The people of Uruagu-Nnewi community in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State have protested against bad roads in the area, calling on rich indigenes to come to their aid.
Leader of the protesters, Mr Obiora Okeke, said that several roads in the area, especially the Nnewi-Oba old road and St John of the Cross Catholic Church axis, had become death traps.
Okeke, who noted that the majority of the bad roads were federal roads, urged concerned authorities for necessary intervention in order to avert further calamities.
The Youth Leader of the Uruagu-Nnewi, Ejike Ifejiofor, called on the government, church authorities and prominent people in the community to intervene.
Another indigene, Marcel Ifeachor, called on the Senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah; the Member representing Nnewi North and Nnewi South Federal Constituency, Chris Emeka Azubogu; who are both indigenes of Nnewi, to attract federal presence to the roads.
He also called on billionaire industrialists such as Dr Innocent Chukwuma, the Chairman of INNOSON; Dr Cletus Ibeto of the Ibeto Group; Dr Chika Okafor (Chikason); Dr Cosmas Maduka (Coscharis); and Dr Ajulu Uzodike (Cutix Cables), who are indigenes of Nnewi, to come to their aid
Seyi Tinubu, the son of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, has bagged chieftancy title in Anambra.
He was conferred with the Chieftaincy title of Nwannedinamba by the traditional ruler of the Mbaukwu kingdom, Igwe Peter Anukwui, in the State’s Awka South Local Government Area, on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
While thanking the monarch for the honor, has urged Anambra State voters to vote for his father in the upcoming February 25 general elections.
Chief Tinubu, who was also at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Awka, spoke to Newsmen about his father’s presidential ambition, saying he was in the state to galvanize support for his father’s presidential ambition and to reassure the people that his father has the best interests of the state at heart
Fire on Monday gutted the Nodu Okpuno Mata foam depot in Anambra.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, and made available to newsmen in Onitsha.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has announced tax suspension for heavy-duty loading and offloading in the transport sector in Anambra state.
The governor revealed this when he met transport operators, and other key stakeholders at the Prof. Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center in Awka, on Wednesday, to brainstorm and agree on the new modalities.
He also approved slashed weekly payments applicable to tricycles (keke), shuttle buses and other transport operators.
Following the payment adjustment, Keke operators will now pay N10,000, reviewed from N15,000 which can be broken into four instalments of N2,500 per week; taxi operators will now pay N12,000 as against N17,500 amounting to N3,000 weekly, while shuttle buses will now pay N3,000 weekly.
Mini truck operators will now pay N3,750 weekly, while motorcycle operators will now pay N4,000, amounting to N1,000 weekly.
The Governor further stated that while his team will restrategize, the motive behind the suspension of payment was to ensure that nobody would be taxed twice.
Soludo said;
“This government will protect and promote the common man’s interests. To make the system more equitable, we are working on comprehensive tax reform.
“Tax collection from hawkers, wheelbarrow pushers, and vulcanizers is prohibited in Anambra State.
“As a progressive government, we are determined to ensure that the poor are not burdened by taxes and that the wealthy pay their fair share. The truth is that you are paying more than your fair share.
“I understand what you’re going through; I feel and touch it, and that’s why we’re going all out to declare a total emergency on state roads to alleviate your suffering.
“It is true that the government requires funds! There is no such thing as a society that has developed without people paying taxes. Last year, Anambra’s total tax contribution as revenue was barely N20 billion, which is insufficient for the massive road construction we have begun, let alone other sectors.
“Nobody likes paying taxes, but we’ve started a tax revolution. Our main challenge is being harassed by touts and being taxed multiple times.
“The vast majority of what you pay goes into private pockets and never reaches the government.
“We called this meeting because some of the things we designed to work aren’t working as we intended.
“When we organised open bidding for concessions, we agreed that old prices would remain the same, but operators are complaining about price increases that are not part of the agreement, so it’s a major concern.
“We want unions, but only unions led by operators. This will be possible once your enumeration is complete. The government will come and supervise your election, after which you will be able to choose your chairman for a specific term. We want to do away with professional lifetime unions! Unions must be run by operators.”
There are strong indications that the aspiration of the former Governor of Anambra State and Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi is threatening the aspiration of most National Assembly candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State. Both are the leading parties in Anambra State.
APGA and PDP candidates fear that the bandwagon effect of the support for Obi in Anambra State may affect their chances. Like APGA, Obi was also in the PDP, before he moved over to the Labour Party, taking along with him a sizable number of members of the party in the State to Labour Party.
The presidential election of 2023 will be held on February 25, same day as those of the National Assembly, which comprises the Senate and House of Representatives. There have been worry among some aspirants that the huge support for Obi may cause a bandwagon effect on them, just as National Assembly candidates of the Labour Party in Anambra State have been waxing strong, and exuding victory.
