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Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra State, Dr Elizabeth Agwu, says business is no longer as usual in Anambra as she has made elections in the state unpurchasable. Agwu said this during a stakeholders dialogue on rebuilding trust in the electoral practices and elections organised by the International Press Centre in Awka, the State capital, Thursday. She said politicians and candidates who had desired to influence election outcomes in the state have met frustrations as they were given outrageous conditions for elections to be rigged in their favour. “Everybody in Anambra who knows me knows…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Former Resident Electoral Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, has advocated for an independent audit of elections at national and subnational levels to regain the trust of voters in Nigeria. Orji made the recommendation in Awka, Thursday, during a One-Day Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Rebuilding Trust in the Electoral Process. The event was organised by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, under the component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria- Phase 2 (EUSDGN II) project and attracted multiple stakeholders including civil society organisations, traditional…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A medical doctor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Dr Cornelius Onuigbo, who was abducted by some yet-to-be-identified armed men on Tuesday, has regained his freedom. Onuigbo, who was abducted in front of his house in Nnewi while returning from work was released in the early hours of Thursday, after spending two nights in the hands of his captors. His released was confirmed by his colleagues at the Urology Department of the hospital and the Head of Corporate Affairs of NAUTH, Martina Onwuka. Although, details of his release have not been fully ascertained and it…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka A man who set his wife ablaze with fuel, resulting in her death in Anambra State, Mr. Sunday Obiozor Nwaka, has confessed that he never intended for his wife to die. Mr. Nwaka made this confession while being interrogated by the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo, at her office on Wednesday. The deceased, Mrs. Blessing Chioma Nwaka, a native of Oraifite, was burnt to death by her husband at Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, over allegations of infidelity. According to sources, the couple, who have five children,…
By Okechukwu Chuks Ironkwe As I sit to pen down this week’s thoughts, I am reminded of an old African proverb that says, “If the foundation is shaky, the house will not stand.” For too long, Nigeria’s grassroots governance—our Local Governments, Wards, and Community institutions—have been like that house built on a shaky foundation. We have celebrated democracy on paper while ignoring the very engine rooms where democracy thrives: local institutions. If we truly desire a government that works for the people, we must strengthen the institutions closest to the people. Local governments and grassroots organizations are not just administrative…
By Azu Ishiekwene It’s hard to argue when U.S. President, Donald Trump, says that God saved him to save America. Not only is a rational argument often suspended or lost when God enters the matter, but Trump’s return as the 47th president defies logic. A leader’s job is never done. But how do you rationally explain Kamala Harris’s defeat in the presidential election and, along with it, the routing of Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in the Congress? If the election were a boxing match, it would have beaten the record of Vitali Klitschko vs Shannon Briggs’s 2010 fight as one of the…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Aspirant for the forthcoming Anambra South senatorial by-election, Prince Samben Nwosu, who was recently expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has formally joined the Young Progressive Party (YPP). Nwosu, a former Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC); and frontline senatorial aspirant for the forthcoming Anambra South senatorial by-election, was suspended over allegations bordering on fraud and anti-party activities. The former Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission (PCC), was officially received into YPP on Wednesday, January 22, in Nnewi, by the state executive committee of the party, led by the state chairman of the party, Prince Moses Obi. Speaking…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki Atleast one prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was killed in a fatal road accident that happened in Ebonyi State on Wednesday. The dead prospective corps member was among a group of 12 prospective corps members in a 14 seater bus involved in the accident. Sources in the area said the corps members boarded the bus in Enugu on Wednesday and were heading to the NYSC orientation camp located in Afikpo town, Afikpo Local Government Area for their three weeks oriental course. They are believed to be prospective members of the 2024 Batch C…
…Says modular refinery on course …To flag off medical city Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government has said it was set to activate over 100 capped oil wells in the state for production of oil and gas. This is as the State Government said it would soon flag off the construction of the Abia Medical City project, a project designed to reverse medical tourism to the state. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu who disclosed this during a press briefing on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, announced the establishment of Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV, in partnership with…
…Begins maths drill Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Abia State Government, has announced mass recruitment of teachers for primary and secondary schools to boost education in the state. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Umuahia, said over 2500 teachers would be employed during the exercise. He said that the new teachers to be recruited would help fill up the existing vacancies in the school system. “The State Government has also concluded plans for massive employment of teachers in the state for both primary and secondary schools. This of course is another pointer to how…