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Anambra Airport Will Be Ready In 18 Months – Obiano

November 27, 2019 10:53 am

Construction work at the Anambra Cargo Airport would be completed in less than 18 months, Governor Willie Obiano has said.

The assurance came four years after the project cited at Umueri community, Anambra East Local Government Area, was flagged off.

There have been series of attacks and criticisms on the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)-led government over the alleged slow pace of work on the site with many calling it white elephant project.

But Obiano, while speaking during the third Anambra Business and Investment Roundtable at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia promised to do everything possible to complete the project.

He

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Anambra South Seeks To Produce Obiano’s Successor

November 24, 2019 5:15 am

Anambra South People’s Assembly, a social platform with the objective to unite, harness and project the interest of the constituents in the zone has called on all Anambra people to allow Governor Willie Obiano’s successor emerge from Anambra South in 2021.

The group made up of academics, technocrats, business guru and professionals including Dr E.Q. Okolie, a lawyer as chairman; Professor Donald Okoli, director of administration and Prince Isaac Onuka, executive director insisted in a statement signed by the stakeholders that equity, justice and fairness demanded that Governor Obiano’s successor must come from Anambra South to justify a zoning arrangement

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Anambra Donates 50,000 Bags Of Rice To Workers

November 21, 2019 2:42 am
The Anambra government has donated more than 50,000 bags of rice to workers in the state.

Receiving the gift at the state secretariat, yesterday, the Head of Service, Harry Udu, said it was to ensure the workers have a pleasant Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Udu stated that it was also in fulfilment of Governor Willie Obiano’s promise to always appreciate the efforts of the workers in the state.

He noted that workers deserved reward for their commitment, loyalty and sacrifices to the development of the state, maintaining that government owed everything it has achieved to the commitment and cooperation …

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Catholic Priest Dies In Anambra Fire Outbreak

November 17, 2019 6:38 am

A 60-year-old Catholic priest, Rev. Edmond Nwagbal was burnt beyond recognition when fire yesterday completely razed down St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, a parish located at Nnewi Ichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area Anambra State.

Eyewitness said the fire outbreak occurred at about 4:00 a.m.

The State Police Command confirmed the disaster in a statement noting that a resident priest, who was living in the parish house, lost his life.

The statement, which was signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Haruna Mohammed, said the cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained.

The statement read in …

Kano Boy Kidnapped In 2014 Found And Rescued In Anambra

November 13, 2019 6:07 am

The police in Kano State announced on Wednesday the rescue of a boy who had been kidnapped in the state and trafficked and sold in Anamabra State.

A statement signed by the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Abdullahi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, gave the name of the boy as Muhammed Ya’u.

The statement said that the 11-year-old victim, whose name was initially announced as Muhammad Yau, was kidnapped in 2014 at PRP Quarters in the metropolitan area of the state.

The statement added that boy was kidnapped by Paul Onwe and Mercy Paul and sold to one …

Anambra Workers To Get Salaries, Benefits by Dec. 15

November 11, 2019 9:26 am
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has approved the payment of salaries and allowances to civil servants in the state before Christmas.

Obiano disclosed this during the dedication of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish, Agu-Awka, Awka on Sunday.

The governor, who was represented by Mr Harry Udu, Head of Service in Anambra, said this was ensure workers in the state happily celebrate the Christmas and New Year.

Udu also government would also embark on massive road repairs across the state now that the rains were over.

“The governor has the interest of the masses at heart, that is why he made …

PDP Strategises Ahead Of Anambra 2021 Guber Election

November 11, 2019 8:26 am

Key stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra South senatorial district have met in Nnewi to strategize ahead of the 2021  governorship election.

The meeting which had the goal of restoring unity in Anambra South for the realization of the district’s goals was attended by governorship aspirants from the zone, captains of industries and the business community.

Anambra State Vice Chairman for the  group, Marcel Jachin Anyiam, said the PDP in the zone had not been able to find a common ground generally accepted by all stakeholders as regards its strategies and modalities for  winning elections.

He said …

Anambra: Igbo Union from Belgium Offers Free Medicals

November 11, 2019 4:14 am

A 16-man team of medical personnel from Ghent, Belgium recently brought succour to many families in Anambra State during a 13-day free medical mission at Enugu-Ukwu General Hospital.

Led by Mr Okechukwu Emeh, a philanthropist and President of Igbo Union, Ghent, Belgium, the exercise attracted several people with different health challenges that were already compounded by inability to afford the medical bills. They were treated free of charge during the exercise.

Emeh, while appraising the success of the medical mission, said the gesture was necessitated by the union’s quest to give back to the society. Members of the group said …

Anambra: Obiano, Bianca Ojukwu And 2021 Governorship

November 10, 2019 9:00 am

The former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and wife of Eze Igbo Gburugburu, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu is not new to controversy. She is also not cowed by circumstances that could make her not to speak her mind the way it matters to her.

Last Monday, the former beauty queen stirred controversy that has garnered both praise and condemnation from the public, with her description of Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano as an “ingrate.”

The event was the second memorial lecture in honour of her late husband, held inside the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam,

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Why We Reduced Cost Of Marriages, Burial rites In Anambra

Why We Reduced Cost Of Marriages, Burial Rites In Anambra

November 6, 2019 10:42 am

The traditional ruler of Oraukwu community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state,  Igwe Emeka Onuorah, in this interview disclosed that his community has reduced the costs of marriage and burial ceremonies, adding that fines await defaulters. He noted that he has modernised the New Yam festival with prizes to encourage farming in the community. He however, appealed to Government to come to their rescue over the menace of gully erosion in the community. 

 

Your community is a major producer of yam. How do you celebrate New Yam festival? 

It celebrated every September and this year’s event …

2021: Anambra Must Elect Competent Leader –Igwe Nwankwo

2021: Anambra Must Elect A Competent Leader –Igwe Nwankwo

November 5, 2019 8:43 am

The traditional ruler of Nawfia in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chijioke  Nwankwo, has advised the people of the state to go all out for a candidate who could bring the state back on the path of development in the 2021 governorship election. The Osuofia II of Nawfia urged that party affiliation and where the person comes from should not be factors. He also spoke about the RUGA settlement and other matters.  

 

Recently, there were reports that traditional rulers of Anambra South had insisted that the governorship position be zoned to Anambra South. You are a …

Anambra Doctors Serve Obiano Strike Notice Over Salaries

Anambra Doctors Serve Obiano Strike Notice Over Salaries

November 2, 2019 5:33 am

Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has given Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano until Tuesday next week to approve increment in their salaries or have the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital grounded.

The chairman of MDCAN in the state, Dr. Chukwudi Okani, told journalists in a press conference after an emergency meeting of the body that they were afraid that many patients would lose their lives if they went on strike, but said there was no going back on the planned action if Obiano failed to act.

He said, “You will recall that on 8th July …

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