For example, in APGA, only very few candidates have openly campaigned against the Labour Party presidential candidate, or even mustered enough courage to campaign for the candidates of their party in certain areas.
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A public affairs analyst, Damian Mba told DAILY POST that: “You know this is politics. The candidates are afraid to offend the electorates, especially in places where they believe that the electorates have total support for Obi.
“That is why you see that while they are talking at party level – for those of them in PDP, they canvass support for the presidential candidate of their party, who is Atiku Abubakar, but when they move into the hinterlands, they start playing mind games, telling the electorates that they support Obi too, and were ready to work with him. They do this to avoid offending the electorates, who they already see as supporters of Obi.
“In APGA particularly, their candidates will have very tough battles to be able to win the election, all because of the Obi factor. Moreso, because of the growing popularity of the Labour Party, they (LP) were able to get first grade candidates, who are not pushovers, who are running on the platform of the party, and that will make the battle stiffer for candidates of other parties. You know that before now, the dominant political parties in Anambra used to be APGA and PDP. APC has never been an option, except in the governorship election level, where they have tried, but were still put where they belong. But because of the Obi factor, there are now three very formidable parties in Anambra State, parading strong candidates.”
The candidates running for National Assembly seats in the PDP and APGA are however not less personalities. In Anambra Central, the PDP is fielding Senator Uche Ekwunife, an incumbent, and a ranking member of the Senate, while APGA is fielding a youngster, Hon Dozie Nwankwo, an incumbent in the House of Representatives, who recently, surprisingly upstaged a former national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh.
Meanwhile, Umeh, who is regarded as a high profile politician, who alleged conspiracy from party leadership to edge him out at the APGA primary, and later joined the little known Labour Party, is today regarded as the main headache of other candidates. Besides the rising profile of the Labour Party, Umeh has long been a household name in politics, in Anambra State, and a force to reckon with in any election. He prides himself as being instrumental to the election of successive governors of Anambra State, from Peter Obi, Willie Obiano to the current governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. The combination of his popularity and acceptance, and the force of the Labour Party, as propelled by Peter Obi is one headache that other candidates in the contest are trying to contend with.
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In Anambra South, APGA parades Hon Chris Azubogu, who is still in doubt of his own candidacy as a result of litigation from Hon Ben Nwankwo, and PDP’s Chief Chris Uba, a self-styled godfather of Anambra politics, who has never been a serious contender. Meanwhile, in the zone, YPP’s candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, an incumbent stands a better stead than LP’s candidate, Chief Obinna Uzor.
In Anambra North, Hon Tony Nwoye, a former member of the House of Representatives and serial governorship aspirant, who is also a grassroot politician is giving other candidates in the zone a huge headache. Like Umeh, Tony Nwoye’s popularity in Anambra North may likely dim the aspiration of PDP’s Senator Stella Oduah and that of the wife of the immediate past governor of Anambra, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano.
Mba told 𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖆 known Media that: “I believe that the appearance of Peter Obi in the political equation of Nigeria has upset many things.
“It is not only in Anambra that people are using the influence of Obi to run for election in an obscure party like LP. Even in some other South-East States, many governorship candidates on the platform of the Labour Party will make a huge impact, not because of who they are, but because of the Peter Obi factor.”
The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the call for the Biafra agitator by the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo.
Kanu’s younger brother, Kanunta Kanu said the family is grateful to Soludo for the call
Recall with 𝕹𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝕸𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖆 that Soludo had called for the immediate and unconditional release of the IPOB leader.
The governor spoke during the party’s flag-off campaigns, which witnessed the presence of the party’s presidential candidate, Prof Peter Umeadi and other party candidates in the state and southeast.
Reacting, Kanunta tweeted: “I am making a passionate appeal to @GovNigeria to release #MaziNnamdiKanu unconditionally. If he cannot be released unconditionally, I want him released to me and I will stand surety for him.” @CCSoludo Governor Anambra state. The Kanu family is grateful.”
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR has appreciated the commitment, professionalism and dedication to duty by the Nigerian military and other security agencies in the state.
Governor Soludo gave the commendation during a statewide broadcast and particularly appreciated the (Watch Video Here) Nigerian Army, Navy, Police, DSS, Civil Defense and other security agencies in boosting the security architecture put in place by his administration to secure the homeland.
The Governor stressed that ndi Anambra needs more of security check points (FOBs) in the coming days, weeks and months because they are very critical in restoring the peace and order being enjoyed in the state so far.
Addressing the media, Governor Soludo said as this is first Christmas in his nine months in office as Governor of Anambra State, he would like to use the opportunity to felicitate with all the Anambra people, the millions at home and the more millions in diaspora celebrating Christmas and New Year. (Watch Video Here)
“Our nine months in office has been a journey to serve ndi Anambra and transform the state into a liveable and prosperous homeland that we promised our people.
