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Onitsha Market Fire Outbreak: Soludo  Commiserates With  Victims, as CP advises public. Governor  Charles Soludo of Anambra state,  has commiserated with victims and owners of some shops at the Kano Street, beside Main Market, Onitsha, following a fire incident that occured in the market today. According to a statement signed by the governor's Press Secretary Mr Christian Aburime stated that the unfortunate fire incident occurred around 1:00 am, in the morning of Monday 28th, November, 2022 and officers of the Anambra State Fire Service were on ground to extinguish it. He said that Professor  Soludo expressed sadness over the incident that left shops and goods razed. In his words"I commiserate with the shop owners over the inferno. "As a responsive government, we are already on top of the situation, investigating the remote and immediate causes of the fire, as well as the losses incurred with a view to averting a future recurrence of the disaster", said Professor Sol

  *Okonkwo Is a Disgrace to Obi’s Team, Igbo Race, for Insulting Soludo’s Mother – Aburime. The Press Secretary to Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Mr. Christian Aburime has described one of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign spokesmen, Mr. Kenneth Okonkwo, as a total disgrace to the campaign team and the entire Igbo race, over what he described as an unwarranted insult against the Governor and his mother, popularly known as Mrs. Mgbafor. Mr. Okonkwo, a Nollywood actor, had, on Saturday, during his interview on Politics Today on the Channels Television, interpreted Soludo’s mother’s name to mean gossip; described her as a village gossip, and also described Soludo himself as a proud son of a local gossip, which, he said, is the reason behind the Governor’s sobriquet, “Charlie Nwa Mgbafor”. Mr. Aburime, while reacting to the utterances, said Okonkwo did not only sound cocky and insolent, but also denigrated the office of the Governor, and insulted a woman old enough t

  My husband's death has created leadership vaccum in Igbo land-Mrs Bianca Ojukwu Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and wife of late Igbo leader, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, said on Saturday said that the death of her husband, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu  had created leadership vaccum in Igbo land She said at a critical moment in the nation’s history.like this was when her late husband and prominent igbo people exhibited obvious leadership qualities. Mrs. Ojukwu spoke at the 11th Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu memorial ceremony organised by the leader of BIM/MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, at the Okukwu Library Arcade in Owerri. She said there was a system failure in Nigeria which has left the country as vast wasteland bearing no hope for the people.   She said the people of South East, in particular, lack courageous, respected and selfless leaders who could speak out for them now. She urged Ndigbo to be fully prepared ahead of 2023 elections and ensure they effectively participate. " L

  * SOLUDO CELEBRATES BISHOP EZEOKAFOR AT 70, SAYS NO RIFT EXISTS BETWEEN HIM AND OBI BUT DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS* Contrary to the misleading news making the rounds on various media platforms about the existence of personal rift between Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo and Mr. Peter Obi, the duo met at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Awka, exchanged pleasantries and embraced each other, signifying that no love was lost among them in the first place. The event was the 70th Birthday Thanksgiving celebration of the Catholic Bishop of Awka, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor. Political pundits had always said that what transpired between the two Anambra great sons was a situation of divergent political views, which is usual in the science of politics. Governor Soludo described what people tag rift between himself and Obi as mischievous and insisted that the former Anambra governor remains his brother, irrespective of their political differences. When Governor Soludo came into the church, he had q

Ekwunife demands commercialization of local innovation. As Anambra invests N250M industrial park.  25/11/22 Senator representing Anambra Central District Iyom Uche Ekwunife has called for the Commercialization of local innovations and inventions to encourage local manufacturers.  This is coming as the Anambra state government has so far invested over N250 million for the establishment of Automotive Industrial Park at Akwa - Ihedi -: Uga Communities in the area . Ekwunife who is the chairman Senate Committee on Science and Technology disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the National Innovation Workshop in Awka Anambra state noted that ;  "Evidence from around the world has proved that research and innovation are necessary growth determinants which must work together to attain sustainable national growth and development. "For instance innovation can be commercialized by firm's but in Nigeria only a small proportion of entrepreneurial start ups are engaged in radical in

  2023: I'll ensure free trade laws are enacted-APC Senatorial candidate  Dr Kodilichukwu Okelekwe, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Anambra Central District says if elected into office, he will ensure laws that facilitate  trades are enacted by the national assembly. Okelekwe made his intention know during a news conference in his campaign office Awka on Wednesday. He said that, it is only in Nigeria that a business man will after clearing his container at the port, the Customs and other relevant agencies will stop the container on the roads. "If elected into office come 2023 general elections, I will make sure that laws that facilitates free trades are enacted because my people are mainly business people. "The business community required laws that will not only facilitate trades, but check molestation and inhuman treatments they are currently getting," he said. Okelekwe also said that he hopes to work in synergy with the state government to ensure that th

  Soludo Congratulates Anambra Twin Over Success In Medical Doctors' Exams. Twin sisters, Chukwubundo Chuma-Udeh and Chukwudiogo Chuma-Udeh, have successfully passed their medical doctors’ examinations in surgery and gynaecology, respectively. As a result, the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, who is highly elated about the development has congratulated them on the their feat for making the state and Nation proud. A statement by the press secretary to the governor, Mr Christian Aburime in that regards read in part, “Synonymous with the brand Anambra as the light of the Nation, the Anambra-born medical doctor Chuma-Udeh working at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka, topped the list of fourty (40) medical students who emerged out of the five thousand (5000) that wrote the Primary Examination in Surgery. “With her emergence, Dr. Prudence Chukwubundo Chuma-Udeh ranks highest in the entire West Africa; a feat that is in tandem with Governor Soludo’s vi

  Anambra: Police confirm another gunmen attack at Soludo’s hometown.  The Anambra state government and the state Police Command have confirmed an attack at Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s hometown, Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, which led to death of two soldiers and some hoodlums. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, a  statement said that the attacks took place at about 10am on Saturday at Afor-Uzor junction, Isuofia. I Ikenga confirmed that five of the criminals were neutralised, adding that others escaped with bullets wound . Isuofia, which had been under hoodlums attack since 2021, was where late Hon. Okechukwu Okoye of Aguata II constituency in state house of Assembly was kidnapped, and later beheaded by hoodlums about five months ago. A press statement by the Police however, maintained that Anambra state security forces comprising of the military, police and other security agencies neutralized five unknown gunmen during the latest attack and recove