Anambra 2021: Soludo to sweat out APGA candidacy as Akachukwu steps in

The calm that had engulfed the Anambra State Secretariat of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), ahead of the 2021 Governorship election campaigns in the state, was on Friday distorted as a former National Secretary of SURE -P under the PDP government, Chief Sullivan Akachukwu threw his hat in the ring. While the state headquarters […]

Anambra helmsman, Willie Obiano at 65

On August 8, 2020, the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, clocked 65 years. Obiano, a chartered accountant and seasoned banker turned politician, is believed to have contributed greatly to the sustenance of democracy in Nigeria and made a significant impact on the lives of Anambrarians. When he joined the governorship race on the […]

2021 guber election will be a walk over for us in Anambra- APGA

As the 2021 Anambra governorship election approaches, the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has expressed optimism that it will extend its regime in the state beyond 2022. The State chairman of the Party, Sir Norbert Obi asserted while exchanging views with newsmen at the APGA Secretariat, Awka. 2021 will witness […]

Anambra Central and Umeh’s 17-month representation

Chief Victor Umeh, a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, is one of the highly respected politicians from Anambra State that have contributed, in no small measure, to the sustenance and consolidation of democratic governance in Nigeria.  In January 2018, Umeh, a senior certified valuer of the International Real Estate Institute, […]

Nigeria fared well under regional arrangement – Umeh

Former Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Labour, Employment and Productivity, Senator Victor Umeh, has said that Nigeria was a lot better under the arrangement where governments at the regional level were allowed to control resources found in their areas, but only had to pay a royalty to the central government. Umeh, a former national chairman […]

PDP, APGA in war of attrition in Anambra ahead of 2021 Guber election

As the 2021 Governorship election in Anambra State nears, two of the top political parties contending for the Governorship seat, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) are already enmeshed in verbal fireworks.Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not announced the timetable for the election, prospective aspirants of both […]

Anambra Central: Umeh accepts Appeal Court ruling

The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), for the 2019 Anambra Central senatorial election, Senator Victor Umeh, has accepted the decision of the Court of Appeal, affirming the victory of his opponent, Senator Uche Ekwunife of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Reacting to the ruling delivered on Friday, Umeh said: “Today, the Court […]

Six lawmakers decamp to PDP in Imo

Six lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly, on Monday, decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The lawmakers announced their defections in a letter they addressed to the Speaker and read by the clerk of the House during plenary. Five of them dumped the Action Alliance (AA), while the sixth person was a […]

Iheanacho’s Endorsement Valid, Constitutional, says APGA

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State has described the process that culminated in the recent nomination and endorsement of the former Interior Minister, Capt. Emmanuel Iheanacho as consensus candidate as valid and a democratic exercise that ultimately complied with the provisions of the party’s constitution. State Chairman, Peter Ezeobi, a lawyer, who […]

Anambra 2013: Traders stone Obi, Obiano during market campaign

Traders in Onitsha Main Market yesterday resisted the order by the State Governor to close the markets in order to welcome Mr. Willie Obiano, who is the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA’s governorship candidate in the forth-coming gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The traders, who showed visible anger as they marched through the environment carrying […]