Governor Obiano emerges Silverbird Man of the Year, 2016.

The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has emerged the Silverbird Man of the Year, 2016.
Governor Obiano, who got the highest number of votes among other four nominees, shortlisted for the prestigious award, for prudent management of resources and embarking on massive infrastructural development in the state.

Buhari means Well to Develop South East More Than Any Past Leader___Hon.

Members representing Anambra East and West in the Federal House of Representatives, Dr. Tony Nwoye has urged people of the south eastern part of Nigeria to abstain from the idea of playing politics with sentiment.

He said Leaders should be judged by their works not minding the political zones it represent, only if his programme of governance have direct bearing on the lives of people in that particular zone.

Anambra Guber: We have no anointed candidate, says APC chairman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra says it has not anointed any candidate for the governorship election billed to hold in the state in November 2017.

The state Chairman of APC, Mr Emeka Ibe, told newsmen on Tuesday on the side line of a stakeholders’ meeting of the party executive with governorship aspirants under the platform.

Stakeholders Charge Nigerians to Hold Leaders Accountable

Nigerians have been urged to ensure they hold their public office holders accountable as the panacea to rescue the nation from the current econimic crisis.
They are enjoined to ensure leaders are meant to be accountable to the led, with the Charge of managing the nation's resources with utmost accountability.
This was the resolution collated by our Anambra state correspondent, Bamidele Ajayi on the need to ascertain the state of the nation and identity measures expected of the Leaders to arrest economic recession in Nigeria to rescue her from being collapsed.

APC Remains alternative to South East Political Quest --Dr. Obidigbo

An industrialists Dr. Chike Obidigbo says the nation's political sphere needs to be restructured to attract people of idea to come in and effect change the people are yearning for.
He blamed the past administrations to have plundered the nation's resources which according bro him brought Nigeria into the current economic depression.

Train cuts trailer carrying soldiers into two in Kaduna

A Lagos bound train from Kano collided with a trailer at a railway crossing in Kawo, Kaduna, and cut the trailer into two, the Federal Road Safety Corps said in Kaduna on Wednesday.
The Sector Commander of FRSC in the state, Mr. Francis Udoma, told the News Agency of Nigeria, that the incident occurred at 3 a.m., adding however, that no life was lost.
Udoma explained that the train, carrying Nigerian soldiers and civilians, crashed into the sugarcane-laden trailer, belonging to W.A. Group of Companies.
He said the accident occurred when the driver of the trailer insisted on crossing the rail line even when the train was blaring its horn.

Catholic Arch Bishop Charge Leaders to Rescue Nigeria From Recession

The Catholic bishop of Onitsha Arch Diocese Most Rev. Valeria Okeke has urged Nigerian leaders to map out programmes that would speedily rescue Nigeria from the current economic hardship.
He said,if leaders would reduce their expensive spending in governance and inject more funds into the system, according to him, would cushion the effect of the nation econimic downturn.
Our correspondent Bamidele Ajayi was at the Onitsha Prisons For the Arch Bishop Annual Christmas Visit entourage,  completes the report.

Nigerians Reflect on the need to Extend hand of fellowship to the needy

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day following Christmas Day in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Commonwealth nations. Boxing Day occurs on 26 December.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the earliest attestations from Britain in the 1830s, defining it as "the first week-day after Christmas-day, observed as a holiday on which post-men, errand-boys, and servants of various kinds expect to receive a Christmas-box"
In some European countries, notably Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries, 26 December is celebrated as a Second Christmas Day.
This custom is linked to an older British tradition: since they would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, the servants of the wealthy were allowed the next day to visit their families. The employers would give each servant a box to take home containing gifts, bonuses and sometimes leftover food.

APGA Proffers Solution To Current Econimic Recession

The National Executive Committee of the All Progressive Grand Alliance is charging governments at all tiers to rise to their responsibility to hastily rescue Nigeria out of the current economic recession.
The party's NEC notes with fact that the Anambra state government model should be copied by the other 35 state governors as economic models to promote the purchasing power of Nigerians to work out of the recession.

Manufacturers Call For Improved electricity To Boost Production

Local manufacturers in Anambra on the government to increase the rate of power supply to industrial clusters  that would encourage them being in business.
They lamented the expenses made daily  and man hour lost, using alternative power supply. Which according to them would have been their rate of turn over .
Our Anambra state correspondent Bamidele Ajayi visits a rice mill in Amichi, Nnewi South LGA to ascertain the Progress made with the renewed call by federal government on Diversification of the nation's economy.