“The first key agenda of our five major pillars happens to relate to security, law and order and this is the aspect that I want to specifically talk about, to say to our people, where we were at the time I was sworn into office on the 17th of March 2022 and where we are today, which shows the difference between day and night. (Watch Video Here)
“On the 17th of March 2022, eight local governments were literally under seige, taken over by criminals and hoodlums in various camps set up in these local governments.
“But by the grace of God, those 8 local governments have been totally liberated. Law and order seems to be returning back to Anambra. All the camps have been decimated and some of the deadly criminals have been taken out for good,” Soludo asserted. (Watch Video Here)
“Few days ago, we had over eighty of these touts ‘agberos’ harassing people around Upper Iweka and environs, taken into custody and to be prosecuted and probably jailed.
“We are trying to keep our streets safe from touts and criminals. Though we may never have a crime free society but comparatively, I don’t know any state in Nigeria that is safer than Anambra.
“I want to commend all the citizens of Anambra and the stakeholders who (Watch Video Here) hearkened to our call that ‘If you see something, say something, if you say something, do something’. And to our youths who have taken the destiny of this state into their hands; to our women and men who had contributed in assisting government to get hold of criminals in the state. Thank you all.
“Two weeks ago, one criminal in far away Finland declared five days sit at home but ndi Anambra defied the order! Not a single day was observed.
“Thousands of our people returned back home for Christmas and that is why the streets are all busy. (Watch Video Here)
“I want to commend our special task forces that we set up to ensure free flow of traffic. In recent decades, this is the first time we have the most free flow of traffic in the state,” Governor Soludo noted.
“I saw a video of the traffic at Head Bridge and people where manning the place 24 hours a day, and the other locations at Nnobi, Ekwulobia, Nkpor, Awka, Abagana, 33 Onitsha, etc, to ensure that our people move freely. (Watch Video Here)
“I want to commend the security agencies, the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency, the OCHA Brigade, the Vigilante Services, the Anambra youths who have volunteered to serve our people, to keep our streets safe, restore law and order.
“I want to use this occasion to specially appreciate the law enforcement agencies; the Nigerian Police, the Navy, the DSS, the Civil Defense and of course, our very gallant Anambra Vigilante Services and all the volunteers. (Watch Video Here)
“To all the ndi Anambra who have risen up to the occasion, helping to organize the local vigilantes, providing logistics, donation to the security trust fund and those helping in their own little ways to make sure we have a safer homeland.
“There is still work to be done, there are still challenges and all hands must continue to be on deck,” Governor Soludo pointed out. (Watch Video Here)
“I want to commend all the armed forces who put their lives on the line to have our people sleep with their two eyes closed.
“All those who have paid the supreme sacrifice just to keep Anambra safe, several of them died needlessly I must say. May their souls rest in peace.
“These criminals wants the security officers out of the road but fortunately, we thank God that they have remained resolute. (Watch Video Here)
“We will continue to provide all the support that we can to all the security forces as government and as a people of Anambra.
“What they are doing, the sacrifices that they make their commitments and FOBs, we will continue to strengthen them and make them even stronger to keep our people safe and secured.
“In normal circumstances, these road blocks wouldn’t have been needed but this is what we brought up on ourselves. (Watch Video Here)
“Our people taking up arms in the bushes, involved in criminality so to speak. Since they have decided to operate in an abnormal way, we now need abnormal solution.
“We are not always the most confident but the most effective in this circumstance and until the insecurity situation comes down to near zero, we will continue to have the road blocks and FOBs in place.
“I want to thank every ndi Anambra who have been involved. Everyone has a role to play in the road ahead. (Watch Video Here)
“The youths must rise and take their destinies into their hands because their future is on the line, the future of their children and grandchildren. It is your future we are keeping awake everyday to secure.
“I want to use this medium again to appeal to those in the bush and forest, the criminals out there, the kidnappers to come out. We are offering them the opportunity to retrain them and help them start a new productive life. (Watch Video Here)
“The course you have taken by being in the bush is one that leads to nowhere. It is not going to take you to anywhere. Criminality cannot pay you in the long term,” Soludo concluded.
The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has announced the increment in the remunerations of the state public work force by 10%, effective January 2023.
In the five areas of deliverables of the Soludo administration, he maintained that the state will never be run by criminals as he is flushing them out and dismantling their operations including the sit-at-home that cripples public service and the state economy
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A suspect, one Anthony Onuoha, who was arrested by the Ebonyi State police command over alleged car theft, on Thursday, confessed to having worked with over 30 election riggers during last year’s Anambra election in favour of Prof. Charles Soludo.
Onuoha, who was paraded alongside other suspects, alleged that they were hired by one Uche General, to rig the governorship election for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
The suspect alleged that they were given a car and fifty thousand naira after the election.
