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    Many Feared Dead in Anambra Communal Clash

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow About 50 people have declared missing after a communal clash between Umumbo and Omor communities in Ayamelum local government area of Anambra State. There are fears that some of those people may have died. At the last count,  about 300 farmers have been injured […] More

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    INEC And The Verdict Of History

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As controversies trail the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission is in the eye of the storm. By Adekunbi Ero Even the most hardened heart would have melted at the subdued mien of Mahmood Yakubu, head of Nigeria’s […] More

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    How the Nigeria Police Saved Anambra from Post-Election Mayhem

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow But for the refusal of top police officers dispatched to Anambra State to supervise security during the just-concluded governorship election, the incumbent governor would have been robbed of victory  Ahead of the November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra State won by a […] More

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    69 Burnt to Death In Onitsha

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow No fewer than 69 persons were burnt to death from a fire outbreak that occurred after a fuel-laden tanker rammed into a building in Onitsha, Anambra State on Sunday. At least 15 L300 buses were also burnt. The tragedy occurred at about 3pm […] More

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    Election Results: Anambra State

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Local govts- 21 Rejected votes- 1963427 Total vote cast- 703409 Accredited voters- 774430 Valid votes- 66854 Political Parties: AA:547 AD:475 ACPN:1259 ADC:534 APA:2303 APC:17,926 CPP:1279 HOPE:357 KOWA:311 NCP:887 PDP:660,762 PPN:537 UDP:286 UPP:1121 More

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    4,000 Lose Jobs In Anambra

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Over 4,000 workers at the Atani Road Industrial Estate, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, have lost their jobs, following the refusal of the Federal Government to assist industrialists who lost their machines to the 2011/12-flood disaster that ravaged the state. Paul Okonkwo, […] More

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    Ebola: Anambra NUT Gives Conditions for school resumption

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed its readiness for schools’ resumption on September 22, on the condition that government provided Ebola screening devices in schools. Ifeanyi Ofodile, State Chairman of the union gave the condition on Saturday […] More