Sit-at-Home: Soludo Shuts Down Onitsha Main Market for One Week, Threatens to Shut More If… (Video)

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has ordered the immediate closure of the Onitsha Main Market for complete one week over traders’ failure to open for business on Mondays, in continued defiance of the State Government’s directive abolishing the sit-at-home practice in any part of the state. The closure…

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Ibeto’s Gala Night with Catholic Bishops: Anambra Truly Becoming a Liveable and Prosperous Homeland — Soludo’s Aide, Omenugha

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka It is no longer news that Nnewi, the automobile nerve centre of Anambra State, recently played host to Nigeria’s Catholic hierarchy as renowned industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Cletus Madubugwu Ibeto, CON, hosted an Episcopal Gala Night Reception for Catholic Bishops from across the country. The reception, held at Dr. Ibeto’s…

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Local Govt Chairmanship: Nzukọ Ọra Nnewi Rejects Tenure Cut, Insists on Four-Year Term for Umudim

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The leadership of Nzukọ Ọra Nnewi Town Union has reaffirmed the town’s long-standing rotational agreement on elective political positions, declaring that the current administration of Nnewi North Local Government led by a Chairman from Umudim quarter must complete its full four-year tenure before power shifts to Nnewichi quarter. This position…

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Nnewi North: UK-based Indigene Backs Nzukọ Ọra on Rotational Chairmanship

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in Anambra State, a community leader and political economist, Comrade Martin Ebuka Okafor, has thrown his weight behind the position of Nzukọ Ọra Nnewi Town Union on the ongoing debate surrounding the rotational chairmanship arrangement in Nnewi North Local Government. Okafor, a UK–based…

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CSO Self-Regulation Gains Momentum as EGLAI Engages South-East Stakeholders

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka Self-regulation and institutional accountability took centre stage of discourse in Enugu State as the Ethics and Good Leadership Awareness Initiative (EGLAI), with support from the European Union-funded CSO Strengthening Bridge Project (EU CSO Bridge), implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), convened a two-day zonal…

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Sit-at-Home: No More School Absenteeism on Mondays — Anambra Govt Warns Teachers, Threatens Salary Sanctions, Netizens React

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has formally abolished the long-observed Monday sit-at-home across the state, warning that any teacher or education staff who fails to report for duty on Mondays will face stiff salary sanctions, including possible forfeiture of their entire monthly pay. The directive was conveyed through an official circular…

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