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...
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...
At 63, Obiano glows in service
By James Eze
IF life is measured by impact, then, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State who turns 63 today should sincerely be counted...
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...
Broken truths: Nigeria’s elusive quest for national cohesion
“As a rogue state continued to exploit its citizens, what we have had and still have is a nation too divided and distracted”...
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...
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...
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...
Solving the Igbo language’s problem: Call for drastic government intervention
INTRODUCTION: Apologies. Let me apologise for writing this short piece in a foreign language.
This is the first time since Otu Suwakwa Igbo Nigeria Initiative...
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...
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...
Adinuba receives Chinua Achebe Award for Intellectual Productivity
ANAMBRA State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, has received the annual Chinua Achebe Award for Intellectual Productivity for...
Mrs Obiano transforms school for children-in-need
FOR many years, the school for children with special needs in Isulo, Orumba-South LGA, Anambra state, suffered neglect and abandonment until the...
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...
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...
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...
Anambra and homage to education
THE golden prize won by Regina Pacis Model Secondary School students in Onitsha, Anambra State, who participated in the $10,000 2018 Global Technovation Challange...
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....
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...