Tag: Anambra State
Anambra: APC rolls out campaign committee for Ngige
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday inaugurated a 25-man campaign committee to ensure victory for its governorship candidate, Senator…
Anambra Poll: INEC knocks out Nwoye, Ukachukwu In
Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu, is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November election, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission…
Anambra State: Third PDP candidate emerges in court
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, disqualified Tony Nwoye, as the PDP governorship candidate…
Court orders PDP to recognise Andy Uba as candidate
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Nigerian Federal High Court in Port Harcourt today ordered the Peoples…
Court delivers ruling on Uba’s motion today
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt will today deliver ruling on Senator Andy Uba’s motion for interlocutory…
Ngige picks APC’s ticket for Anambra race
Senator Chris Ngige, representing Central Senatorial District of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, has emerged the flag bearer of…
APGA faction picks torchbearer for Anambra poll
The Maxi Okwu-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Monday in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian…
Ex-convict Ezeemo to battle Ngige for APC ticket
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the disqualification of Mr. Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket to…
Uba wins Anambra PDP primaries
Senator Andy Uba has emerged the winner of one of the two factional primary elections of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party…
Soludo sues APGA over disqualification
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Prof Chukwuma Soludo , has dragged All Progressives Grand Alliance,…
CBN staff bankroll makeover of Awka Prison
A block of five cells and a library renovated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Awka branch was on…
APGA rules out review of Soludo, others disqualification
The Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, Chief Mike Kwentor, said the party…
Anambra race: Soludo fails APGA test
Former governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Chukwuma Soludo has found his ambition to govern his home state of Anambra exploding…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway And The Churches
By Joe Igbokwe An urgent pressing matter in my home town, Nnewi in Anambra State compelled me to travel on…
Andy Uba, 3 other aspirants absent at PDP rally
Cracks in Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East Zone, made some of the governorship aspirants in Anambra state…
Hot Race For Anambra Govt House
Two coming elections, local government and governorship, make Anambra State a theatre of war of sorts The history of elections…
APC To Obi: Stop Playing Politics With Nigeria’s Unity
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described as a very dangerous game that could threaten the nation’s unity the decision…
‘Deportation’ row: APC demands apology from Obi
Nigeria’s newly registered political party, The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a dangerous game the decision by Gov.…
Just like Lagos, Hawaii sends its homeless people away
As controversy rages over the plausibility of the decision of the Lagos state government to send home some Igbo destitute…
Timaya Blasts OAP During Show
It nearly turned an embarrassing moment on 13 July when Dancehall music star, Timaya, blasted on-air personality, JJ of Blaze…
Ex-NFA Scribe, Achebe Buried
The remains of the deceased three-time Secretary General of the then Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Chief Philip Onuora Chikaodili Achebe,…
Achebe Goes Home In Blaze of Glory
JETHRO IBILEKE/Ogidi Prof. Chinua Achebe, the late Nigerian literary icon was buried this afternoon at his country home in Ogidi,…
Jonathan leads dignitaries to Achebe’s burial today
.Archbishop of canterbury, President Jonathan and many dignitaries expected by Joel Olatunde Agoi Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of…
Markets Shut For Chinua Achebe
Markets in Ogidi, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, the hometown of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, are to be…
Anambra Ready For Achebe’s Burial
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra, has said that the state was ready to accord Prof. Chinua Achebe a befitting burial.…
7 kidnappers killed, Lebanese regains freedom
A Lebanese contractor with Consolidated Construction Company, Mr Roumauos Marroun, abducted 7 May has regained his freedom. Marroun, kidnapped at…
Pastor, Wife Held Over Fake Deliverance Fee
A pastor, Chidiebere Okafor and his wife Amaka have been charged before Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over …
Achebe’s home state wants him buried in Nigeria
The home state of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the “father of modern African literature” who died this week in the…
ACN National vice chairman kidnapped
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has announced the kidnap of its Vice Chairman (Southeast), Dr. Chudi Nwike,…
Nigeria Entertainment Tit-Bits: Darey, Kirdashian On the Roll
Darey Raises The Bar E kaale Nigeria! With that terse salutation in Yoruba, American reality television star, Kim Kardashian opened…