Behold Gambari, President Buhari’s new CoS
YESTERDAY, the diplomat, scholar and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was the Chief of Staff...
Anambra: The pandemic does not call for politics
ANAMBRA politics is a peculiar brand, no doubt. But playing it with so much partisanship in this period of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Remembering Gabriel Garcia Marquez
GABRIEL García Márquez was in life one of the greatest novelists that ever wrote in any language. Born on March 6, 1927...
Averting imminent food deficit
On Saturday, the 18th of April, this year, His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano announced a list of robust short term measures for...
COVID-19 as catalyst for Africa’s decolonisation
AS the West focuses on its own survival, Africans have the opportunity to complete what their ancestors started.
...
Memorable Police Games – ‘Anambra 2020’
IMMEDIATELY the
week-long Biennial 12th Police Games began in Awka, Anambra State, on February
29, the state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public...
Brexit and Boris Johnson’s dramatic victory
CONTRARY to all predictions by book makers and political pundits, the flamboyant and charismatic British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party achieved...
Economic and institutional restructuring for next Nigeria II
NIGERIA urgently needs a new Fiscal Responsibility Act to
constrain irresponsible fiscal behaviour and provide incentives to create
wealth. A new fiscal regime should...
Economic and institutional restructuring for next Nigeria
INTRODUCTION/DISCLAIMER
Happy Independence Day Celebration!!!
Many thanks to Pastor Poju and the organizers of The
Platform for...
Why Onitsha inland port is still lying fallow
CONCEIVED in 1982 during the regime of President Shehu Shagari, the Onitsha Inland Port sits on the banks of the River Niger occupying a...
Pa Onyema leaves, takes all paths to Mbosi
GOODNESS attracts good things and no value is as good as honesty. Pa Micheal Chwukwuka Onyema placed high price on honesty and straightforward stance....
Nnabuife repackages National Light with quintessential craft
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Sir Chuka Nnabuife’s resumption as the chief executive of Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation (ANPC), KINGSLEY UGWU probes...
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Anambra’s sports ambassador
THURSDAY, the 20th of June 2019 was quite a remarkable day. It was a day that many who follow Sports Development In Anambra State...
The Cobra Effect
I GOT this intriguing piece from a friend, and I have been pondering what I read for over one month now.
Hope you know about...
Honouring and motivating communication practitioners
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State hardly grants press interviews. He doesn't lobby journalists for headlines. Far from visiting any media house outside the...
Anambra… March 9 our chance
IT is clear for all to see that the government of Chief Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State has continued to toe the path...
The Igbo and presidency
THE Yoruba in the six South Western states of Nigeria were bound to be in the good books of whoever won the 2019 presidential...
Without your mother tongue, you are lost
FEBRUARY 21 of every year has been set aside by the UNESCO as the International Day for Mother Language, otherwise known as Mother Tongue...
Assessing 2019 political advertising campaigns
POLITICIANS and political parties have always deployed political advertising across various media platforms (radio, television, outdoor, newspapers, magazines, online, posters etc) to sell their...
Significance of Zik Mausoleum
CERTAIN issues in Nigeria must tower above partisan politics. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the only black Governor-General of Nigeria, the first President and Commander-in-Chief of...
Ihiala celebrates New Yam Festival
THE traditional ruler of Ihiala, Oluoha Thomas Obidiegwu has extolled Governor Willie Obiano and Anambra State Commissioner Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr....
Nigerian Embassy in Swiss debunks calling police on Nigerians
THE Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has denied claims that the Nigerian Embassy in Switzerland called police on some Nigerians who were...
Oba pleads for completion of Umuoji-Oba -Akwu Ukwu Rd
OBA community in Idemili South Local Government Area has called on Anambra State Government to complete the construction of Umuoji-Oba -Akwu Ukwu...
Anambra marks Peace Day, attracts $4b investment
ANAMBRA State joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2020 World Peace Day in Awka.
The...
Nkwelle-Ezunaka boils over hijacked constituency projects
THERE is uneasy calm in Nkwelle-Ezunaka, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, sequel to alleged diversion of two constituency projects...
