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 I want to bring government closer to the people - Comrade Ezeokafor  One of Aguata's promising politicians, Comrade Ebube Ezeokafor has indicated interest to vie for the position of Counselor, Ekwulobia Ward 1 in the forthcoming LG election scheduled for. In this exclusive interview with Udala Media, Comrade Ebube shares some intimate thoughts surrounding his ambition. Let us meet you; your name, place of origin, qualifications and training, designation presently? I am Comrade Ebube Ezeokafor, from Nkono village, Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. This is where I live and work. I am an artist. Into Interior and exterior decoration arts. CEO, I O Ezeokafor Construction Company. I do business here in Ekwulobia.  How did you get involved in politics? I joined politics because I love serving the people. It is my calling. As early as when I was 26 years, I had become the chairman of my kindred. At the same age I became the secretary general of my vill...

  BY RAYMOND OZOJI,  Awka  Prime Minister of the Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU) Amb. Dr. John Metchie has donated a whooping sum of N1 Million to Soludo Support Group (SSG) to support activities of the group.  Making the donation at the " YOU NEED TO KNOW" as well as unveiling of SSG new uniform held at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre Awka at the weekend, Metchie who was the Chairman of the occasion underscored the importance of support groups and the pivotal roles they played in preaching the gospel of good governance in the hinterlands as clearly exemplified in the activities of Soludo Support Group (SSG).  Represented on the occasion by the ASATU national president Chief Barr. Titus Nnabuike Akpudo, Metchie who is also the Deputy Commander-General (technical services) of the Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) further extolled SSG for penetrating the grassroots with good news on road construction, qualit...

From Uchenna Ezeadigwe  Awka The Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo; National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo; The President, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations(NIPR), Dr Ike Neliaku, and the Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Southeast Zone, will on 31st of July Grace the 2024 Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Media Summit. The two days event which will take place at Hilton Leisure Hotels, Awka, Anambra State with the theme "Southeast: Towards A Robust Economic Blueprint for Sustainable Development is set to commence on Tuesday 30th July, 2024 while the event proper will be on 31st July, 2024. The Convener and the NUJ Vice President, Southeast Zone, Comrade Emmanuel Ifesinachi disclosed this during a Courtesy Visit to the Managing Director, Anambra Broadcasting Service(ABS), Awka, Mr Chidi Obidiegwu to acquaint the management of the event.  Comrade Ifesinachi while presenting the invitation to the...

  By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Representatives of the Assembly of Anambra State Indigenes have thrilled the world stage at Munich, Germany during the 2024 Immigrants cultural festival recently. The cultural festival featured countries from Europe, Asia and Africa, even as Anambra state was the only State that represented Nigeria. It was a cultural festival organised by the immigrants office i.e the office that coordinates all the foreign countries in the Munich Municipal council. Speaking on the event to this reporter, the Chairman Emeritus of the Assembly of Anambra State Indigenes in Munich Municipal Council, Bavaria, Germany, Nze Ebuka Ifeacho, popularly known as Ozomma-Omemma Enugwu-Ukwu na Umunri, described culture as a unifying and entertaining factor among races. Nze Ifeacho informed that Anambra indigenes abroad in particular and Ndigbo in general are promoters of Nigeria culture and tradition in solidarity with other tribes in Yoruba and Hausa outside Nigeria, while families in ...

  Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, CON, of Anambra South Senatorial District, has expressed his heartfelt appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the Southeast Development Commission Bill into law. In a statement, Senator Ubah praised the President's commitment to addressing the region's development challenges and fostering unity. He noted that the passage of this bill marks the culmination of the Southeast's tireless efforts as championed by the senator and other law makers to establish a development commission that will address the region's critical needs. The Senator highlighted that the bill's signing douses the disappointment caused by former President Mohammed Buhari's denial of assent, which had reinforced feelings of injustice and hindered APC's progress in the region. He also commended President Tinubu for paving the way for meaningful collaboration between the Southeast and the federal government, ensuring the region's growth and prosp...

  ... pledges support for Afamation/Ubah/APC  By O'star Eze Another major stakeholder in Ekwulobia has profusely thanked Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, CON, for donating a 500 kva transformer to his community while declaring his unbridled support for the Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah and APC project in Anambra State.  Speaking to the press recently in a phone interview, the Eziagulu, Ekwulobia-born health counsellor based in the United States of America stated that he stands with Senator  Ubah not just because he is a fellow member of Afamation Movement, but because he has seen him as the only one with the capacity to transform Anambra State into the first world status it deserves. In his words, "I thank Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, CON, for his kind gesture towards Ekwulobia in particular and Aguata in general, especially the recent donation of a 500 KVA transformer to my community which my village, Eziagulu, would benefit from. "I stand firmly with the Ifeanyi Ubah project and th...

By O'star Eze In the light of the recent controversies surrounding the political affiliation of the leader of Afamation Movement with the All Progressives Congress, APC and the outcries from members of the movement who are for All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Hon. Afam Ezenwafor has broken the silence, insisting that the movement is still on course to fulfill its mandate of liberating the people eco-politically and leaving the society better than it found it.  Speaking to the press at his country home in Ula, Ekwulobia, Saturday, July 20, 2024 while receiving one of the members of the movement, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, CON representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Hon. Ezenwafor charged members of the movement to ignore some political motivated negative narratives erupting as a result of his activities as an APC member. He observed that "the Messiah does not come from a popular school of thought," adding that he is resolute in ensuring that Afamation Movement is s...