquarters of Nnewi North LGA to prevail on the sole Administrator Hon Chukwuemeka Ojukwu Jnr to take them to the Mausoleum of the Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu where they conveyed their angst and disappointment over the defection of the former governor of the State Chief Peter Obi to the People’s Democratic Party.

KAYMU INTRODUCES SMESATURDAYS TO BOOST SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES

Nigeria’s safest online marketplace, kaymu.com.ng has introduced a new offline initiative to help grow small and medium scale enterprises titled SME Saturdays. The maiden edition of SME Saturdays will hold on Saturday October 25^th,2014 by 12noon at the LCCI Conference and Exhibition centre, Alausa, Ikeja.

Mrs. Obiano Calls on Ndi Anambra to support the less privileged persons

 The First Lady of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano has called on Ndi Anambra, especially the wealthy and people of goodwill, to devote some time and part of their resources to caring and helping the less privileged members of the society, particularly, the physically challenged in order to assist them in conquering their challenges. Mrs Obiano made the call last Sunday evening during a special birthday party for physically challenged persons at the Governor’s Lodge,  Amawbia.

Gov. Obiano urges pharmacists to shift attention on rural services

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

 

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has tasked pharmacists in the country to redirect their attention to rural areas and help monitor the activities of quack medicine dealers.

Obiano made the call while declaring open the 23rd Anambra Annual Conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in Awka on Thursday.

The theme of the conference is “Public Health – The Role of the Pharmacist”.

Obiano, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Primary Healthcare, Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu, said that the activities of quacks medicine dealers had done more harm than good.

“Effective monitoring of quack medicine dealers especially the traditional and patent medicine dealers could reduce the dangers posed on the people in hinterland areas,” he said.

APGA will Grow from Strength to Strength – Obiano

 The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has assured the members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) that his administration is totally committed to building the party into a strong and dominant political platform that will provide a viable alternative to all Nigerians who desire a new and progressive paradigm of leadership.

 Addressing a large population of Councilors and Ward Chairmen from the 326 wards in the state who paid him a solidarity visit at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia on Wednesday, Governor Obiano maintained that of all the political parties in Nigeria, APGA stands out as the one with the most compelling ideology which emphasizes the supremacy of Nigerians being their brothers’ keepers.

Silver Jubilee Celebration: Bishop Ezeokafor Congratulates Bigard 89 Priests

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lord ship Most Rev. Dr. Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor has congratulated the 1989 Set-Bigard Priests on their Silver Jubilee Celebration with a call on them to rededicate themselves to the service of God and humanity.