The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has set up a viewing centre at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, for residents to watch the final African Cup of Nations match. The match, which will take place on Sunday, is between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire, the host country. In a …

Chukwuemeka Pius Ezeife, Anambra State governor from January 1992 to November 1993 who died last month at 86, hauled himself up by the bootstraps and became an embodiment of progress. He took to apprentice trading on leaving primary school owing to a paucity of funds. Yet, before anyone knew it, he had obtained a doctorate in economics from Harvard, becoming …

The Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) has pulled down the campaign billboard of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. The affected billboard was a massive one located at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Temporary Site Flyover. The billboard was pulled down last Saturday, alongside that of the party’s candidate for the Anambra Central Senatorial District …

Umunne m Ndi Anambra, I applied for this job; my party, (the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA) shortlisted me, and you—umunne m Ndi Anambra— interviewed and employed me as your chief servant, with Dr. Onyekachukwu Gilbert Ibezim as my deputy. God ordained this moment and we are grateful to Him and to you all for the privilege to serve you. …

The Anambra State government has expressed deep sadness at Tuesday’s death of the Head of the Federal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Joseph Egbunike. Until he slumped and died in his office in Abuja, Egbunike was the head of the Special Investigation Panel that is handling the alleged money laundering case involving the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba …