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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano yesterday swore in 19 new commissioners and 10 Special Advisers. Those sworn in are Chief Tony Onyinma ( Information) and Dr Chinedu Emeka ( Water and Public Utilities.) Two former commissioners in Gov. Peter Obi’s administration including Mr. Callistus Ilozumba and Mrs. Azuka Enemuo were retained in their former […]
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Anambra, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Chukwudi Nwokoye | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Thank you Gov. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi. When in 2003 I stuck my head out to support your candidacy, I followed my instinct and my judgment. I believed that you had a mission to save Anambra. Even after your victory at the polls were brazenly […]
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Anambra, Articles, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
‘He made friends and dined with tax collectors, harlots and sinners. John The Baptist’s disciples fasted but His disciples did not observe the sabbath day and did not fast. He said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days…. He blasphemed God by saying that he was the son of God. […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News
Sunday, March 9th, 2014
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | March 09, 2014 – As an independent writer, one which spans almost a decade, my writings have always tilted towards political issues, especially as it affects the mass of the poor both locally and on the global stage. I was however, surprised when I was challenged by a […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Ondo, State News
Saturday, February 1st, 2014
Obi and Mimiko The Peoples Democratic Party has said all is set for the defection of the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, and his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi, to the ruling party as the 2015 elections approach. Mimiko is the only governor on the platform of the Labour Party, just as […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
•ASTA official killed by trailer driver •Traders block highway over union’s action From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha Onitsha in Anambra State, yesterday erupted in a turmoil following riots at the Old Motor Spare Parts market, Mgbuka along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway and the Upper Iweka-Niger Headbridge, within the nation’s commercial nerve centre. The Upper Iweka riot began […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists, Okey Ndibe, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Okey Ndibe | Connecticut, USA | Dec. 3., 2013 – Numerous political pundits stipulated that the recent governorship election in Anambra would serve as a gauge of things to come in the 2015 general elections. Anambra, these pundits suggested, would have a lot to say about the place and direction of Nigeria. If that projection […]
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Anambra, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
The matters arising from the inconclusive Anambra State governorship election last Saturday were foreseeable. In Nigeria, elections are, cynically speaking, designed to fail. The process of democracy — from campaigns to voting and other post-election activities — is a practice of modernity. Anambra (and by implication, Nigeria) as presently construed, are pre-modern contraptions. Yes, as […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
AS the nation grapples with yet another shoddy election, this time the Anambra State governorship poll of last Saturday, it is incumbent upon the Independent National Electoral Commission to do the right thing: summon the courage to cancel the flawed election. It did so two years ago when it called off the National Assembly […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Headlines, INEC Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega | credits: File copy The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday said only the courts could order total cancellation of any election conducted by it. The commission was reacting to the calls by the All Progressives Congress, Labour Party and their candidates for a total cancellation of […]
