Vice President Kashim Shettima led the mourning of the late first civilian Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, describing him as a visionary leader and a man of exceptional intellect. In his solemn tribute during a National Night of Tribute in honour of the late elder statesman at the grand arena of the THISDAY Dome in Abuja on Monday …

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 …

President Bola Tinubu; Governors Charles Soludo of Anambra and Yahaya Bello of Kogi states; Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, amongst other prominent individuals have mourned the passing of former Anambra Governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife. According to a short statement on Friday by Chief Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family, Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday, Born on …