Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Jude Okeke-led national leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) which produced Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji as the governorship candidate of the party for the November 6 electoral contest in Anambra State had gone to court to pray it to recognise it as the authentic APGA faction. The Jude Okeke group succeeded at the Jigawa and ...

Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, says the warning given by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, of a looming acute food crisis in Northern Nigeria should not be ignored. In a statement he personally signed, Atiku said the dire warning should be seen and heard as a whistleblowing moment that ...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen are allegedly holding some farmers hostage in Obiaruku, Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that some of the farmers were chased away from their farmlands, which the herdsmen took over, while the others were held hostage. It was learnt that the incident, which occurred on Saturday, had raised tension in the community as the ...

The erstwhile Central Bank governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, represents the Igbo Spirit because of his determination to succeed, despite all odds. In a message to mark Prof Soludo’s 61st birthday, Governor Willie Obiano said that Soludo has achieved so much despite losing his mother at the callow age of eight and having a father who was a mere driver ...

Valentine Ozigbo, the standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November governorship election, has unveiled his running mate in a surprise move at a town hall meeting with PDP stakeholders in Awka, the state capital. At the event, held on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Oma Event Centre, Mr Ozigbo named Mrs Azuka Enemo, a former commissioner of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says no Nigerian parent jokes with education, as they know that if their children or wards missed the opportunity of being educated, they have missed a lot. The Nigerian leader said this at a panel session at the Global Education Summit in London, on Thursday. According to him, the size and population of Nigeria are challenges for ...

…wanted for charges relating to a $1.1 million transnational internet fraud The United States government has described Abba Kyari, one of Nigeria’s celebrated cops, linked to a $1.1million transnational internet fraudsters, as a “serious risk defendant”. A U.S. grand jury has approved three charges against Mr Kyari and five others for their roles in the scam spearheaded by a former Nigerian Instagram ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Prof. Charles Nwadigwe the immediate past president-general of Ikem-Ifite community  in Anambra-East local government area of Anambra State says the community never had a tarred road since the creation of Anambra state until Governor Willie Obiano Intervened. Nwadigwe who is currently the first vice president of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) told our correspondent ...

•Governor Rolls Out Empowerment Scheme for Lagos Farmers, Assists 300 Trainees with N245 Million Machinery Support The food sufficiency programme of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been taken a notch higher. The Governor, on Thursday, rolled out massive agricultural investment that empowers 3,000 urban and rural farmers in key sectoral value chains. Women, youths and peasant farmers were the ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Chief Titus Nnabuike Akpudo, the national president of Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) has lent credence to the fact that Governor Willie Obiano has taken development to the villages and communities in the state. Akpudo, who stated this during an exclusive interview in his office at the government house Awka, explained that the good working ...