Awka Indigenes charge to contribute quota for its development

 

Despite the renewed calls to reposition the eroding value of Awka, the capital city of Anambra state to its glory days as one of the historic cities of Igbo land, stakeholders have charged Awka sons and daughters to take the lead to enable settlers take a cue from their already mapped out plans christened to re-capture the eroding dignity of the ancient city.

They are encouraged to fashion out plans that would dowsed the lingering leadership disputes and prove to the world that the state capital city has all it takes to take its right of place in the committee of state in Nigeria.

Delivering a lecture to herald the 25 anniversary of an Awka socio-cultural group in Awka, a keynote speaker, Professor Sunny Nwakwo, charged them among other tasks with the responsibilities to train and re-train as well as provide sound education for the less privileged children in the society to measure up with their contemporaries in other part of the world.

PRINCE ENGR ARTHUR EZE DONATES SEVERAL MILLIONS TO THE CHURCH.

                                                                         By Augustus Bill
Parishioners of St Simon’s Parish Ukpo, were left in total disbelief and shock on New Year, as Rev Fr. Barr Obiora Okeke, the chaplain of Association of Persons Living with Sickle Cell Disorder, made shocking revelations of the travails of people living with sickle cell disorder.

N5,000 stipends: Believe Buhari, ignore Fayose; Presidency tells Nigerians

Presidency Wednesday urged Nigerians to establish more confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari and ignore Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on his comment that the payment of N5,000 stipends to poor Nigerians was a hoax. It will be recalled that the Presidency on Monday announced that the payment of N5,000 stipends to vulnerable persons in the country had taken off in nine States. Subsumed in the Conditional Cash Transfer, CCT of the Social Investment Scheme, the stipend was a campaign promise of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC during the 2015 election campaigns. President Buhari The presidency had in a statement from the Office of the Vice President on Monday stated that: “As part of its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively the Buhari

Oni, Fayemi denies Fayose’s allegation on removal plot

 Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen over alleged plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, using their members of Ekiti extraction to arm-twist the judiciary into removing him from office. Fayose, who claimed to have been privy to the move, said the plot was hatched by the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Chief Segun Oni, at a meeting held in Ado-Ekiti, attended by other party leaders. He alleged that those behind the move claimed to be acting on a military report on the election that he won to become governor. The Ekiti helmsman, who said these in a statement

Ndigbo are Encouraged To Invest More in Igboland

The Igbo socio-cultural group “Alaigbo Development Foundation” has charged Ndigbo to cultivate the ideology of “Think Home Philosophy” as a veritable strategy that would be employed to develop the south eastern part of Nigeria faster.

It  urged its members to consider the idea of investing in their homeland, with the hope of creating more jobs for the people, improving their well being which would in turn would provide  modern ascetics in Igboland.

This was the resolution reached by the group at an international colloquium held in Awka with the theme: ‘The Restoration and Development of Igboland, the Rebirth and Advancement of the spirit of her culture and civilization’, an avenue created to reach out to Ndigbo on the need to make Igboland proud among other comity of states in Nigeria.

Allege Car Theft: Cleric Caught With Car Keys Duplicate

                                                                                                                       From Nweke Nweke, Awka

The modern day pastor, Reverend  Sam Ugo, the General Overseer of Freedom City Ministry which situates at No. 77 Ezeiweka Road, Awada layout Obosi,  Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State will likely be arraigned in court next week for allegedly duplicating suspected master key he is said to have used in stealing various costly cars in Awada and its environs.

Anambra 2017- As Engineer Bart Nwibe Joins The Fray

The aspiration of Enginner Bart Nwibe has naturally featured in certain circles and a number of discussions on social media, and in a rendezvous with friends; a friend or two would naturally bring his name to the fore of our discussions on the forthcoming guber election in Anambra State. Nwibe’s putative campaign or ambition to be the 6th democratically elected governor of the state was something that naturally aroused interest from discussants. After all this is a good man trying to swim in the murky waters of politic. Questions naturally arose from this panel of pepper soup analysts; Such as whether he was largely prepared for the task and if he had the magic wand to wrest the state from the political tin gods domiciled in Anambra.

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.