According to him: “Last year November, a car was given to me after governor Soludo’s election, because I was involved as one of the 30 persons that were kept in one place to work for APGA. We were promised to be given a car and fifty thousand naira after the election.
“What attracted me to work for APGA was the car and not the fifty thousand naira. I went to Anambra State that November; I was picked by one Mr. Uche General, I don’t know his surname. Uche General was the one in charge of the section.”
“The role I played there was that we were kept at Awka North to thumbprint ballot papers on that day of the election. We thumb-printed for APGA governorship candidate, Charles Soludo, and we agreed that at the end of the day, we will be given a car and fifty thousand naira, which they did.
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“We are nine persons that were given a car out of over thirty persons that were hired for the job. This car was given to me by them and the fifty thousand naira to fuel it,” he alleged.
However, in a swift reaction, the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, who spoke to DAILY POST through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Aburime, said the suspect, Onuoha, should be made to face the wrath of the law.
Soludo denied having any deal with the suspect during the last Anambra State election.
According to him: “The police should take full wrath of the law against the suspect. We don’t know him, he is just telling lies to get off the hook. He is a common criminal and nobody knows him. Moreover, it was BVAS that was used during that last year election in Anambra State. So, where did they do the thumbprinting?
“We don’t know him. We don’t know who he is. He must be a criminal and that is why he is in the police net. APGA won an election that was declared the most free and fair election in Nigeria.”
“There was no such thumbprinting in that Anambra election. It was BVAS that INEC deployed in that election. We don’t know that guy, the governor of Anambra State does not know him. And APGA as a political party does not know him. The guy is on his own and he should face and carry his cross,” he stressed
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He declared his support for the former Anambra State governor last year and stressed the need for the South-East to produce the country’s next president later this month.
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has terminated a road contract in Aguata Local Government Area, over alleged incompetence and delay in delivery by the contractor.
Though the name of the company handling the contract was not mentioned, a video of the governor’s visit to the site has been making the rounds on the internet.
In the video, Soludo who paid an unscheduled visit on Sunday to the road construction site referred to the company as useless and lacking the capacity to deliver the job.
The governor speaking to the project manager at the project site said: “Just take off all these things (equipment) because this contract has been terminated. I just called the commissioner for works and I have told him that this contract has been terminated.
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“See what you are doing. I have terminated the contract, and you are supposed to return the money you were paid. Useless company! We gave you this contract on the basis that you are an indigenous company but see what you are doing. This is what we see. You blocked the entire highway and nobody can pass. Now, I am going to my hometown, how do I go? This is a federal highway.
“For months, you blocked the road, even for people to pass through the other highway, you blocked the road.
“This job was supposed to have been finished in October, and that was the contract you were given. Other companies that were given the same contracts like you have all delivered.”
The governor refused to heed any plea from the obviously concerned project manager, as he rejected explanations that the road had peculiarities that made it difficult to deliver at the appropriate time.
“There are other very difficult terrains, and the contractors have delivered. I have terminated the contract and there is nothing you can tell me about it. Take off all your equipment from this place and move out because another person is coming to take over the job. If you continue, it is at your own risk because we are not paying you a dime, instead, we are asking for a refund.”
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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has warned that the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo’s ‘taxation regime’ is making life unbearable and pushing more residents of the State into poverty.
According to HURIWA, Soludo’s ‘utopian’ mindset and policies cannot work for Anambra people
HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, said rather than yield profits, Governor Soludo’s taxation policy is pushing more residents of the South-East State into poverty.
The group told Soludo to jettison extreme Central Bank-like policies which it said are not workable for the people of Anambra State.
HURIWA noted that since his inauguration on March 17, 2022, the former CBN governor had introduced various kinds of taxes on the poor in Anambra. . Commenting, HURIWA’s Onwubiko said, “The approach of Governor Soludo is most unfortunate because he has largely targeted the poor with his regime of unbearable taxation instead of the rich who have perfected the art and act of evading taxes in hundreds of millions of naira.
“The governor’s heavy taxation on the poor is akin to muzzling the ox when it is treading out the grain which is unrealistic and unnatural.
“Now some tricycle operators have reportedly become ‘part-time’ armed robbers robbing some unsuspecting members of the public, maybe in their warped attempt to remain in business by meeting up the unattainable heavy taxes they pay to Governor Soludo’s obnoxious tax collectors.
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“With an estimated population of about 5,084,195 and a Gross Domestic Product of about N5.5tn, as well as a projected Internally Generated Revenue of N48bn in 2023, Anambra is not Lagos with a projected IGR of N1.1tn in 2023 as erroneously compared by Governor Soludo during his recent budget presentation.
