President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the construction of Phase 2B of the access road to the Second Niger Bridge in Onitsha. This marks a key step in improving transport infrastructure and regional connectivity in the South East. Tinubu was represented by Anambra governor, Charles Soludo, at the event....
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Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has said that his administration achieved significant progress in infrastructure and human capital development in three years without borrowing money. Soludo made the disclosure on Sunday during a thanksgiving Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Awka, ahead of the celebrations marking his third anniversary...
Native doctors, operating under the aegis of ”Odinala Orumba South”, on Wednesday, subscribed to an oath at Izo Mmili shrine at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area (LGA), lzi to ostracise any member found engaging in unethical activities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gov. Chukwuma...
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that Nigeria is undergoing a fundamental and disruptive reset with the removal of subsidies by President Bola Tinubu. Soludo made this remark during Veritas University’s 13th Convocation Lecture in Abuja on Thursday. The lecture, titled ‘Let Us Make a...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has expressed shock and grief over the sudden demise of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, describing it as a “regrettable loss” to the state. In a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Christian Aburime, Soludo described Ubah as an outstanding Nigerian...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Soludo has said the Supreme Court judgment affirming constitutional rights of local governments is good for democracy. Soludo said this while addressing State House correspondents after a visit to President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. “Supreme Court is the final authority and, as a democrat, I...
On the June 12 Democracy Day event on The Platform, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, gave a masterful speech. It was about how democracy could have helped development in Nigeria if things had been better managed in the past decade. After 25 years of continuous...
Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Wednesday threw his weight behind the growing calls for a single term for elected officeholders but he argued that any form of autonomy for local government areas in the country is against the tenets of true federalism. The former Governor of the...
No fewer than 1,300 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faithful in Anambra have formally defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The defectors, who came from across the state, were received by the Gov. Chukwuma Soludo at a welcome ceremony in Awka Soludo urged the new...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, the umbrella labour union in Nigeria, has lost its way and its soul. There’s an Igbo proverb that goes something like this: if you pin the strong man to the ground without getting his machete, can you get it back when he’s upstanding? Yet...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has petitioned Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra over the demolition of a part of property belonging to Chris Tee Petroleum limited. The property is located at Trans-Nkissi Phase 1, along Onitsha/Otuocha road, Onitsha. In a letter of appeal, signed by...
Former Secretary of Rangers International FC of Enugu, Joe-Martins Uzodike, has commended Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra for his N100,000 welfare package for veteran players of the club, popularly known as Ex-Rangers. Uzodike made the commendation while speaking with newsmen in Awka on Thursday. He said though the...
Opposition politicians are sometimes able to admit the truth and provide unflattering praise. Yes, the Prof Chukwuma Soludo administration is doing remarkably well. Even the opposition in Anambra State concurs. The opposition leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige,...
The National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokenwa, has congratulated Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, on his two-year anniversary in office. Ezeokenwa, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Tony Mbeki on Sunday in Abuja, congratulated Soludo. Ezeokenwa said that the...
A social psychologist’s constant concern is with projects and policies that seek to bring about material and physical change without also bringing about a behavioural shift. For a considerable amount of time, Anambra State has been reduced to a place where a great number of indigenes travel back...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has expressed sadness following the tragic building collapse at Odu-Igbo Market, Ochanja, Anambra, that claimed five lives. Soludo, while addressing residents at the scene of the incident, on Tuesday, announced that 26 individuals had been rescued and hospitalized, while five persons died. He...
Despite formidable obstacles, Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Master Plan for a new Anambra has begun to document numerous victories. Since its founding on August 27, 1991, Anambra State has tried to prosper under minimum government. It was not until the Anambra Vision 2070, chaired by Professor Chukwuma Soludo, that...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo and Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah were among dignitaries who joined Chief Emeka Offor, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Chrome Group, as he celebrated his 65th birthday. The birthday celebration took place on Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra, on Saturday. ...
The government of Anambra has suspended, Igwe Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of Neni community, for one year for conferring a Chieftaincy title on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah. The suspension is contained in a letter signed by Mr TonyCollins Nwabunwanne, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs,...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the state belonged to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). Soludo, who spoke through Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary, said this while reacting to a comment attributable to Chief Basil Ejidike that APGA would go extinct by 2025. Aburime,...