By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Solution Chairman Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area, Hon Chief (Sir) Stanley Nkwoka (Ochendo Idemili), earlier today visited the abode of the Deputy Governor of Anambra State in Mbaukwu, Awka South Local Government Area, over the death of his elder brother, Sir Nnamdi Clifford Ibezim.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
In a bold move to combat criminal activities in Anambra State, Governor Charles Soludo, has established the Special Anambra Anti-Touting Squad (SASA).
Speaking to Newsmen in Awka the Director of SASA, Hon Solomon Chukwuebuka Onwuemene, said the aim for forming the unit was to eliminate various forms of criminal activities such as one-chance robbery, drug abuse, handbag snatching, and illegal extortion of traders across markets in the state, particularly in Onitsha and its environs.
Ahead of the 2025 Anambra Governorship Election, a two-time Idemili North and South Federal Constituency seat aspirant, Prof Theodore Okonkwo has called on politicians in the state, planning to disrupt the zoning arrangement prevailing in the state, to withdraw.
In his opinion, such ambition does not mean well for the peace and stability of the state.
In an exclusive interview with newsmen in Awka, on the troubling political environment in the state ahead of 2025, Okonkwo said Anambra cannot afford to lose political stability, considering the progress it has made under successive APGA regimes.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) last Tuesday, 9th July 2024 called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to as a matter of necessity revisit the 2009 FG/NASU/SSANU agreement and attend to other unresolved issues raised by the Unions.
By Chuka Nnabuife
Peter University in Achina/Onneh Anambra State is admitting new students for the 2024/2025 academic session. The university offers 24 Bachelor of Science courses and a LLB Law degree, all approved by the Nigerian Universities Commission. The courses are spread across four faculties: Science and Computing, Arts, Social and Management Sciences,
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Kate Omenugha, fnipr, led Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) last Saturday, 6th of July 2024, trooped out en masse on the streets of Awka, Anambra State Capital to embark on a rally aimed at ramping up public awareness for Climate Change and need for Tree Planting.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Transition Committee Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon Chief (Sir) Stanley Nkwoka (Ochendo Idemili) on Saturday, 29th June 2024 attended Eziowelle Town Union Election with a call on the newly elected President-General of Eziowelle Improvement Union (EIU), Dr. Julian Obiora, to be magnanimous in victory, even as he urged all the contestants and their supporters to join hands together with the winner to move the Community forward.
The members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) , Nnamdi Azikiwe University Branch today, 2nd July 2024 through the Chairperson of the Branch, Professor Kingsley Ubaorji asked the Federal government of Nigeria to adopt the Nimi Briggs Committee Report which, he said was based on the spirit of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement.
By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu
The Management of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka, has debunked the news making the round on social media about the general welfare of the hospital as well as the issue of fees, describing it as untrue and unfounded.
BY RAYMOND OZOJI, Awka
Despite clandestine plots, vain attempts, make-believe court injunctions and social media falsehoods orchestrated by enemies of progress in Eziowelle community to thwart the town union election, the Civic Centre was filled to capacity at the weekend as all the branches of Eziowelle Improvement Union (EIU) in the country trooped out en masse to elect new officers in a very tranquil atmosphere.