“Governor Soludo’s desperation surfaced recently when he asked sons and daughters of the soil working in other States but with residences in Anambra to remit their taxes to the State government.
“Governor Soludo should stop comparing Anambra to Lagos to justify his desperation to tax the poor to death; he should rather focus on the extremely rich and average individuals who are not in the tax net.”
The rights group wondered why Soludo, who boasted to have global connections during the campaign, is now pushing mostly the poor Anambra people into commercial extinction with all kinds of taxes.
“This is because his anti-poor tax regime has impoverished more residents of the State,” the group added.
The human rights advocacy group, therefore, called on the Governor Soludo administration to effect a swift change of governance and adopt a more people-friendly approach that will lift up the poor.
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A viral has captured moment Nnobi community of Anambra state barnished a lady identified as Queen Bassey and her father from the community for engaging in an incestuous affair that produced two children.
The lady who was interrogated by some members of the community, revealed that she was deflowered by her father who made her become his wife by placing her on oath kolanut.
Bassey further revealed they are from Cross River state.
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This reportedly occurred after his wives left him.
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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened to remove all billboards in the state belonging to politicians if they fail to pay tax on them.
Recall with Noble Reporters Media that the governor, who before last year’s election claimed he knew where to source funds from across the world, has imposed a number of taxes on Anambra people since his swearing-in.
In the latest press release by the managing director of Anambra State Signage Agency, ANSAA, Mr Tony Ujubuonu, the state government gave two weeks’ notice for all politicians and political parties in the state with billboards to pay up.
Ujubuonu said: “We have given two weeks’ notice to all political parties and their candidates to ensure they have paid for all their campaign billboards or meet the wrath of the agency.
“Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency through a letter dated 14th November, 2022, urged all Out-Of-Home Advertising Practitioners in the State to revalidate and register all their billboards in the State.”
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He added that the Agency had directed all billboard owners to provide the information required to register each billboard and pay up for any campaign.
“It has also gotten to the knowledge of the Agency that some political party candidates are erecting billboards on their own ignorantly.
“The Agency wants to state that this is not only wrong but illegal and any such billboard would be brought down without any notice, the structure seized permanently and auctioned.”
The agency gave the grace period to last between 14th of November to 5th of December. It said after the period, all billboards must have been fully registered and paid for to avoid being pulled down.
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Several angry reactions have since trailed the outburst.
In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday, signed by Chief Innocent Sunday Okeke (Duru Agumba), National Vice Chairman, South East, Labour Party, he said Soludo had allowed hatred and selfishness becloud his sense of reasoning.
Okeke said the Anambra Governor, who was hitherto highly respected had now diminished himself owing to the tirade against Obi.
“Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo is highly respected and adored by Ndi Igbo as one of the shining lights and great academia from the highly rich culture of the Igbo great kingdom.
“He achieved just like many Igbo great men of today coming from the background of nothing to becoming a human dynamo.
“He was neither born with a silver spoon nor did he descend from blue blood, but he broke the jinx of poverty. From his rustic village of Isuofia in Aguata LGA of Anambra state, he rose and flew across the world to live his dreams.
“With these, Ndi Igbo and the whole of Nigeria see him as one of the great Igbo leaders with dignity and respect.
“But just like the story of the crumbling packs, Professor Soludo has started somersaulting from his pinnacle of dignity and respect, falling short of the expectations of the people who looked up to him to be a shining example of the new Igbo leader.
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“Soludo, an astute professor of high repute, allowed his narrow-minded nature to betray him,” he stated.
Okeke added that “hate is a wicked state of mind that when possessed can becloud one’s normal sense of reasoning. And this is exactly what played out in Prof. Soludo’s unreasonable outburst on Peter Obi’s Anambra government investment in 2014.
“Soludo through his hate for Peter Obi was quick to forget that the investment and the fiscal savings came together. The incontrovertible fact remains that Obi saved for the future of his state (Anambra) N75b naira, $50m in each of the three existing commercial banks of today, and 3.5b in the International Brewery.
“He handed over this investment to a new manager (governor), who has never denied knowledge of the investments. Whether the manager (governor) took good care of the investment is another day’s discussion. And the former handed over to Soludo, now Soludo casting aspersions on Mr. Obi after 9 years he left office with verifiable savings and investment is uncalled for and condemnable by the entire Igbo race and Nigeria at large.
“The international brewery as we know it today employing 10,000 Anambrarians is not a bad investment and the depreciation of stocks is a Nigerian issue that have affected every company’s stock
“Soludo should have employed the wisdom of silence even if he so much hated Mr. Obi, but for the sake of the Nigerian project stand with the mass of the people.”
He advised the Governor to watch it going forward and avoid creating serious embarrassment for himself and governance, considering that he also needs the support of the people to achieve.
