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  Lack Of Internal Democracy Bane Of APC Victory In Anambra . .... Okey Chukwuogo. Last Sunday a meeting of some Stakeholders of the Anambra APC was called off by the Acting Chairman of the party. One of the conveners Arch Okey Chukwuogo spoke with our correspondent Nkiru Nwagbo . Question; We learnt that there was a stakeholders meeting of the party which was stopped by the Acting party Chairman, what actually happened? Answer ; There was a stakeholders meeting that was summoned at Marble Arch hotel here in Awka and my understanding of the meeting is that it was called for us members of the All Progressive Congress APC who are not happy that our party lost in the gubernatorial election and so badly too. So members to f the APC had to meet to chat a way forward and to decide on what to make our party vibrant again. Elections are still coming and you know that Anambra governorship election is a stand alone election. There are still other elections such as the Senatoral, Federal House of

  Annual Zik's lecture series holds sway in Awka as Leaders honour Zik of Africa By Ifeanyi Ndukwe  The peaceful capital city of Anambra, Awka welcomed leaders from various levels of the leadership hierarchy as they graced the the annually held Zik lecture series. This year theme, "Security, governance and nation building" had various speakers lay bare on the matters arising.  In his keynote speech, the guest speaker of the occasion, the governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi said Zik was a truly versatile person who built himself through hardwork.   According to him, the nationalist played a vital role in ensuring freedom from colonial rule in Nigeria and African countries.  "His works remain a classic touch to the freedom and emancipation of most African countries.  He was a true Nigerian who spoke the three major languages of the country. He has the genius to translate and transmit his messages to others in very quintessential manner.  He maintained that embracing

  Dr. Godwin Maduka. Maduka debunks  rumour over peddling issues from naysayers By Uchenna Ezeadigwe and Ifeanyi Ndukwe  Awka The attention of Dr Maduka Foundation has been drawn over the false rumour circulating on social media by some unscrupulous naysayers who are bent on tarnishing the image of our great candidate,  Dr Godwin Maduka of Accord party. A statement signed and made available to pressmen by the media foundation team during the weekend has called on Ndi Anambra and party faithfuls to ignore the false news, peddling on social media by the Peoples  Democratic  Party online forum. The statement reads,  " it's unfortunate that some unserious individuals have bent on tarnishing  the image of Dr Godwin Maduka of Accord Party just to jeopardize his intentions of bringing Anambra state to a more progressive and inclusive development". Be informed that Dr Maduka's integrity and principles which depicts him of a good philanthropist and true leader cannot and  neve

  Obi Calls on the NDLEA to re-strategise on Drugs. NKIRU NWAGBO. Obi The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government, especially the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to re-strategise on how to arrest the present menace of hard drugs in Nigeria, which, according to him, “is evidently ruining many youths.” In a statement made available to the press by his Media Office, Obi said it would be irresponsible on the parts of the elders to keep quiet in the face of the ugly stories emanating from different parts of the country on the new trend on hard drugs among Nigerian youths. While commending various groups that have spoken on the menace, especially some towns that have been trying different methods to arrest the disturbing trend, Obi called on the NDLEA to devise a new strategy that will involve working closely with the government of various town unions across Nigeria towards arres

  Sen. Andy Uba. Anambra Guber: Andy Uba problems deepens as Palace Coup looms..   NKIRU NWAGBO. AWKA. The fate of Andy Uba, Anambra Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress in Anambra state deepened yeasterday as faction against his emergence as party candidate has concluded arrengement to remove the acting Executive led by Basil Ejidike. With this development the party Stakeholders who are against Andy have distanced themselves from the plan of their candidate  to go to Election Petition Tribunal.  A meeting was conveined at the Marble Arch Hotel Awka for some stakeholders of the party to revive the party following it's failure of the party in the last election. But the Acting Chairman Ejidike stormed at the venue of the meeting insisting that he is not awear of any APC stakeholders meeting hence urging the management of the hotel to stop the meeting. But speaking on behalf of the stakeholders who called for the meeting the Director General of Chief George Moughalu Camp

    Anambra Guber: Andy Uba problems deepens as Palace Coup looms.   NKIRU NWAGBO. AWKA. The fate of Andy Uba, Anambra Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress in Anambra state deepened yeasterday as faction against his emergence as party candidate has concluded arrengement to remove the acting Executive led by Basil Ejidike. With this development the party Stakeholders who are against Andy have distanced themselves from the plan of their candidate to go to Election Petition Tribunal.  A meeting was conveined at the Marble Arch Hotel Awka for some stakeholders of the party to revive the party following it's failure of the party in the last election. But the Acting Chairman Ejidike stormed at the venue of the meeting insisting that he is not awear of any APC stakeholders meeting hence urging the management of the hotel to stop the meeting. But speaking on behalf of the stakeholders who called for the meeting the Director General of Chief George Moughalu Campaign Organizati

