Tag: peter obi
Pat Utomi: Why I am supporting Chris Ngige for governor today
by Pat Utomi It was a notoriously crowded field. Yet as they gathered at a Town Hall meeting, only two gubernatorial candidates were on the raised platform. They were…
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Opinion: #AnambraDecides – Who will win this election?
by Chioma Obinna It is advisable for the people to go out en masse and thumb print for their right candidates on the ballot paper. Whatever domestic issues the state…
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Opinion: This is an open letter to all Anambra indigines
by Elas Abone This saying remains true with us here in Canada. No single day passes with-out us thinking about the goings-on, in our homeland; especially in our beloved Anam-bra…
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Opinion: Hold Peter Obi responsible for the 28 people who died in Anambra stampede
by Rotimi Fasan Death at political rallies, which was what happened at the Adoration Ground crusade, is commonplace thing in Nigeria. The least organisers of such rallies could do is…
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Computers of life: Gov. Peter Obi spends N2.65billion on laptops & printers for secondary schools
by Chi Ibe The next governor of Anambra, to be chosen this weekend, at least has one less problem to worry about - technology for secondary school students. Its present…
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Opinion: Revisiting Amaechi’s 2007 mandate
by Jite Ogunye There is a political crisis in Rivers State and obviously the PDP wants Amaechi out of power. The PDP will wish to have a deus ex machina.…
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Anambra State University renamed after late Ojukwu
by Oge Okonkwo Anambra State University, Uli has been renamed by the governor of the state, Peter Obi after Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu the late Biafran warlord. The new development…
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Tragedy: Stampede reportedly kills 30 people, injure many others in Anambra (Viewer Discretion)
by Oge Okonkwo There are reports that a stamped allegedly caused by members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) party who were campaigning in the early hours of November…
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Opinion: The charlatans among the Igbo elites
by Ebere Wabara It is only in South East that 37 aspirants—mostly nincompoops and frauds—will jostle for a governorship position in a particular state. There is unmitigated charlatanism among the…
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Opinion: The imperatives of preserving Peter Obi’s legacy in Anambra
by Simon Onuora The president saw how Obi fought doggedly to make Anambra an oil producing State; he had the privilege to commission the brewery Obi attracted from South…
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#Anambra2013: APGA candidate, Obiano unveils 10-pillars of development, promises a better state
by Oge Okonkwo The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate for the November 16, 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra, Willie Obiano has unveiled his Blueprint for rapid advancement of Anambra…
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Adaobi Okwy: That dramatic moment Gov. Peter Obi finally outdid himself (Y! Superblogger)
by Adaobi Okwy Like I said, I have many questions, but I just had to get these ones out and before any jungle justice proponent or even Gov. Peter Obi’s…
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Opinion: Who will take over from Peter Obi?
by Okey Ikechukwu Speaking more seriously, the point needs to be made here that the business of taking over from the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, must…
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Opinion: This deportation ‘imbroglio’ must end
by Donu Kogbara Last year, Abia State Government ruthlessly purged its civil service of non-Abians. And I can’t even describe this nastiness as ethnic cleansing because, bizarrely, some of the…
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Opinion: Fashola and the hypocrisy of Ndigbo
by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on Thursday morning to assert with so much authority that “only…
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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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2 APGA factions battle for supremacy in Abia
by Oge Okonkwo Every reconciliatory move between the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, and Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, may be futile as the two rival…
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Opinion: Lessons learnt from the Igbo deportation saga
by Ochereome Nnanna If the Governors’ Forum focused on the right things, Mr Peter Obi of Anambra State would answer the phone when Fashola calls him. Obi would not only…
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Opinion: Anambra, Andy Uba and the politics of moral outrage
by Hon Nnabuife Dike There is also the issue of competence. A school leaving certificate would suffice for anyone aspiring to be governor. However, we live in a time when…
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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: The Lagos ‘deportation’ and fallacious reasoning
by Francis Oriunebho If anybody did any wrong here it is the Government of Anambra, who let down these people at the time of their need. In fact Lagos state…
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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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Opinion: NGF crisis – The pro-Jonathan faction has lost this one
by Wale Odunsi An election and not a selection was what they all agreed to conduct. Also their claim that it was wrong for the incumbent to be in office and…
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#RIPChinuaAchebe: Renowned writer, Chinua Achebe’s body arrive Abuja (PHOTOS)
by Akan Ido The body of the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe who died on March 21 has arrived the country for burial. His body arrived Tuesday morning and was received…
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Get a grip, people! Governors Okorocha, Obi’s aides in chair conflict again at church dedication
by Rachel Ogbu The aides of Governors Peter Obi of Anambra State and Chief Rochas Okorocha of Imo State clashed for the second time over sitting arrangements; thankfully this time the Archbishop…
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Analysis: The mystery of River Ezu and the floating bodies
by Awenlimobor Sylvester If the Nigerian Police Force does not re-orientate itself it would keep amassing loads of unsolved cases and its public image would only get worse. First the…
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Terrible: 40 decomposing bodies found in Anambra river (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
by Akan Ido About 40 dead bodies were discovered yesterday floating in the Ezu river at Amansea in Awka, Anambra State, with residents of the community wondering what could be…
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‘Owelle Rochas Holyfield’: Gov. Okorocha punches Gov. Obi’s protocol officer over seat
by Stanley Azuakola Some things are hard to believe, until you remember you are in Nigeria. On Saturday, Owelle Rochas Okorocha of governor of Imo State and a two-time presidential…
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TICKER: Another set of triplets delivered in Anambra flood camp
Another set of triplets was delivered on Friday at the Fr. Joseph High School Relief Camp for flood victims in Anambra State. Mrs. Josephine Ejimofor, who was delivered of the…
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