The Independent National Electoral Commission is going ahead with preparations for the governorship election in Anambra State on November 6. This is in spite of threat to the conduct of the election following the violence trailing the activities of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday, held a meeting with members of…
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has replaced the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, ahead of the governorship election on November 6. The new Commissioner of Police is Echeng Eworo Echeng, and he takes over from C.P. Tony Olofu, who has been moved to the Force Headquarters, Abuja. C.P. Echeng, who is well experienced…
Violent attacks continued in Anambra State yesterday, with some policemen reportedly shot dead yesterday. Gunmen attacked a police station in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area, where the killed the officers and set the station on fire. The State Commissioner of Police, Tony Olofu, confirmed the incident to newsmen, adding that only two policemen lost their lives.…
The Senate has observed a moment of silence in honour of Doctor Chike Akunyili, who was killed by gunmen in Anambra State. Doctor Akunyili, the husband of late former Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, is among eight people reportedly killed by gunmen in Anambra State is the last twenty-four hours. Doctor Akunyili was ambushed and killed…
Former governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Soludo has picked the governorship ticket of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in Anambra State. Professor Soludo was declared the APGA flag-bearer for the election in November this year at the end of the party’s governorship primary in Awka yesterday. In his acceptance speech, Soludo pledged his…
A faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance has suspended one of the major contenders for the party’s governorship ticket in Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo. The Jude Okeke-led faction of APGA’s National Working Committee announced the suspension of a former Governor of the Central Bank, just as the party holds its governorship primary in the state…