The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has congratulated two former Governors of the State, Senator (Dr.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige and Chief Willie Obiano on the occasion of their birthdays. Ngige is 72 while Obiano is 69. In his goodwill remark, Soludo lauded Senator Ngige as a distinguished leader whose contributions to the development and progress of Anambra ...
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Strike: ASUU Hits Ngige, Says He Appears To Have Personal Scores To Settle With The Union
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has berated the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, over his role in the ongoing strike by the union. The union made its stand known in a statement yesterday. Below is the full text of the statement, signed by its President, Emmanuel Osodeke: TEXT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE ACADEMIC ...
Read More »Ngige Withdraws From Presidential Race, Says It’s In Nigeria’s Best Interest
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has withdrawn from contesting the 2023 presidential primary on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement on Friday, May 13, 2022, Ngige recalled that on Tuesday, 19th April 2022, he publicly declared his interest to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ...
Read More »ASUU Strike And Lamentations Of Ngige
By Casmir Igbokwe Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige, is not someone who hides his mouth to say something he feels strongly about. Recently, he observed that the Ministry of Education was the one literally holding the yam and the knife concerning the peaceful resolution of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ...
Read More »Juju Oath Of Political Godfathers
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Throwing one’s hat into the political ring in Nigeria is akin to wandering into the coven of witches and wizards. Anything can happen. People disappear. Ghosts appear to cast votes. Ballot boxes fly like scud missiles. Everything is possible and nothing is impossible. Nigerian political godfathers have carved the peculiar niche for administering fetish oaths on their ...
Read More »Battle For The Soul Of APC In Anambra Intensifies
National HQs declare Basil Ejidike as authentic state chairman shun Ngige’s demand for dissolution of state caretaker committee; describing activities of his group as “dissidents” action The battle for the soul of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State has moved up a notch higher with the decision of the national secretariat of the party reaffirming Hon. Basil Ejidike as ...
Read More »Anambra APC Gets Two ‘Authentic Chairmen’
Raymond Ozoji, Awka The Anambra state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently facing a herculean task of determining who the state chairman of the party really is in as Mr. Basil Ejidike and Barr. Emeka Dennison Ibeh lay claims to be authentic chairmen of the party. While Barr. Emeka Dennison Ibeh described Basil Ejidike as an impostor, ...
Read More »Anambra APC: Andy Uba, Ngige In Leadership Tussle
All is not well in the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and the governorship candidate of the party in the November 6 election in the state, Senator Andy Uba, are engulfed in a leadership tussle. In a statement made available to Newsprobe Saturday, the Director, Media ...
Read More »Anambra: Ngige Is Still In APC, Ogene Clarifies
The Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO) says despite its resolve “not to further dignify the tantrums emanating from the throes of the outgoing All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA administration with responses, we are constrained to, once again, call attention to the party’s increasing recklessness.” In a statement on Saturday, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, director, Media and Publicity, Senator ...
Read More »When Obasanjo & Uba Brothers Dealt With Anambra State
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu In the halcyon days of his regime, President Olusegun Obasanjo touted Christianity and Pharisaical prayers. He had a sedulous apostle in then Anambra Governor, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, who took his hebdomadal prayers to the heart of Onitsha Main Market. When Anambra people opened their eyes after the hectic prayer sessions, schools were shut, workers remained unpaid, pensioners ...
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