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S-East Govs Working Hard To Secure Region – Oseloka Obaze

S-East Govs Working Hard To Secure Region – Oseloka Obaze

March 7, 2020 10:08 am

Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze is a diplomat, politician, writer and public policy and governance expert. He contested for the Anambra State governorship seat in 2017 as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former Secretary to the Anambra State Government under Governor Peter Obi and Governor Willie Obiano in this interview with some correspondents bares his mind on insecurity in Nigeria, Anambra State politics and several other national issues.

 

Some analysts going by the happenings in the country today say that Nigeria is at the brink of disintegration or collapse. Do you share such views?

I …

Igbo May Cease To Be Nigerians If Denied Presidency

Igbos May Cease To Be Nigerians If Denied Presidency

March 7, 2020 3:41 am

Former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has said that anybody or group that tries to deny an Igbo from emerging the president in 2023 is pushing the race out of Nigeria. In this interview with VINCENT KALU, the elder statesman told the Southeast governors to perish the idea of community policing model, but should instead adopt regional security outfit in the mould of Southwest’s Amotekun.

 

What is your view on the state of the nation, insecurity everywhere?

The failure is so conspicuous now, we were afraid before and we were shouting but now, the real thing has …

Centenary City: Return Our Community Land – Nwobodo

February 29, 2020 4:50 am
Elder statesman and former Governor of Old Anambra State Chief Jim Nwobodo has waded into the controversy rocking the revocation of a vast estate, the Enugu Centenary City by the State Government.

He spoke at his country home in Amechi yesterday when members and leaders of the two communities came to inform him of their earlier peaceful demonstration in support of Gov. Ugwuanyi’s decision to revoke the land.

The former Governor appealed to Enugu state government and other estate developers to hands off the communal land belonging to Amechi and Obeagu communities in Enugu South local government area.

Nwobodo said

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Peter Obi Finally Reacts To DSS, IPOB Bloody Clash In Enugu

Peter Obi: Politicians Using Large Convoys Are Crazy

February 23, 2020 12:24 pm

Former governor of Anambra state and vice presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised Nigerian politicians who move around in large convoys, saying that they are not responsible, while attributing the practice to the high level of insecurity in the country which these politicians have failed to tackle.

The former governor said this while speaking at the 8th Convocation of Veritas University in Abuja on Saturday where he was the keynote speaker.

The former governor recounted how during his tenure as governor, he moved with a convoy of 22 cars until he discovered that 13 …

Fulani Own All Lands In Nigeria – Miyetti Allah

Anambra: Miyetti Laments Death Of 4 Herders, 108 Cows

February 4, 2020 6:17 am
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has cried out for justice over the alleged killing of its members and 108 cows in Ifite-Ogwari, Ayamelum Council of Anambra State between December 20, 2019 and January 27, 2020.
South East Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, who disclosed this to The Guardian, yesterday in his office at Garriki Market, Amansea, Awka North Council, gave the name of the herder allegedly killed in December 2019 as Hasan Mobali (35), and those killed this year as Hassan Rabiu (35) Abdullahi Rahman (31) and Bahabu Ilu (38).He said that the association had
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Former Vice Chairman of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and prolific writer, Dr. Arthur Nwankwo Agwuncha

Buhari, Fayemi Mourn Ex-NADECO Chieftain, Arthur Nwankwo

February 3, 2020 5:57 am

President Muhammadu Buhari and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi at the weekend condoled with government and people of Anambra State over the demise of former Vice Chairman of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) and prolific writer, Dr. Arthur Nwankwo Agwuncha, saying posterity will always remember his labour and sacrifices.

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina,  Buhari commiserated with the family, friends, professional and political associates of the deceased.

According to Adesina, Buhari encouraged them to find solace in the contributions the writer made to national and global development by …

Willie Is Taking Us Back To Egypt – Ndi Anambra

September 27, 2019 3:02 am

There is this age long maxim that says ‘Success without a successor is failure in disguise’. Today, this wise saying is being made manifest in Anambra state as the good people of the state have continued to bemoan what they refer to as unfortunate taking back to Egypt by this current Administration.

Recall that the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi recorded tremendous success in almost all facets of development within his eight years tenure. Obi in his days employed and appointed the finest of technocrats to work with, and together they formulated the developmental blueprint …

Willie Obiano Budgets ₦137bn For 2020 Fiscal Year

September 26, 2019 11:25 am

The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Thursday laid a budget of ₦137.1bn before the Anambra State House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year.

The budget had ₦57.69bn as recurrent expenditure and N78.3bn as capital expenditure, representing 43 and 57 per cent of the budget respectively.

Tagged budget for “Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship”, the governor said it would take into consideration, the state’s revenue and expenditure trend.

Obiano said, “This is expected to drive the 2020 budget theme of Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship.

“We hope that the budget allocation will facilitate the intended improvement in …

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