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Just In: Anambra commissioner declared wanted by the police
The Police Special Fraud Unit has declared Vincent Ezenwajiaku, Commissioner for Special Duties in Anambra State, wanted. The police alleged that Mr. Ezenwajiaku was involved in a N10 million fraud…
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Anambra businessman arrested for allegedly stripping female police officer naked
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ballah Nasarawa, yesterday, arrested the businessman that allegedly molested and stripped naked a female police officer (names withheld). The suspect, whose identity was withheld…
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4-storey building under construction collapses in Anambra
by Oge Okonkwo File photo There are reports that a four-storey building under construction collapsed on Wednesday at Obanye Street, near Onitsha Main Market, Anambra state. It was gathered that…
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Femi Falana: Where Lagos erred on deportation
by Femi Falana SAN ...Let such opportunists be told that this battle transcends petty ethnic jingoism. It demands a commitment on the part of all men and women of…
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Opinion: Still on the Lagos ‘deportation’ – On the side of common sense
by Theophilus Ilevbare But news has it that Anambra, and indeed governor Peter Obi were duly informed and carried along in the reintegration. They failed to come forward to claim…
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#Anambra2014: Confusion as 2 candidates emerge in separate PDP primaries
by 'Jola Sotubo Confusion has gripped the Anambra State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) after two winners emerged from the gubernatorial primary election. According to reports, Senator Andy…
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Okorocha weeps at APC rally, presents Ngige as gov’norship consensus candidate
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, wept openly on Friday during a rally in Awka where the All Progressives Congress presented Senator Chris Ngige as the consensus candidate of the party…
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Opinion: Lagos deportation – Let my people go
by Eric Okeke Let Aspamda, Alaba, Idumota, Importers, Motor Spare Parts dealers, and other Ndigbo market clusters in the north migrate home. Don’t wait to be ‘relocated.’ If we go,…
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Opinion: Before Femi-Fani Kayode dies of Igbophobia
by Nelson Ako Okoli Even if the Igbo started producing university graduates three generations after the Yoruba, have the Igbo not excelled in every profession or trade? The first successful…
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Simon Kolawole: How to spend money (and be happpy)
by Simon Kolawole Most of our attention is usually on the Federal Government, especially Presidency. We hardly scrutinise what states and councils waste on frivolous items in a country where…
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Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode and his blackmail of the Igbos
by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu Chief Kayode should utilize his wisdom and intelligence to make useful contributions that will promote the national unity instead of releasing statements that will cause Nigerians to…
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Femi Falana: The Lagos deportation and the law
by Femi Falana Finally, since the deporting state governments have no immigration officials to police their borders there is no assurance that the deportees will not find their way back…
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How human heads were concealed in Onitsha hotel room
Last week’s demolition of a three –storey building housing Upper Class Hotel, located at No. 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha, was the third to be supervised by Governor Peter Obi…
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Henry Okelue: 8 things to ponder as 2015 draws near
by Henry Okelue Fellow Nigerians... You are innately smart. Let politicians tell us how they will improve our lives when we vote them in, not how Okoro is a threat…
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Opinion: There is darkness looming over northern Nigeria
by Perry Brimah And with the lack of northern role models, the scarcity of northern activists and truthful historians, the famine of northern writers, the bankruptcy of true religious leaders…
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Opinion: Saving the Catholic Church from Nigerians
by Erwin Ofili We must all act now to prevent the same disease that has afflicted the Nigerian government from infecting the Church. We must save Nigeria and the Church…
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Tunde Fagbenle: The tacky business of domestic deportation
by Tunde Fagbenle ...what is called for is the necessity for other states to hold their governors responsible for the development of their states and the creation of an environment…
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Human head scandal: My husband was set up – Hotelier’s wife insists
Nkiru Mokwe, the wife of the proprietor of Upper Class Hotel where two human heads were allegeedly found by the police has raised an alarm over the safety of her…
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Deportation crisis: Lagos ‘deportee’ dies in Anambra, others in critical health condition
by Akan Ido The 'deportation' controversy between the Lagos State Government and that of Anambra continues to rage as one of the deportees has been reported dead. The sixty seven…
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Busted: Police discover kidnappers’ spiritual home, arrest prophet in Delta (PHOTO)
The escape of a Nigerian female kidnap victim from the kidnappers’ den has led to the discovery of a shrine where inter-state kidnappers and armed robbers take their victims to…
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The Lagos ‘deportation’ controversy is political – Fashola
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said the ongoing controversy trailing the decision of the government to send some Igbos back to their villages is political. The governor said…
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Opinion: Gov. Obi and the way out of the Anambra quagmire
by Ikenna Oguejiofor So while we wait on the eventual outcome of the APC registration from INEC, the future journey and participation in November election in the state though desirable…
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One dead as police arrest criminal suspects in Anambra State
by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Vanguard In Anambra State the police has confirmed that one person was shot dead, while three others sustained injuries during a fire arm battle between them…
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“We discussed and she accepted” – Man arrested for raping 9-year-old girl to death
by Akan Ido Chijioke Nwakor, a 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl to death in Cross River state. Nwakor, from Aniocha Local Government Area of Anambra…
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Revealed: Ezu River victims were murdered – Autopsy report
There are strong indications that the corpses dumped inside Ezu River in Amansea, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, were extra-judicially murdered, ThisDay has reported. This was contained…
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3 days to burial: Achebe’s family accuses his wife, children of “selling” his corpse to government [DETAILS]
by Hauwa Gambo It's not the kind of news you want to hear about a man whose global exploits as a Nigerian are matched only perhaps by music legend, Fela…
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Who declared this war? – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze Sadly the ACN decided to play politics with the #SoE in the North. This hard-hitting editorial tells them precisely where to stuff that play. Truth is bitter, or so…
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Wickedness: Man strangles his mother to death over home ownership
by Isi Esene Ndubuisi Okafor, a businessman living in Awka, Anambra state has been accused of killing his mother over the ownership and control of a building. Okafor, who is the…
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How police killed 7 suspected kidnappers, rescue victims in Anambra
by Akan Ido The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operating in Anambra State have killed seven suspected kidnappers and arrested two others. This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the…
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Wole Soyinka sends a message: “Cool it, President Goodluck Jonathan”
by Hauwa Gambo Photo: Punch Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday issued a statement directly at President Goodluck Jonathan, requesting him to stop the recklessness that is "fast becoming the…
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