Tag: anambra

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May 5, 2013

INTERVIEW: “I shudder to think of how this country will be if the opposition ever gets power” – PDP’s Olisa Metuh

What scares me about the opposition is the degree of undemocratic tendencies that they exhibit. I shudder to think of ...

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April 21, 2013

Simon Kolawole: How the Boko Haram amnesty process started on a false footing

by Simon Kolawole There must be a well-programmed strategy to dilute the influence of extremist preachers. It will take years. ...

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April 16, 2013

How we kidnapped Okonjo-Iweala’s mother and shared ransom money – Suspect (PICTURED)

A former servant at the palace of the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, where the mother of the Minister ...

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April 12, 2013

Kidnapped ACN national vice-president, Chuddy Nwike found dead

by Akan Ido The body of Chuddy Nwike, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) National Vice Chairman who was abducted ...

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January 29, 2013

5 men arrested with N108 million fake currencies (PICTURED)

by Akan Ido Five suspects, Femi Jacob, Ramon Adeoye, Isaka Usman, Akeem Ayobado, and Onyeka Ibe were yesterday paraded by ...

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January 28, 2013

Ready to go: Onitsha Port ready for concession

by Ebere Agina The Onitsha Cargo Inland Port in Anambra State will be ready for concession within two weeks, authorities ...

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January 27, 2013

Boogie men: Governor Uguaghan, Ngige do the ‘Kukere’ dance with Iyanya on stage (SNAPSHOT)

by Akan Ido The ‘Kukere‘ craze is still on, and the ‘big boys’ are fast getting a hang of it. ...

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January 22, 2013

Analysis: The mystery of River Ezu and the floating bodies

by Awenlimobor Sylvester If the Nigerian Police Force does not re-orientate itself it would keep amassing loads of unsolved cases ...

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January 22, 2013

Ezu River: 18 bodies evacuated as autopsy begins today

by Akan Ido The eighteen decomposed bodies evacuated from the Ezu river on the border town of Amansea, between Enugu ...

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January 21, 2013

Mistress from hell: Woman strangles 4 children to death in Anambra

by Isi Esene A woman simply identified as Blessing in Obuno Umuochefu, Igbo-Ukwu, in Aguata LGA of Anambra state, has ...

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January 21, 2013

Chukwuma Soludo: What Obasanjo and Yar’Adua told me

by Charles Chukwuma Soludo The president cut in, and pointing in my direction remarked: “We shall pray as you have ...

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January 20, 2013

Terrible: 40 decomposing bodies found in Anambra river (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

by Akan Ido About 40 dead bodies were discovered yesterday floating in the Ezu river at Amansea in Awka, Anambra ...

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January 17, 2013

Michael Orodare: Why Fayemi will surely lose an Ekiti re-election (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare Fayemi has failed the teachers, the entire state workforce, the students and even the artisans, so who ...

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December 22, 2012

Policeman killed as armed robbers operate in Onitsha

by Akan Ido A riot policeman was shot dead yesterday in Onitsha, the commercial capital of Anambra State when robbers ...

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December 8, 2012

Opinion: In defense of my generation

by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent If you are young in Nigeria today you are a lucky chap. Nigeria is stupid. Its ...

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November 28, 2012

Human trafficking ring busted in Awka, several operators including native doctor arrested

The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related Matters on Tuesday in Onitsha said it had ...

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November 26, 2012

Armed men kidnap former attorney-general in Enugu

by Akan Ido Five armed men yesterday morning abducted the former Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and a two-time ...

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November 24, 2012

Opinion: Constitutional amendment – A case of the ruling class and the rest of us

by Theophilus Ilevbare The cancerous plague of the hydra-headed nature of sleaze that has brought the nation to its sorry ...

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November 5, 2012

Sunday Tragedy: 5 killed, several others injured as church building collapses during service

by Isi Esene Five members were killed and hundreds injured on Sunday when a church collapsed in Nnewi, Anambra State. ...

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October 24, 2012

Teacher flogs pupil to death in Anambra State, school shut down by govt

  by Isi Esene A 12-year-old pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, reportedly died while being flogged by her school teacher for not ...

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October 24, 2012

12-year-old flogged to death in Awka for failing to do her homework

by Hauwa Gambo An awful story. In Awka, the Anambra capital, a 12-year-old second school pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died ...

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October 20, 2012

Eyewitness: A home owner, retired colonel shows us the impact of the floods (WATCH)

by Isi Esene The flood disaster in many parts of the country has seen hundreds of thousands of people displaced ...

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October 20, 2012

TICKER: Another set of triplets delivered in Anambra flood camp

Another set of triplets was delivered on Friday at the Fr. Joseph High School Relief Camp for flood victims in ...

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October 1, 2012

Anambra under water – See (PHOTOS) what the floods have done

by Reuben Daba As heavy floods continue to ravage cities all across Nigeria, it appears that Anambra is one of ...

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September 8, 2012

Thriller: How Anambra’s most wanted criminal was nabbed

by Stanley Azuakola Mr. Olisagbo Ifedike, 36, has been on every single most wanted list in the South-Eastern state of ...

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August 31, 2012

I will deliver on my election promises in 2013 – President Jonathan

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan called on Nigerians to be patient with his administration promising to deliver on his ...

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June 13, 2012

‘El-Rufai is delusional’ – Thisday editorial board member responds to Peter Obi critique

by Dr. Okey Ikechukwu Mallam Nasir el-Rufa’i’s analysis of Anambra State’s 2012 budget lacked the objectivity and attention to available ...

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June 10, 2012

You are ignorant – Peter Obi dresses down El-Rufai

by Hauwa Gambo Maybe the brilliant Mallam should stick with throwing darts at President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan? Well, you be ...

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