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A social media post by a close associate stated that AKA had been due to perform at a nightclub called YUGO but the event was subsequently cancelled with a notice…
Nigerian TV host, Frank Edoho has said he is baffled by the activities of some Igbo politicians towards the former Anambra Governor and currently the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
Frank, who hosted the Nigerian TV show, ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire’, stated this in a tweet on his official handle while reacting to the recent outburst by the Anambra Governor, Charles Soludo against Obi.
Recall with Noble Reporters Media that Soludo had in an article on Monday, rubbished the presidential ambition of Obi, saying he lacks the capacity to win the election.
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Soludo’s article, which apparently set the internet on fire on Monday, is still generating backlash from Obi’s supporters and other stakeholders of Igbo extraction.
Reacting, Edoho wondered why the Igbo political bigwigs would attack their own presidential candidate, amid the rare opportunity for Igbo presidency.
He wrote, “Igbo politicians will never stop baffling me. You have the rare opportunity of one of your kin being President but instead of supporting and clamoring for him like Yoruba and Hausa people do with their candidates, you look for ways to disrupt and thwart him! Tufia Kwa!”
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Ezeokafor died one week after he was released from kidnappers’ den.
He was said to have died as a result of health complications arising from his abduction.
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He reportedly died at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nnewi, where he has been receiving treatment since after his release by kidnappers, one week ago.
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Nnamani declared his support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following his suspension from PDP earlier this month.
Gunmen attacked the Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area, where the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo hails from in the early hours of Saturday.
Sources said no fewer than two soldiers and four of the attacking hoodlums died in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and soldiers stationed in the community.
According to a source, the hoodlums first attacked the soldiers at an army checkpoint and killed two of them before the army personnel gave them a chase and neutralised four of the assailants in the process.
Anambra State Police Command Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, and the state’s Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, also confirmed the story in a statement.
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Ikenga said Police operatives have been deployed to the scene, and that normalcy has been restored in the area, while Nwosu urged Indigenes to alert security officials when they notice security breaches.
Nwosu said: “A gang of gunmen struck the Nigerian Army checkpoint at Afor-Uzo Junction, Isuofia, this morning. Unfortunately for the hoodlums, they met their Waterloo.
“Our gallant and alert security agents who gave them a hot chase immediately returned fire and neutralised four of the gang members in a fierce exchange of shootings. Their Toyota Avenza with which they launched the deadly operation was recovered.”
He further added: “The government of Anambra State wishes to reassure the people of their safety, especially during this yuletide season. If you see something; please say something to help our vigilant security agents protect you better. “
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He said the claim that the policy was targeted against the politicians could not fly because the politicians were not suffering the effect of the naira swap, rather it was…
The tax policies of the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has come under intense focus again.
DAILY POST reports that last Friday, there was pandemonium at Kings Planet International School as gun wielding security operatives invaded the school, on the pretext of enforcing tax payment.
Also, foodstuff traders in Awka have protested the high tax imposed on them, threatening to stop operations in Anambra if the practice was not stopped.
The management of Kingsplanet International School, Awka, on Tuesday protested the action of the security operatives, alleging that its staff and pupils were bullied, while others were traumatised.
Noble Reporters Media gathered that the incident happened last Friday, as an enforcement team from the Anambra State Signage Agency (ANSAA) in the company of gun wielding security men invaded the school to enforce the payment of N100,000 for signages belonging to the school.
When DAILY POST visited the school, some members of staff of the school, which runs a creche, nursery and primary arm, confirmed the incident, saying that the school was in session last weekend, when the team arrived.
“Because they were carrying guns, we decided to close the doors of the classrooms, to avoid the children seeing gun-wielding security men barging into the school premises, but the security men forced the classroom rooms open and commanded all the children to leave, saying that they have orders to shut the school.
“All the children were crying and running helter-skelter, including the creche section, which consists of very tender kids, but they showed no mercy at all.
“In the process of the pandemonium in the school, there was power outage, but we tried to put on the generator, so we can use the CCTV in the school to monitor the movement of the children, but the security men refused,” said Modesta Odu, a teaching staff of the school.
The assistant manager of the school, Mr Emmanuel Emeka, lamented the level of trauma experienced by the pupils as a result of the incident.
“We begged them not to go ahead with their action as it will traumatise the kids, but they refused. You needed to be here to see how security men overran this place.
“Most parents who heard of it moved in to withdraw their children. Up till this moment, some of the children still feel bad when we have visitors in the school. We had to reach out to some parents to beg them to bring back their children.
“We are really disappointed if this is how the Soludo government intends to go about tax. The team were in our school earlier to demand payment of N100,000 for four signboards. We told them we didn’t have up to that number of signboards, so they left, saying they will verify and get back, and the next thing we saw was the security men.”
The school management called on the Anambra State Governor to rein in the excesses of some of his aides.
