The Federal Government Wednesday threatened to invoke a state of emergency in Anambra to ensure the the sanctity of the November 6 governorship election in the state. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, gave the hint while fielding questions from correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive … [Read more…]
Hon. Obiora Okpala is a procurement consultant, community leader and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State. In this interview with Daily Sun, he speaks on the chances of Senator Uche Ekwunife in next Saturday’s gubernatorial primaries of the PDP. The primaries of the PDP is next Saturday. Does … [Read more…]
Anambra Guber: Onyemelukwe, Daughter of Alex Ekwueme Pledges Selfless Service. One of the leading governorship aspirant in the November 6 election in Anambra State under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Lady Chidi Alexandra Onyemelukwe has expressed her preparedness to provide selfless service of good governance to the people of the … [Read more…]
In Nigerian politics, oftentimes expediency trumps morality. Honour is also a scarce commodity. Sadly, this norm has gained toehold. As the 6 November 2021 Anambra State Governorship election approach, the issue of zoning is now front and centre and fraught with controversy for most parties. This is more so for my party, PDP. … [Read more…]
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, tacitly endorsed 22 deregistered political parties to conduct primaries for the November 6 Anambra State governorship election. National Chairman of People for Democratic Change (PDC), Igwe Benjamin, who led the national chairmen of the 22 political parties to headquarters of the commission in Abuja, said the endorsement … [Read more…]
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, has said his family went into exile because of several threats to their lives when he introduced the banking consolidation policy in 2004. Soludo added that he received 19 written threats to his life following that policy. He stated this … [Read more…]
A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said if elected governor of the state in the November 6 poll, he will empower no fewer than one million youths annually. Soludo, who is contesting the governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, stated this while … [Read more…]
Sustainable economic developments have continued to elude Anambra State in critical areas, owing to inequitable and nonstrategic allocation of its resources by succeeding administrations, Reverend Godwin Chukwuma Okonkwo has said. Okonkwo, who retired from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as the Managing Director, NNPC Capital, argued that the state would have been better … [Read more…]
Scores of women from Nkerehi community in Orumba South Local Government of Anambra State yesterday protested alleged threat to their lives and those of their families. The protesters, who stormed the Government House in black attires, carried placards. They accused the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Kenneth Maduka and Dr. Godwin Maduka of … [Read more…]
′THE Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled the Anambra State governorship elections for November 6, 2021. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, made the announcement in a statement issued on Tuesday after its meeting in Abuja. According to him, the meeting deliberated on a wide range of … [Read more…]