So what if Obi is godfather?
PRESENTLY the vibes in the Anambra State political terrain is this ear-buzzing song - Godfatherism. Most Anambrarians believe that His Excellency, Dr. Willie Obiano, is evidently so desperate to clinch a second term berth that his followers, who are thinning out by the day, are holding on to straws like the proverbial drowning man.
Battle for Anambra: 17 candidates debate
NNEWI -17 of the 37 candidates on Wednesday night presented their plans to govern the state with KOWA candidate, Rev. Rufus Ezeokonkwo disclosing that he would fight insecurity in the state using prayers.
Group deploys 27 pre-election observers in Anambra
THE Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), an election monitoring group, has deployed 27 long-term observers under its WatchingTheVote (WTV) project in all the 21 local government areas of Anambra State, to observe the pre-election environment ahead of the November 18 poll.
14-yr-old hawker paases out after drinking alcohol
CALABAR—THERE was pandemonium, yesterday, around the UJ Esuene Sports Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State, after a 14-year-old girl passed out after drinking six sachets of an alcoholic drink (name withheld).
NCDC confirms 12 suspected Monkey Pox cases in Bayelsa
Nigerians have been urged to remain calm even as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 12 cases of suspected Monkey Pox in Bayelsa State, with 32 close contacts of the cases placed under watch.
NASS urged to caution JAMB Registrar over violation of Act
A socio-political group, National Integrity Forum, NIF, has urged the National Assembly to caution and restrain the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, from violating the Act that established JAMB in order to avoid imminent catastrophe at the examination body.