When DAILY POST reached out to the Managing Director of ANSAA, Mr Tony Ujubuonu, he insisted that the enforcement was as a result of a court order obtained against the school.
He alleged that the proprietor of the school has been maligning the agency on social media over the enforcement, but insisted that the Anambra State government will not relent in ensuring that the right thing was done.
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Meanwhile, foodstuff dealers in Anambra State on Thursday protested heavy taxation imposed on them by the State government. The traders threatened to stop supply of goods to the State if the government continued with the tax regime. They alleged that the State government had been imposing heavy taxes on them for bringing in foodstuff to the State from the north.
The Chairman of Eke Awka Foodstuff Dealers Association, Mr Chukwuemeka Onyemechi, during a peaceful protest on Thursday said some hoodlums allegedly working with government’s agents came to the market and stopped them from off-loading their goods unless they paid N30,000 per truck as against N8,000.
“They also insisted that we pay N20,000 for a truck with six tyres as against N5,000 and the sum of N6,000 for a Datsun truck as against N500 per truck. After the off-loading of goods, smaller trucks were forced to pay N3,000 as against N300 before the goods would be allowed to leave the market,” he lamented.
The traders would not be the first to complain about the tax policies of the State government.
A lawyer, Mr Jude Eze who spoke on the perceived excessive tax said: “I do not think this is the best thing for the governor to do. Nigerians are not so exposed to taxes, so they need to be pampered and not this kind of chastisement we see everyday in the State.
“Soludo must realise that the economy is very hard, so he cannot be billing the people for waste, business premises, and several others, just because he needs money, which he told us he can get from relevant agencies, during his governorship campaigns.”
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A glittering mask conceals his face and, although he is only visible for a few frames, it is enough to convince some people that the man is Jacko himself
Soludo said it would enable his administration deliver better social services to the people of the state while protecting their properties at home.
The former Central Bank Governor made the plea on Thursday during his presentation of the state’s 2023 Budget Estimates to the State House of Assembly in Awka.
He decried the poor tax payment culture in Nigeria, noting that Anambra is one of the states with very poor tax revenue.
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“Wherever you live, Onye Anambra (Anambra people), pay your fair share. That is how it works everywhere,” Soludo said.
He further added, “Anambra is probably one of the states with the least tax revenue in the world. For comparison, Lagos State projects to generate N1.1tn from IGR in 2023 coming to almost N100bn a month…Anambra’s IGR for 2023 will be barely 4.4% of Lagos State IGR.”
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The Council Spokesperson, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, on Wednesday, noted that Atiku Abubakar’s supporters are now protected by the court order after some of them were arraigned on Tuesday before a…
Anambra government, in collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has rescued two siblings, aged five years and three years from their father who allegedly abused them sexually.
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Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, told reporters on Thursday in Awka that the rescue was carried out on Wednesday after a whistleblower reported the case to the ministry.
Mrs Obinabo said the suspect is a resident of Abagana in the state.
She said the suspect had been detained for child molestation and abuse and would be charged in court.
“A whistle blower reported the case to the ministry on Oct.19. The Sexual and Gender Based Violence Response team of the ministry collaborated with the NSCDC and investigations began.
“In the cause of investigation, the children were rescued by the Intelligence Unit of NSCDC and the culprit arrested.
“It was gathered that the suspect had been using his finger to penetrate the children’s private parts since 2020 when he drove their mother out of the house.
“When the children were rescued, they were first taken to a hospital for examination and treatment. A doctor at the hospital ascertained that the children had been defiled.
“As at when they were brought to the hospital, there were fresh bruises on their private parts and the areas were also reddish and swollen,’’ she said.
The commissioner said the ministry would charge the suspect and his wife in court.
She commended officials of the NSCDC for being pragmatic in handling the case.
When journalists interrogated the suspect, he denied the allegation and threatened to deal with whoever made the report.
Police have sealed-off the palace of the factional monarch of Awka community, His Imperial Majesty, Eze Uzu III, Chief Austin Ndigwe.
The embattled monarch was billed to hold the celebration of new yam festival in Awka Kingdom on Saturday when his palace was sealed.
Chief Ndigwe had sent out invitation to top politicians, monarchs, journalists and other special guests from across the country to witness the new yam festival, but the event was stalled.
Invitation sent out had read: “You’re invited to the OTITE AWKA 2022 (Iri Ji Ofuu) festival of Awka Ancient Kingdom by the Obi of Awka Kingdom, His Imperial Majesty, Ozo Dr Austin Ndigwe.
“Date is Saturday, 10th September 2022, by 11am, at the Palace of the monarch.”
Sources said some monarchs from across South East were already at the palace at about 11am, when a huge detachment of police and military men arrived and sealed the palace.
