Former Deputy President of the Senate and Senator Representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has reaffirmed his commitment to the development of his constituency. Ekweremadu made this affirmation while speaking to his constituents during the ongoing inspection of projects he attracted to his constituency. The Senator who was in Awgu Local Government assured
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Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, Economic Planning and Donor Agencies has warned contractors executing public projects in the state against non adherence to government specifications. Chairman of the committee, Mr Ebele Ejiofor gave the warning following findings after a tour of some World Bank supported projects in some Secondary
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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that God foiled the possible litigation ambush laid by his government’s enemies in the course of conducting the Local Government Area (LGA) elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election was held on Aug. 29, after being shifted twice from April, 25, due to the rampaging
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About two people were killed, with four others injured in a boundary clash between Odekpe and Allah/Onugwa communities in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State. The DAILY VENDOR also gathered that a policeman on peace mission in the area reportedly got missing in connection with the clash. According to a report by The
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, seized the reopening/inauguration of the rehabilitated runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Sunday, to remember the victims of the November 1983 plane crash at the airport. Ugwuanyi unveiled a newly reconstructed and beautified airport roundabout with a monumental aircraft statue by the Enugu Capital Territory Development
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A Non Governmental Organization, NGO, Igede Charitable Organization, Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, has funded the evacuation of abandoned corpses of indigenes back to Nigeria for befitting burial. The corpses were said to have been abandoned by their bereaved families in Ojoto, over lack of fund to bring them back home for burial.
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Engineer Arthur Eze, a notable Anambra-born oil magnet has warned the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige over statement credited to the minister calling for his banishment. The statement issued on behalf of Eze by Mr Okechukwu Okpala, head media directorate of Arthur Eze’s conglomerate advised Ngige to respect the sanctity of his
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Excitement and gratitude filled the air yesterday as the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, was reopened for commercial flight, exactly one year and six days after it was closed for major rehabilitation and runway expansion. Although the loud drumming from several musical and cultural troupes as well as the long wait for the ceremony underscored
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…calls on Buhari to Work harder for Okonjo-Iweala’s Victory as WTO DG Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has congratulated the Federal Government on its three recent moves on the international scene, saying that Nigeria’s foreign policy was once again becoming dynamic. In separate detailed letters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide (OYC), on Sunday, said the reopening of Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu after about a year of closure is an “affirmative action that President Muhammadu Buhari’s love for Igbos is unparalleled.” OYC disclosed that President Buhari has proven wrong his critics who are bent on painting the Federal
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Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has lent his voice on the recent killings in Emene, Enugu State. The DAILY VENDOR reported few days ago that a fracas which ensued between the Department of States Services (DSS), and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led to deaths from both sides. The DSS said it lost
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Former Governor of Anambra State, Sen. Chris Ngige, told Obiano to not only suspend the 12 traditional rulers, but to banish them from their different communities for desecrating the culture and traditions of their lands after they went to Abuja without the state government’s authorisation. Obiano had suspended the 12 monarchs for one year because
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The President of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo, said at the weekend Nigeria would witness a remarkable turnaround in fortune if an Igbo man emerged the country’s president in 2023. In a congratulatory message to the Nigerian-born newly appointed Minister of Justice and Solicitor-General in Alberta, Canada, Kelechi Madu, the Ohanaeze
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Despite these lofty promises by the current Abia State administration, there hasn’t been sufficient investment in the city of Aba necessitating concerns that the city , which was previously the industrial and production centre for most of the locally manufactured goods in Nigeria and had customers from not only Nigeria but across West Africa trooping
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The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, was again urged by the embattled 27 chairmen of local government councils in Imo State, whose sack by former Governor Emeka Ihedioha was overturned by a Federal High Court in Owerri, to reinstate them.They came out to make a denial of being part of a recent peace meeting
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