  Don't Challenge Soludo's Victory in Court, Aguata kinsmen warn Andy Uba. By NKIRU NWAGBO. The Aguata kinsmen of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Anambra State November 6 governorship election, Andy Uba, have warned him never to challenge the victory of the governor-elect, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, in court. They stated this under the umbrella of Nzukora Old Aguata Union (OAU), saying  that the governor-elect should not be distracted by Uba who is Soludo’s kinsman. Recall that Uba had said, “Now that INEC has declared the result and announced the APGA candidate, Professor Charles Chukwuma as winner, I urge that we remain law-abiding. Having met with my team, party hierarchy, etc and analysing data from our field officers, we can boldly state that preliminary check shows that we have grounds to challenge INEC declaration at the tribunal in line with the electoral process.” But in a statement signed on Sunday by the  leader of Uba’s kinsmen, Peter Okala, urged t

  No more Observance of Sit-at-home on mondays, Anambra Government Warns. NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA The Anambra State Government has warned that Monday, November 22, 2021 is not a work-free day in the state. The Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment C. Don Adinuba in a circular stated that the reminder became necessary because of the tendency of some people who have observed “in the last few months every Monday as a work-free day, in compliance with the directive by some non-state actors in an effort to press the Federal Government to free the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),  Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is standing trial for some charges in Abuja brought by the federal administration”. The government observed that even the leadership of IPOB has suspended the directive requiring people to stay at home every Monday which started from Monday, September 15, 2021, throughout the Southeast geopolitical zone.   It reiterated that the IPOB leadership has in the last few da

  Anambra Guber: Andy Uba problems deepens as Palace Coup looms.   NKIRU NWAGBO. AWKA. The fate of Andy Uba, Anambra Governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress in Anambra state deepened yeasterday as faction against his emergence as party candidate has concluded arrengement to remove the acting Executive led by Basil Ejidike. With this development the party Stakeholders who are against Andy have distanced themselves from the plan of their candidate to go to Election Petition Tribunal.  A meeting was conveined at the Marble Arch Hotel Awka for some stakeholders of the party to revive the party following it's failure of the party in the last election. But the Acting Chairman Ejidike stormed at the venue of the meeting insisting that he is not awear of any APC stakeholders meeting hence urging the management of the hotel to stop the meeting. But speaking on behalf of the stakeholders who called for the meeting the Director General of Chief George Moughalu Campaign Organization

  Nnamdi Azikiwe remains unmatched .... Ozigbo . By Nkiru Nwagbo. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded November governorship election in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo, has extolled the leadership qualities of the first indigenous Governor-General and President of Nigeria, the late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. Speaking to journalists after the combined 9th and 10th Zik Lecture Series hosted by Senator Ben Ndi Obi on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, Mr Ozigbo declared the late Azikwe as an enduring example of a generational leader whose “legend remains unmatched” decades after his death. According the Candidate "Zik of Africa embodied what we would expect in an authentic leader, and I am glad that his tall legend lives on,"   "In every sense, Dr Azikiwe was a generational thinker and inspiring leader, and he continues to influence new generations more than two decades after he passed away.  "While he was alive, Zik lived for humanity, and his e

  Bishop Okoye's Appointment, Question of Change of Office - Bishop Ezeokafor   NKIRU NWAGBO,AWKA. 14/11/2021 The Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese,  His Lordship Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has expressed confidence that the newly appointed Catholic bishop of Nnewi Diocese His Lordship Most Rev Jonas Benson Okoye will succeed in his new assignment of leading the priests religious and laity of the  Catholic Diocese of Nnewi.   Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this at St. Catholic Cathedral Awka while congratulating the new bishop described his appointment as a question of change of Office, stating that Okoye had the experience and the technical know-how to make his mark.    According to the Bishop 'Well, in the  first place, I thank God for him in his new assignment. It is a question of change of office now. He has been having that experience at that level in the Church but with the new assignment as a bishop of Nnewi something more is needed. Thanks to God he has many years of experi

  NAWOJ CONGRATULATES SOLUDO BY NKIRU NWAGBO, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Anambra state chapter has congratulated  Professor Chukwuma Soludo, over his victory at the just concluded gubernatorial election in Anambra state. In a statement signed by it's state chairperson Mrs Franklyn Onyekachi and comrade Uche Nworah the state  secertary noted that the election which  was held on the 6th and 9th of November 2021 was keenly contested and Soludo emerged the winner. While explaining that power comes from God, they  insisted that,  He gives it to whosoever He wills and called the Governor elect for Inclusivity . According to NAWOJ" Professor Soludo has been a great achiever all his life and expectations are high. He cannot afford to let the people of Anambra down.  We expect him to implement his manifesto to the letter. "NAWOJ Anambra calls on the Governor - elect to carry the minority and vulnerable along in his government. " The present administrati

