Tag Archives: Willie Obiano

Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, who was the Commissioner for Information during the tenure of Governor Peter Obi, has described as lies, the statement by the Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, claiming that Obi bequeathed various categories of debts to his successor, Gov. Willie Obiano. Uzodike spoke through a press release made available to the press on Friday. ...

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that construction work at the Onitsha-Enugu federal highway has slowed down to almost zero level. The governor also begged the President to intervene in ensuring that the equipment purchased for the ongoing work at the Second Niger Bridge which are still in Germany are brought to Nigeria for the ...

IfeanyiChukwu Afuba This is not a time to envy leadership in Nigeria’s 36 States. After twenty years of fourth republic democracy, the country still operates a military era revenue formula that allocates a hefty fifty two percent of national earnings to the federal government and pittance of twenty six percent to States, the centres of development. Still riding on this ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Engr. Martin Onyedikachukwu Agbili, the Chief Fire Officer of the Anambra State Fire Service, says that officials of the agency are happy fighting fire outbreaks because the state government has provided what the agency needs to extinguish every fire incident. Agbili said that Governor Willie Obiano had revamped as well as reinforced the state fire service for ...

…alleges Transition Committee Chairmen are conduit pipes used to siphon local govt funds Raymond Ozoji, Awka Ex-Council Chairman of Awka-South Local Government Area, Prince Azubuike Iloh, says it is not an impossibility that the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, may have reasons to face the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged misappropriation of local government funds. ...

Reports making the rounds on many media platforms where Alor Community allegedly disowned Igwe Mac-Anthony Chinedu Okonkwo and blamed his emergence, as the Igwe, on his forceful imposition by former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, are not true, a former Commissioner for Information in the state has said. Clearing the air, Chief Joe-Martins Uzodike, who served as Commissioner ...

Paulina Ede-Nnaji Arthur Eze, the Anambra State prince who delights in being called a billionaire, the other day identified Nigerians of northern extraction as only those who gave him contracts and oil blocks which changed his life forever. He mentioned such wonderful northerners as ex-Kano State Governor, Abubakar Rimi, who awarded him a $12million contract to build a television station; former ...

Outrage has trailed the one-year suspension slammed on Peter Uyanwa, traditional ruler of Ukwulu in Dunukofia Local Government Area, by Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano. Arthur Eze and some Anambra monarchs, yesterday, described Uyanwa’s suspension by Governor Obiano as an attempt to intimidate the traditional institution from performing its assigned functions. Eze, who spoke at the palace of the monarch ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Urum and Achala communities in Awka-North local government area of Anambra state have been enmeshed in a land dispute that has allegedly claimed some lives and property. The communities are not willing to sheathe their swords as they both claim ownership of the disputed land. John Nwokoye, who is the lawmaker representing Awka-North state constituency in the ...

The traditional ruler of Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Colonel Christopher Muoghalu (retd) has given an insight into why Nigeria’s problems are still persisting despite all efforts made by the Federal Government. The monarch, who was deputy defence adviser to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, United States, from 1976 to 1978, experienced the pre- ...