Count us out: APC rejects Anambra supplementary election, accuse INEC of working with the PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected Friday’s announcement by INEC to hold supplementary election in Anambra State on Nov. 30th. “We will not be a party to what is obviously a travesty of election by a self-discredited and conniving electoral umpire,” the party said in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its... Read More

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November 22, 2013

Amanze Obi: Willie Obiano and Peter Obi’s next role in South east politics

by Amanze Obi Even though the entire polity took interest in what would happen in Anambra state, the man at the centre of the stage was Peter Obi, the hard-fighting Governor of the State. The events leading to the elections had all the trappings of a melodrama. The plots were full of sensation. The dramatis... Read More

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November 22, 2013

Opinion: Olisa Metuh was right all along, Anambra is a PDP state

by Steve Nwosu Suffice it to say, however, that last Saturday, the Anambra people again reminded Obi that he ‘failed’, as they went back to their old love; the PDP. And, consequently, Nwoye. My good friend, Barrister Olisa Metuh, who is also the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, has never failed to tell anyone,... Read More

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November 17, 2013

“Where did they get the results?”: Scores of women protest in Anambra, dare police to shoot (PHOTOS)

Hundreds of women Sunday marched on the streets of Awka, Anambra State capital, protesting alleged disenfranchisement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the governorship election. The women, most of who are from Idemili North Local Government Area, said they were denied the right to choose their leader due to late arrival of materials... Read More

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November 17, 2013

Just In: INEC suspends final collation of results in Anambra

The final collation of results of the Anambra elections which held yesterday has been suspended. This is due to the postponement of voting exercise in 65 polling units in Obosi, Idemili North local government of the state. This suspension was reportedly made public by a senior member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the agency... Read More

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November 16, 2013

#AnambraDecides: Gov. Obi’s movement restricted by police, reacts to el-Rufai’s ‘detention’

by Akan Ido Governor of Anambra, Peter Obi has had his movement restricted to the vicinity of the Government House as gubernatorial elections in the state get underway. Obi was busy treating files at the Government Lodge on Saturday as voting continued in different parts of the state. Obi explained that his restriction was as... Read More

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November 16, 2013

SNAPSHOT: Tight security in Anambra, APCs, police helicopters on standby

by Akan Ido As the Anambra governorship election takes place today, security formations in the state have been put on high alert to combat any form of disorderliness during the voting exercise. Armoured Personnel Carriers and police helicopters have been stationed in strategic areas of the state to be immediately deployed in troubled areas if... Read More

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November 16, 2013

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 Chris Ngige and Ifeanyi Ubah. By way of irony I had reduced the field that made it through the party rigmaroles to these same two... Read More

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November 16, 2013

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 faces would be settled in due course. As the people go out to vote, let them bear in mind that the political founding -fathers of... Read More

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November 14, 2013

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 State. We are seriously concerned about where the state is headed and your long-term welfare and wellbeing. It is with great humility, as well as... Read More

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November 14, 2013

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 make contingency arrangements for the safety of their partisans, including possible sabotage by opposition elements. Failure to do this, I repeat, amounts to criminal negligence... Read More

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November 13, 2013

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 governor, Peter Obi yesterday distributed 22,500 laptops and 1,400 printers worth N2.65 billion to secondary schools in the state, as well as cheques to the partner... Read More

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November 5, 2013

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. But the PDP is not even a party to this Appeal; and the Supreme Court has abundantly demonstrated in many cases that it is a... Read More

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November 3, 2013

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 was announced by the governor via a live broadcast on Anambra broadcasting service television station in celebration of the 80th posthumous birthday of late Ojukwu. In... Read More

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November 2, 2013

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 2, 2013 at the Holy Ghost Adoration Ground, located at Uke town in Anambra State reportedly leaving at least 30 persons dead and 200 others injured.... Read More

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October 31, 2013

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 political elite from the South East axis. They conduct themselves in a spineless and inarticulate manner that you wonder if they know anything about political... Read More

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October 30, 2013

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 Africa, he knew about the LG Electronics Centre and the quality contributions the Governor has made to assist the Federal Government investment drive. There is... Read More

