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Anambra Community Gets N140 M Empowerment As Ex - Council Boss Celebrates Crime Free Xmas . NKIRU NWAGBO. The people of Onne Community in Orumba South local government area of Anambra state yesterday got empowered by gifts to the tune of N140 million from the Ezeakunne Foundation. This is coming as the former local government area of Orumba South local government area Prince Nevill Sunday Uchendu celebrated a crime free Christmas celebration in the area this year . A break down of the gift items include a Mercedes 911 tipper at the cost of N28 million given to a son of the community for business as well as four shuttle buses at the cost of N36 million and bags of rice and cash offers bringing the total sum to N140 million. According to the Chairman and sponsor of Ezeakunne Foundation Nze Vincent Nwankwo;  "By this time last year we had more than enough to go round and people were hopping that this year would be better "  "But by this year's January dollar rose from N...

  Ohaneze/ Cleric Lament Crash Of Igbo Marriage Abroad As Foundation Announces Scholarship For 200 Pupils  NKIRU NWAGBO. The apex Igbo organization Ohaneze Ndigbo has lamented the numerous crash of marriages within the Igbo communities abroad expressing fears that the crave to travel abroad has derailed the Igbo culture and traditional marriages in several homes. In the same vein clerics have also joined in the insistence that Igbo families abroad should not allow the western culture to rubbish those morals and values of Ndigbo positing that should that continue the heritage of the Igbo people would soon be a thing of history. This is coming as the Late Simon Okeke Ezeajughi Foundation has announce a scholarship scheme for two hundred Primary school children studying at five Mission Schools in Awgbu Community of Orumba North local government area of Anambra state. Speaking at the ninety two birthday celebration of Lady Christiana Mgboye Ezeajughi at Awgbu the Vice President of...

  Soludo threatens to arrest anyone parading as Igwe Oba, says election was cancelled  NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA. Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has cancelled an election purportedly held by Oba community in Idemili South Local Government Area to elect a traditional ruler and order for an arrest of anyone parading himself as Igwe. The purported election was said to have held on Saturday, in violation of a matter that is still being determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, which was instituted by some interested person in the matter.. The commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Matters, Hon TonyCollins Nwabunwanne who disclosed this to journalists on behalf of the governor in his office said anyone found parading himself as the monarch of Oba community or a monarch-elect will be arrested, as the purported election holds no water.    Nwabunwanne further stated that until the pending matter in Court is decided no election of a new Ig...

  Southeast Insecurity: Ojukwu Jnr Calls For release of Kalu . Ruth Orji. (Awka) Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the son of the late Biafra warlord, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to  release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB. Emeka Ojukwu Jnr,  who  spoke to Journalists in an interview said that Ñnamdi has been held and prosecuted by the State authorities on charges bothering on terrorism, and crime against the State insisted that  if Ñnamdi kalu is released the insecurity in the Southeast especially Anambra State would reduce drastically.  According to him " there has been   daily violent attacks on innocent individuals by criminals, with attendant high mortality which has now attained near normalcy, considering the development from the big picture perspective, the release of Nnamdi Kanu may not put an immediate end to the insecurity, but it will assuage the rising tension among the populace, who wil...

  Iyom The Female Warrior  At 54 By Okey Maduforo. She  stepped into the Anambra political stage learning the ropes in a terrain full of high flyers, and most political watchers felt, as it were, that coming from the banking sector, she may not stand the heat in the “kitchen.” On her first journey to the Green Chambers in 2007, she indeed made a statement that sent signals to pundits that she had come to stay. Many who may have run away with the erroneous impression that she was a pushover came to terms with the stark realities that their permutations were dead on arrival. After eight years at the Green Chambers, she had built for herself one of the most formidable and well-oiled political structures ever in the history of Anambra politics. Still not done yet, the Lily of the National Assembly, Sen. Uche Liliana Ekwunife, made a foray into the Red Chambers, which is the Nigerian Senate. Though her first term was short-lived, no thanks to the litany of litigations that tra...

  Anambra: Soludo Determined To  Complete 621km road projects, Gets Second Term Endorsement By Nkiru Nwagbo Awka. Anambra  state Commissioner for Works, Engr Ifeanyi Okoma has disclosed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) led government had awarded a total of 621. 649 kilometers of roads out of which 316 kilometers have been completed while others are at various stages of being completed. In an interview with journalists during a three-day media tour of projects sites executed by the governor, Engr  Okoma said Soludo’s 50 years vision for  development of Anambra aims at building a livable and prosperous home land, and to move the state from a departure lounge to a destination centre. The Commissioner insisted that the government did not borrow  money from anywhere  for the project, adding that the contractors are not owed. Meanwhile, stakeholders and residents of the state have urged Governor Soludo to scale up the fight against insecurity ...

UNIZIK VC tussle: Odoh sues FUGUS over denial of professorship, employment status NKIRU NWAGBO.  AWKA Embattled and sacked 7th Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), Professor Benard Odoh has instituted legal actions against the management of Federal University, Gusau (FUGUS) over alleged denial of his professorial appointment and employment status.   In a statement on Wednesday, signed by his Personal Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Charles Otu, he said Odoh instituted the legal action at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), with suit number NICN/ ABJ/ 434/ 2024.   He said, though no date has been fixed for the hearing, Odoh will leave no stone unturned to seek legal redress in a court of competent jurisdiction “on the very weighty and damaging allegations against his person and unblemished records, accusing the management of being in league with politicians to nail and pitch him not just against the academic community, but the rest...

  Soludo Presents 2025 Budget Of N606 Billion. Appropriates N42 Billion For Security  NKIRU NWAGBO Gov Charles Soludo of Anambra on Tuesday presented the sum of N606 billion as appropriation for the year 2025 to the Anambra state House of Assembly. Following the security challenges in the state the sum of N42 Billion was appropriated for security aimed at giving bite to the fight against insecurity in the state. A break down of the security budget indicates that the sum of N 1.2 billion was appropriated for the 2024 while for the year 2025 the sum of N2.7 Billion was appropriated. Similarly the budget for the governor's security vote was increased from N17  Billion in 2024 to N 25 Billion for 2025 . According to Soludo while presenting the budget;  "On November 21, 2023, I was here to present the 2024 Anambra State Budget entitled “Changing Gears: The Transformation Agenda Begins”, which you passed into law" "We presented a modest budget of N410 billion for the fisca...

  Gunmen kill four Vigilante,set vehicles ablaze in two Anambra communities . NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA At least four members of the Anambra Vigilante Services AVS were this Monday morning killed by gunmen at Ukpo and Abatete Communities in Anambra state. Similarly two persons escaped dead from the incident with one suspected to be a President General of one of the communities while scores were injured during the incident. The gunmen after killing the three AVS members at Ukpo  set their operational vehicle ablaze and took off while about seven people where also injured in the attack. An eyewitness had it that the gunmen had stormed the Ukpo round about shooting sporadically and one sighting a sienna bus carting the members of the Vigilante Services opened fire on them leading to the death of three personnel . According to him ; "They came from nowhere shooting sporadically and chanting no Biafra No Freedom" and people started running for safety "  It was not clear if the suspe...