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  Anambra state will never forget you, students told Obi. By Our Correspondent. The students of Alor Science and Technical College has reminded the Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP, Mr. Peter Obi that the students and  people of Anambra would never forget him.   He cited what he did in Anambra state when he was the governor, especially the revolution he led in the education sector among the reasons.  The students spoke through their representative, master Alaoma Somtochukwu yesterday during the pastoral visit of Archbishop Valerian Okeke to the school. In his sermon, Archbishop Okeke thanked the management team of the school for upholding standards that Catholic schools are known for. He particularly advised students to live the lives of discipline without prompting.   He also advised them  not just to dream dreams, but to be pragmatic about it by trying at all times to reduce their dreams to achievable goals through what he called five prin...

  IWD 2021: Explore Opportunity for Change in Every Challenge  Mrs. Obiano told Women By Emeka Ozumba The wife of Governor of Anambra State and founder of Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), an NGO, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) has called on women to tap into opportunities for positive change in every challenge that confronts them in the quest for a better society. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano made the plea in a special message in Awka, signed by the Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Emeka Ozumba, on the commemoration of the International Women’s Day (IWD 2021) which comes up  March 8th, 2021. Mrs Obiano praised women for their commitment to  the wellbeing of the family despite multifarious challenges. She observed that reversing the trend of suffocating challenges confronting our womenfolk starts with recognizing their tremendous effort and the positive value-addition in our communities.  According to Mrs Obiano" ...

  NAWOJ CALLS FOR GENDER BALANCE IN POLITICAL POSITIONS . NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA The Vice President Nigeria Association of Women journalists (NAWOJ) South East zone, Comrade Stella Igboka has called  for more gender balance in the  political  positions in Nigeria.  Comrade Igboka who made the call in a statement issued in Awka to mark this year's International Women's day insisted that women should be given equal opportunity with men as according to her " good governance is not all about gender" She regretted that the political gap has slowed down the pace of Women emancipation and has denied them platform to agitate for their well being and right.  She described this year's Theme, I choose to Challenge as apt, and encourage women to Challenge the erroneous believe that they are inferior but always strive to proove their metals in their various field of endeavour.  Comrade Igboka lauded Nigerian women who have distinguished themselves , made female gender ...

  Truck Driver Arrested For Crushing A Man To Death in Onitsha. NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA 7/03/2021 A middle-aged man has been arrested for allegedly crushing a  man to death with a truck in Onitsha, Anambra state. The accident, which occurred yesterday at the   opposite  Goodness and Mercy motor park Onitsha involved three male adults.  One of the male adult was rushed to Toronto hospital by FRSC rescue team from upper Iweka Outpost, he was later confirmed dead by the doctor on duty and his body deposited at the Morgue.  It was gathered that the suspect, a truck driver, was ascending a hill in a traffic when he suddenly lost control over brake failure and crushed the deceased while rolling back. Confirming the incident, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Andrew Kumapayi, said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue after confirmed dead by the doctor. He said the driver of the truck has been handed over to Okpoko Police stat...

Country That Treats Bandits Better Than    Intellectuals Will Never Succeed------ Peter Obi. NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA Former governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Peter Obi  has affairmed  that Nigeria  will  never be a successful country if federal government continue consider  bandits above Intellectuals for dialogue. Speaking during the unveiling and presentation of a book; Communication and Media Studies; Mutiple Perspectives by Prof. Chinyere Okunna at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka yesterday Obi said , "Oil money used to be the major earner for Nigeria, but today the world is moving away from oil. The knowledge sector is now the industry that is earning money. "Prof Okunna (the author) who we are celebrating today, I can tell you earns less than a political thug. Nigeria prefers to pay bandits and dialogue with them than to pay or meet with resourceful and hard-working intellec...

  Anambra Born Renowned Novelist Chimamanda Adichie Loses Mother. NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA Anambra Renowned Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has become an orphan as a result of the sudden death of her mother  Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), yesterday. Recall that her husband, a renowned Professor of Statistics, James Adichie, died last June at 88. The mother of renowned writer died on Monday the first day of March 2021in Awka Anambra State. She was 78 years old and She retired as a Registral in the University of Nigeria Nsukka . A Source from the family said: “It was very sudden and we are devastated, her husband, a renowned Professor of Statistics, James Adichie, died last June at 88" Mrs. Adichie is survived by six children: Ijeoma, Uchenna, Chuks, Okechukwu, Chimamanda and Kenechukwu as well as nine grandchildren, in-laws and many relatives. The family announced that funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.

  WHAT YOU SAY, HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF SPEAK A LOT ABOUT HOW  SERIOUS  YOU ARE, IKPEAZU REPLIES SENATOR ADEYEMI  Our Correspondent . The Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu. Okezie Ikpeazu has advised people in leadership positions to be guided with the way they speak as according to him it tells volume of their seriousness and who they are. Governor Ikpeazu was replying   Smart Adeyemi, the Kogi State Senator, who described him as a drunkard, insisting that only those with little to worry about, engaged in the frivolous pastime of discussing individuals. According to him" For us leaders, it is a calling. If you are called to lead, you are also called to be a mentor to the young ones and what you say, how you carry yourself and the things you say and the times you say them, speak a lot about how serious you are as a person.” Ikpeazu was responding to Adeyemi’s personal attacks in which he described the governor on the floor of the Senate as a drunkard, who use...