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October 6, 2013

#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 State, aptly called 10-Pillars of Development. Presenting the document in a brief ceremony with the media in Awka at the weekend, Obiano explained that he... Read More

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August 22, 2013

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 numerous aides get on the phone, let me make it clear that I have never even seen, spoken to or heard of the Boniface Muokwe…..... Read More

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August 20, 2013

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 be seen beyond the simple matter of swearing in another person who will thereafter be addressed as His excellency, the governor of Anambra State. There... Read More

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August 16, 2013

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 victims of it were Igbos from neighbouring states! Journalists are supposed to be formidably well-informed and are expected to know more than most about what is... Read More

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August 14, 2013

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 Anambra indigenes are being targeted for expulsion from Lagos because all Nigerians know that Anambra is the leader of the Igbo nation”. The Abia State... Read More

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August 12, 2013

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 to where they were deported. Deportation of dissidents In 1885, the British colonial regime deported King Jaja of Opobo to a remote island in West... Read More

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August 11, 2013

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 of Anambra State in the last one year. The governor, on two previous occasions, led security operatives to demolish the houses of two suspected notorious... Read More

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August 9, 2013

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 state chairmen are currently engaged in a battle for supremacy. Still holding tight to his position as the authentic chairman of the state chapter of... Read More

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August 8, 2013

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 come to Lagos and join with Fashola when he wants a grand national burial for Ikemba Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and shut his phone on Fashola... Read More

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August 3, 2013

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 people with multi-disciplinary Masters Degrees are presiding over parastatals and agencies, how come that a man who has no first degree to his name-forget the... Read More

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August 2, 2013

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 this after inspecting the ongoing light rail project and jetties at Mile 12 area of the state. He added that the propaganda was meant to... Read More

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August 2, 2013

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 government deserves commendation and not commendation for rehabilitation and resettlement of destitutes Fifty three years as a nation and sometimes it seems we have learnt... Read More

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July 27, 2013

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 is even yet to start. That there is going to be INEC-conducted Governorship election in Anambra State by November 16, 2013 is no longer news.... Read More

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Count us out: APC rejects Anambra supplementary election, accuse INEC of working with the PDP

Amanze Obi: Willie Obiano and Peter Obi’s next role in South east politics

Opinion: Olisa Metuh was right all along, Anambra is a PDP state

“Where did they get the results?”: Scores of women protest in Anambra, dare police to shoot (PHOTOS)

Just In: INEC suspends final collation of results in Anambra

#AnambraDecides: Gov. Obi’s movement restricted by police, reacts to el-Rufai’s ‘detention’

SNAPSHOT: Tight security in Anambra, APCs, police helicopters on standby

Pat Utomi: Why I am supporting Chris Ngige for governor today

Opinion: #AnambraDecides – Who will win this election?

Opinion: This is an open letter to all Anambra indigines

Opinion: Hold Peter Obi responsible for the 28 people who died in Anambra stampede

Computers of life: Gov. Peter Obi spends N2.65billion on laptops & printers for secondary schools

Opinion: Revisiting Amaechi’s 2007 mandate

Anambra State University renamed after late Ojukwu

Tragedy: Stampede reportedly kills 30 people, injure many others in Anambra (Viewer Discretion)

Opinion: The charlatans among the Igbo elites

Opinion: The imperatives of preserving Peter Obi’s legacy in Anambra

#Anambra2013: APGA candidate, Obiano unveils 10-pillars of development, promises a better state

Adaobi Okwy: That dramatic moment Gov. Peter Obi finally outdid himself (Y! Superblogger)

Opinion: Who will take over from Peter Obi?

Opinion: This deportation ‘imbroglio’ must end

Opinion: Fashola and the hypocrisy of Ndigbo

Femi Falana: The Lagos deportation and the law

How human heads were concealed in Onitsha hotel room

2 APGA factions battle for supremacy in Abia

Opinion: Lessons learnt from the Igbo deportation saga

Opinion: Anambra, Andy Uba and the politics of moral outrage

The Lagos ‘deportation’ controversy is political – Fashola

Opinion: The Lagos ‘deportation’ and fallacious reasoning

Opinion: Gov. Obi and the way out of the Anambra quagmire

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