By Ovat Abeng When Anambra was created in 1991, it inherited no purpose-built seat of government. What became the “official” government house was a prefabricated structure originally erected to house construction workers. For thirty-four years, four governors — Mbadinuju, Ngige, Obi, Obiano — each inherited the problem and left office without resolving it. Soludo arrived…
By Ovat Abeng Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State, has delivered a stirring call to action titled, “Our future in our past: Intellectualism and making of African renaissance. The Governor was speaking as a guest lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Association of Nsukka Professors (ANP) hosted by the 6th Biennial Adada…
By Ovat Abeng Leadership and people of Dunukofia Local government area of Anambra state have called on Chairmen of political parties in Nigeria to concede the 2027 election to candidates from Dunukofia for the Dunukofia, Njikoka and Anaocha (DNA) Federal Constituency. The leaders, including traditional rulers and Presidents General decried what they termed “prolonged exclusion”…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has called on Nigerian academics to transition from passive teaching to active developmental intellectualism, stressing that the wealth of knowledge within university walls must directly translate into public policy and societal transformation. Delivering a lecture on Tuesday, at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, during…
By Ovat Abeng Justice M.B.K Mohammed of the Federal High Court Awka, Anambra State, has called on practicing lawyers in Anambra State to desist from shielding suspects standing trial over cases of defamation, bullying, assault and other crime against fellow members of the profession during court hearings. Mohammed made the called shortly after granting interim…
By Ovat Abeng Concerned members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State have dragged the factional chairman-elect, Mr. Augustine Akubue, to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC), for alleged impersonation. In a petition submitted through their lawyer, T. M. Ozioko, Esq, of the Chambers of M.J Teryma and Associates Legal…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has appointed Professor Victor Ifeanyi Obiora Ndirika, a renowned Agricultural Engineer and eminent scholar, as the new Provost of Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe. Christian Aburime, Chief Press Secretary to governor Soludo, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, said…
By Ovat Abeng The Executive Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area, Hon. Stanley Nkwoka, has warned that acts of rascality and thuggery must no longer be tolerated in the council area under his watch. Nkwoka issued the warning while reacting to allegations made by a House of Representatives aspirant for Idemili North and South…
By Ovat Abeng Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has announced that the Anambra State Government will provide full academic sponsorship for 37 first-class graduates of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam. Speaking during the institution’s 2024/2025 Convocation Ceremony at the Igbariam campus, the Governor confirmed that the scholarship covers both Master’s and PhD programmes at…
By Ovat Abeng About eight suspected cultists has been arrested by the Anambra state Police Command during a raid of their hide outs in Enugu-Ekwu community, in Njikoka local government area of the State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, said the…