  BREAKING: 300 Abducted Jangabe school girls regain freedom.mmmm Uwakwe Nwozor 300 students of the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Jangebe, Zamfara State, abducted last Friday by bandits have regained their freedom. Vanguard, quoting agency reports, say that the students who were seized at about 2am on Friday, when the bandits stormed their school, had already arrived at the government house in the state and received by officials of the government. All students kidnapped from their boarding school in Zamfara state have been released and have arrived on government premises, the governor of the state, the report said on Tuesday, quoting AFP. “I am happy to announce that the girls are free,” Dr. Bello Matawalle told an AFP journalist. “They have just arrived in the government house and are in good health

  Anambra Health Commissioner Applauds Primary Healthcare on COVID-19 Sensitisation Programme By Nnedinma C Okeke Awka, March 1, 2021 (MOI) Commissioner for Health, Dr. Vincent Okpala has applauded the management and board of the Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA) for deepening the ongoing sensitisation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner for Health, Drh . Vincent Okpala The commissioner made commendations during a COVID-19 training organised for ASPHCDA board members at Wintess Garden Hotels, Ifite Awka. He noted that the state had a structure that supported the Primary Healthcare (PHC) system as they were the first port of call for healthcare delivery in communities. “We already have community transmission of the COVID-19 disease as people in communities are being affected and our response as a Ministry and an Agency will affect a lot of lives,” Dr. Okpala said. The Board Chairman, ASPHCDA, Prof. Josephat Ogbuagu commended the commissioner on his Min...

UNITED NIGERIA AIRLINE BOSS JOINS ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP RACE. BY NKIRU NWAGBO   Chairman, United Nigeria Airline, Dr Obiora Okonkwo, has  on Monday, declared interest in the Anambra State Governorship election scheduled for November 6, 2021. Okonkwo,who  made his interest public at an event at the Anambra State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Awka said he was joining the race in response to the yearnings of the people of the state for good governance He said, “Very little exists in the state capital, Awka, by way of critical public infrastructure as many key government institutions continue to operate from the same makeshift structures they have been using since 1991. “One can only visit other state capitals around the country, many of which were created several years after Anambra State, to better appreciate the very poor physical condition of our state capital, Awka, with respect to basic infrastructure. A state that prides itself as the light of the nati...

  Gunmen attack two police stations in Anambra, kill four officers BY OUR CORRESPONDENT. Uknown gunmen have attacked two police stations in Anambra State yesterday and killed four police officers. HURRICANE NEWS gathered that attacks happened in Nkpologu community in Aguata Local Government Area and Omogho in Orumba North Local Government Area. Sources said the gunmen who operated in a salon car and a black Mercedes Benz 4matic, drove into the stations, pumping bullets into the air and also setting vehicles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force on fire. It was gathered that while two policemen were killed in Nkpologu, two were also killed in the Omogho attack. Meanwhile, the state police command has also confirmed the attack through its spokesperson, CSP Haruna Mohammed. Mohammed said the CP, Monday Kuryas, has visited two spots to ascertain the level of damage. According to him "Recall that on the 23/2/2021 the Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command *CP Monday Bala Kuryas,f...

  I WRESTLED WITH DEMONS  SAYS METUH BY NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA. 24/02/2021. Released National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party PDP Bar Olisa Metuh yesterday recalled that his six years legal ordeal was a battle with demons. Metuh six years ago was arrested by security operatives and charged to Court for allegedly collecting the sum of N400 milion naira under the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan. The federal High Court Abuja had earlier convicted him but recently the Appeal Court Abuja upturned the judgement. Metuh who was given a heroic reception in Awka by the members of the People's Democratic Party PDP lamented that the over six years legal battle against him was a descend into the deepest of the valley. "Today I am vindicated and I must tell you that I descended into the deepest part of the valley and I fought with demons . " It was like an armed robber came to your house took all your earnings defy your wife beat up your children and you cann...

  NEW ANAMBRA CP WARNS  AGAINST HUMAN RIGHT ABUSE.  BY NKIRU NWAGBO  AWKA 23/ 2/2021 The new Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command Mr Monday Bala Kuryas yesterday Challenged the officers and men of the command to eschew Corrupt practices and indiscipline. Speaking during his maiden briefing yesterday at the police headquarters in Awka Kuryas identified some professional misconducts such as extortion, unlawful detention and incivility to members of the public among others. He insisted that culprits would face the full consequences to enable the Command sustain the existing inter-agency collaborations , improve on respect for rule of law and human fundamental rights. While reacting to incidents of armed robbery, kidnapping,,cultism and illegal revenue collection, he announced that the command would reinvigorate Operation Puff Adder 11 and give it more bite to tackle them. He announced that major crime flash points such as Onitsha, Obosi, Mkpor, Enugu-Agidi and N...

  APGA Ticket is not reserved for you, Jonathan's Ex-Aide tells Soludo.. By Nkiru Nwagbo. Awka. 22/02/2021 Former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Technical Matters, Mr Akachukwu Nwankpo has asked the former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to stop scaring other Aspirant. He said that Soludo  should stop giving the impression that   the Anambra governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been settled and reserved for him. The former presidential aide who declared his intention in a press conference while reacting to news of the preference of Soludo by the stakeholders of the party insisted that it was a gimmick which Soludo employed to wade off all other governorship aspirants from the party, so it would be easy for him during the primary election. Recall that Soludo had officially on Friday declared his interest to contest for the governorship seat in Anambra State on the platform of APGA. Nwankpo who spoke to j...