There is growing disquiet within the Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as 21 ward chairmanship aspirants have dragged the party before the Federal High Court sitting in Awka over its alleged failure to conduct democratic congresses. The aspirants are asking the court for a declaration that, despite being entitled, they were…
By Polycarp Ifeanyi The proprietor of Shanahan University, Onitsha, Anambra State, His Grace, Most Rev. Valerian Maduka Okeke, has laid the foundation block for a rectory house at Shanahan University, Onitsha. The event took place at the university’s permanent site in Trans-Nkisi Layout, Onitsha, Anambra State. The building project was donated by the family of…
Stakeholders in Anambra State have called on women to become more strategic and organized in their efforts to bridge the gap in political representation between them and men. The call was made during a one-day high-level stakeholders’ dialogue on inclusive electoral processes, organized by the Social and Integral Development Centre (SIDEC), a non-governmental organization based…
Nigerian renowned human rights lawyer and lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has condemned the so-called “terrorist rehabilitation policy” as presently advanced by security authorities. Barrister Ejiofor stated: “What the Chief of Defence Staff now proposes, in effect, is that when any of these violent non-state actors surrender, the…
By Tochukwu Ochie The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo-Dunukofia, Abayomi Peter Oladipo, has decorated two newly promoted senior officers following their elevation to the ranks of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). The officers, Nzota Chidiebere and Akuchi Blessing, were decorated as Deputy Commissioner…
