Tag Archives: Anambra State
Ndi igbos say “Nwunye anyi, nwunye anyi”: ka ndeli bia ka anyi mara onye o bu nwunye ya.["Our wife, our wife": come midnight and we will know whose wife she really is.]This week my admonition bothers on one of those … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, Babatunde Fashola, God, Igbo people, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Lagos State, Muslim, Nigeria
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By Joe Igbokwe All roads lead to Ogidi in Anambra State , Nigeria the home town of the late (Ugonabo) Professor Chinua Achebe on Wednesday May 23 2013 for the sage’s final burial. People from all walks of life will … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Achebe, Anambra State, CHINUA ACHEBE, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Ogidi, Things Fall Apart: A Novel
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By Olusegun Adeniyi If there is any development that depicts the state of affairs in our country today, it is what happened last week following the coordinated attacks by Boko Haram on police, army and prison formations in Bama, Borno … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, bokoharam, Borno State, Damaturu, IndepthAfrica, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yobe State
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The family of Professor Chinua Achebe and the South-East Governors Forum on Sunday fixed May 23 for burial of the literary icon. Chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor; Peter Obi announced this after a meeting of the governors … read more »
By Prince Oliver Okpala, opinion The concourse of events and actions in the only Igbo dominated political party in the Nigerian political firmament is, to put it mildly unfortunate. It is a discredit to the late leader of All Progressive … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, All Progressive Grand Alliance, Anambra State, APGA, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Obi, Peter Obi, Politics
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By Dr. Socrates Ebo In Anambra, politics is a sublime art. It is a jigsaw puzzle set on a nebulous terrain. It is dance whose steps are often taught by the spirits. It a game, not for the dull witted … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra, Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Chris Ngige, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, local Nigerian newspaper, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Onitsha, Peter Obi
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The Nigerian Police officers have exhibited the usual shameless tendencies by desecrating, disrupting and distracting worshippers during the church service of Sunday 17th February, at the State Headquarters of Winners Chapel , Enugu ,arresting a deacon and an official with … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, Catholic, Catholic Church, church service, Enugu, Enugu State, February, IndepthAfrica, Sunday
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“Around 2010, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ojo Maduekwe, led a Nigerian delegation that included representatives of the House, the Senate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, etc, to Indonesian prisons. We met 21 Nigerian … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, Foreign Affairs Minister, Goodluck Jonathan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Nigerians, Ojo Maduekwe, Samuel Okoye
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At 45, he should have known better. In any case, ignorance is not an excuse and he will soon be arraigned under the NDLEA Act…The suspect will soon be charged for unlawful exportation of cocaine as soon as investigations are … read more »
SAM NDA-ISAIAH, Leadership President hadn’t been quoted verbatim by the international news agencies, I would probably have argued he was quoted out of context. I am still aghast that he could say what he said. In faraway Malawi, a few … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica African news, Jonathan, Kogi State, Malawi, Nigeria, President of Nigeria, United States
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by Obumselu Uzodimma Benjamin Your excellency, I am very happy for the good work you are doing in Anambra State. I appreciate your efforts to invest in what we know that works. May the good Lord guide, protect and give … read more »
Posted in Article, Letters & Interviews, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, Atani, Awka, God, Ihiala, IndepthAfrica, Ogbaru, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Peter Obi
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by Ogbuefi Blogs On 30 August 2012, at Onitsha, President Goodluck Jonathan declared he will go on exile if he fails to build the Second Niger Bridge before completing his term in 2015. The Nigerian leader made the declaration in … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Anambra State, GoodluckJonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Niger, Nigeria, Onitsha, South East
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Washington DC – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has solicited the World Bank’s support to create a good data base to help improve the social safety nets in Nigeria. She spoke on Sunday at the on-going … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, Spotlight, West Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Anambra State, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, Peter Obi, Washington DC, World Bank
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By Chibuzor O. Obiakor Who is begging who as things stand today with the Anambra State’s delegation to the National Assembly? The Nigerian Senate, like that of the United States, is a place that operates with Rules, Orders and Traditions … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged All Progressives Grand Alliance, Anambra State, Andy Uba, Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Peter Obi, Senate, United States
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by Chibuzor O. Obiakor Nigeria’s democracy is improving by the day, albeit, painfully and slowly. If only we can depend on the judiciary to be consistent in its rulings. Take the case of Prof Dora Akunyili’s Forensic Evidence in her … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Anambra State, Awka, CHINUA ACHEBE, Chris Ngige, Dora Akunyili, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Ngige, Nigeria
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Ijioma Bristol, wife of the Nigerian Ambassador to France, on Wednesday failed to recite both the National Anthem and Pledge before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. She appeared for routine screening before the Jibril Aminu-led Foreign Affairs Committee as … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Anambra State, breaking news, Christina Aguilera, EFCC, Elections, Embassies and Consulates, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jigawa State, National Anthem, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria 2011 elections, Nigeria news, Nigerian, scam, Star Spangled Banner, United States, World news
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January 21, 2011 by benim
Ailing Igbo leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has expressed gratitude to Nigerians for their support and solidarity. Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, who recently returned from a trip to England on a visit made this known in Awka, the … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Anambra State, Awka, Biafra, breaking news, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Peter Obi, United States, World news
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FORMER Information and Communications Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili has emerged winner in the Anambra Senatorial central constituency primary election on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Akuniyi scored the highest number of votes cast. After the victory, … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, Anambra State, breaking news, Dora Akunyili, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi, Politics, Primary election, Senate, World news
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December 15, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s minister of information, Dora Akunyili, formally left the cabinet of Goodluck Jonathan today to join politics. Her valedictory statement read at the Federal Executive Council meeting today finally put to rest speculations about her political future. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, Anambra State, breaking news, Cabinet, Dora Akunyili, Dora Akunyili Quits Jonathan, Federal Executive Council, Federal Ministries of Nigeria, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Government, Human Interest, IndepthAfrica, International relations, join political, Lagos, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Nigeria, Nigeria newspapers, Peter Obi, Pharmacists, Political geography, political-news, World news
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October 20, 2010 by benim
THE Department of the State Security Service (SSS) said in Abuja, on Tuesday, that it had unmasked the person who drove the cars in which the bombs that rocked Abuja, on October 1, were planted. Briefing journalists in Abuja on … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Anambra State, blast, bom, bomb, disasters-news, Federal Capital Territory, geography, Goodluck Jonathan, Henry Okah, Indepth Africa, International relations, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Political geography, sss, State Security Service, War Conflict
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