The source said: “The policemen and military chased everyone out of the palace, shooting canisters of teargas at youths who had attended the event.
“There was pandemonium when they started shooting, and a lot of people ran away, while many youths sustained injuries.”
A policeman, who stopped this reporter from accessing the venue, said they were acting on orders from above.
When journalists reached out to the spokesperson of Anambra State Police command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, he said he was not aware of any order to seal-off the palace of the factional monarch.
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The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, Chris Aburime said he was not also aware of any order in that regard.
When DAILY POST reached out to the embattled monarch, he said he was in a meeting and cannot speak.
The traditional stool of Awka Kingdom has been a source of tussle for a few years now, after some influential members of the community claimed to have dethroned the monarch, Eze Uzu II, Igwe Gibson Nwosu.
In his place, they crowned Ndigwe, who immediately assumed the position of the monarch of the kingdom, causing the entire kingdom to be divided.
While some members of the community supported Ndigwe as their monarch, others supported Nwosu.
Coincidentally, both Ndigwe and Nwosu had slated Saturday for their new yam festival. It was gathered that Nwosu is the government-recognised monarch, and holds a certificate of recognition, which Ndigwe does not
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has banned the factional king of Awka Kingdom, Chief Austin Ndigwe from parading himself as monarch.
Soludo in a press release by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu, said the duly recognised monarch of Awka Kingdom is Obi Gibson Nwosu.
There was commotion in Awka on Saturday morning, when a detachment of police and military men sealed the palace of Ndigwe who was billed to celebrate the community’s new yam festival.
The security operatives chased away guests and also shot canisters of teargas into the crowd, causing the guests to scamper for safety, leaving some wounded.
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The release by Nwosu according to many was a confirmation that the security operatives were acting on the orders of the state governor.
The release read in part: “It has come to the attention of Anambra State government that one Augustine Ndigwe, Alias Uzu Awka is parading himself as the authentic traditional ruler of Awka.
“Not only that, he is also taking steps to perform one of the major harvest seasons traditional rites known as New Yam festival, thereby threatening the peace and tranquility of the town. The state government will not tolerate this.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the state government wishes to state emphatically that the only recognized traditional ruler is His Royal Highness, Obi Gibson Nwosu, Eze Uzu II, whose recognition by the state government has not been withdrawn, and is the only one empowered by section 15 of the traditional rulers law of Anambra State, to preside over such festival or carry out the function of a traditional ruler in Awka.
“It is a criminal offence for any other person to do so, by virtue of section 20 of the traditional rulers law of Anambra State 2007.”
Nwosu in the release said the said Ndigwe is not the traditional ruler of Awka Kingdom and should henceforth, desist from portraying himself as the traditional ruler of Awka or attempting to usurp the rights of a duly recognised traditional ruler.
“Any such unlawful act in any part of the state would not be condoned by the state government, and the state would not hesitate to sanction the impostor according to the relevant laws of Anambra State.”
The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed his administration’s determination to tackle the security situation in the state.
He made the declaration at a meeting with the political aspirants of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) held at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, yesterday. He stressed that the security challenges confronting the state are being perpetrated by criminals, who have now engaged in kidnapping, killing and other manner of criminalities as a lucrative enterprise, and which is a departure from any form of political agitations.
He said: “The battle line has been drawn… no place in Anambra will be safe for criminals to operate as government is putting stringent measures in place with security agencies to tackle the situation headlong and restore peace and order to the state.”
MEANWHILE, Igbo youths, under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), yesterday, raised the alarm over the state of killings in Anambra State, saying that cannibals have infiltrated Igbo land.
They also urged the governor of the state, Charles Soludo, to form special security guards to secure communities in the state.
Reacting to the killing of a lawmaker and seven others in the state, including a mother and her four children, the group decried the attempt to turn South East, especially Anambra, into a killing field.
In a statement, the youths condemned the sudden rise in insecurity in the region and vowed to resist it.
The statement signed by the President General of the group, Goodluck Ibem, reads: “The killing of the lawmaker and seven others, at different locations of the state by yet to be identified gunmen, is wicked, barbaric, criminal and senseless. No sane society will accept such acts of wickedness, perpetrated by these criminals. Something very urgent needs to be done to put a stop to these ugly incidents in our land.
ALSO, the Anambra State Police Command has frowned at the development where communities feel reluctant to give information about the activities of criminals in their areas, to help tackle them.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, made this known in a press conference, yesterday, saying that police have identified some of the criminals and are going all out to deal with them.
Echeng maintained that there was nothing unknown about the gunmen terrorising the state to warrant calling then ‘unknown gunmen.’
He argued that ‘unknown gunmen’ is not the right name for these criminals, saying that people are trying to mystify something that is not just there.
According to him, it is time we go into demystifying these people, insisting that these people are not spirits and they live with us
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