Ozigbo congratulates Soludo says he is pulled by a vision of better and brighter Anambra. NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA. The People's Democratic Party's candidate at the just concluded Anambra state governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has called to congratute his APGA counterpart Prof. Charles Soludo who won the election. In a thank you message, Mr Ozigbo said he wished the governor-elect well and prayed for his success. According to the statement, Ozigbo said " I have just called Professor Chukwuma Soludo and congratulated him on being declared the winner of the Anambra State governorship elections, 2021. I wished him well and prayed for his success.  "Let me also use this opportunity to congratulate all the men and women who contested our dear state's governorship this year. You all have shown a determination to see that Anambra is better. It was an honour to run this race with you.  "Two years ago, I decided to go into active partisan politics with a number o

    APGA VICTORY: NDI ANAMBRA RESOLVE TO TAKE THEIR DESTINIES IN THEIR HANDS.... OJUKWU JNR NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA Chief Chukwuemeka- Odumegwu Ojukwu Junior,  the first son of late  Dim Chukwuemeka- Odumegwu Ojukwu the Biafran war Lord has described the Anambra Governorship election as peaceful and divine as what was expected did not come to pass. He said that the victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA in the election is as a result of the resolve of the people to take their destinies in their hands and make sure that their votes count. According to Ojukwu Jr who spoke to reporters at his country home Nnewi  yesterday; "This is an election that needed to be held. It needed to be held to ensure the survival of a Party with a divine mandate to deliver for the people. It had to be held to ensure continuity and allow the State to grow, building on the foundation left by Governor Obiano and his predecessor, to ensure Anambra continues to move forward and not backwards. It had

BREAKING NEWS AnambraGuber: At Last Soludo Declared Winner .  NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA At exactly 1.51am   on 10th November 2021the All Progressive Grand Alliance  APGA candidate, Prof Charrles Chukwuma Soludo was finally  declared winner of the 2021 Governorship election in Anambra state. The returning Officer for the said election Prof Florence Obi , Vice Chancellor University of Calabar made the declaration at the Independent Electoral Commission INEC headquarters in  Awka. According to her  the commission having completed election in the twenty one local government of Anambra state found APGA to have gathered highest number of total votes cast. The APGA Candidate polled 112229 votes, followed by PDP Candidate Mr Valentine Ozigbo and the APC candidate Mr Andy Ubah who polled 53807 and 43285 respectively. She announced the total number of registered voters as collated to be 2466638 , Accredited voters are 253388, while valid votes are 241523. However total votes cast are 249631, while reje

  Andy is not a Candidate, Public should disregard Ejidike's call for Cancellation....APC Chieftains By Nkiru Nwagbo. Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from 12 local government areas of Anambra state have challenged Sen. Andy Uba and the state chairman of APC Mr. Basil Ejidike, saying that the duo can not change the wishes of Ndi-Anambra. The leader of the APC chieftains from the 12 council areas in Anambra state and Secretary of the APC in Orumba-North local government area comrade Chukwuemeka Kennedy Nnebe at a news conference in Awka on Monday, stated that Basil Ejidike has no locus standi to challenge the outcome of the governorship election held in the state. Nnebe who maintained that Andy Uba was not a candidate in the election, stressed that the APC didn’t conduct any primary election and that the state chairman Basil Ejidike was protecting the interest of the supposed candidate of the party against the overall interest of the All Progressives Congress. Accor

  Ozigbo Urges  INEC To Conduct Election In All Areas Not Covered In Anambra. By NKIRU NWAGBO The Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate in the Anambra State 2021 governorship election, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo Monday said he is still optimistic of winning the Governorship seat of the state. INEC had announced the election result of 20 out of 21 local government areas in the state, with the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA leading, and followed by Ozigbo. Election will hold in Ihiala Tuesday, to conclude the process. The PDP candidate who addressed journalists on the ongoing election expressed optimism that PDP will  still emerge victorious at the end, stating that Ihiala was not the only place where elections failed to hold. “We have the statistics, and know the areas where INEC could not conduct election on Saturday, and we call on them to ensure they do so.” According to him, with over 248,000 votes at stake in Ihiala and other places where election did not take pl

  Anambra Guber: 'Throw in the towel,' Andy Uba Counsels Soludo ...says allegation of result writing is defeatist BY NKIRU NWAGBO The Senator Andy Uba  Governorship Campaign Organisation, SAUGCO has urged the rival All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA to quit the governorship race, and like true compatriots warmly congratulate the presumptive winner of the contest, Senator Andy Uba. Speaking against the backdrop of rabid claims by APGA that the APC has already written results of 10 Local Government Areas, SAUGCO wondered how on the eve of a yet-to-be conducted election, such ludicrous assertion can be made by a serious political party.  The Anambra State Government statement which contained the  allegation was signed by the Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba.  According to the  statement singed and made available to us by  Hon. Victor Afam Ogene the Director Media and Publicity Andy Uba  Campaign Organization " If APGA were to believe