IN many respects, Anambra is a state of pace-setters, and from another perspective, a polyglot of everything that is desirable in the Nigerian, and on the flipside, the undesirable.

In the build up to the 2007 general elections, perhaps, nobody gave Labour Party LP a chance. Even the outcome of the poll did not particularly favour the party until its candidate in Ondo State, Governor Olusegun Mimiko approached election petition tribunal which eventually gave him what has been severally described as a stolen mandate. […]

Anambra State, as part of old Eastern Nigeria had always had its flavour of tussle over sundry issues, particularly land.  Discovering that political power is the root of all authority, the state has been turned into a theatre of the absurd since 1999 as a result of the contest for power. Next February has been […]

…Of the 48 aspirants in the  PDP, 17  has been disqualified By Tony Edike SEVENTEEN governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State have been disqualified while 31 others have been given a clean bill to contest the October 2, 2009 gubernatorial primary election of the party. Top on the list of […]

…A look at some front runners By Henry Umoru Abuja – AS a party which officially won 28 out of the 36 states of the federation in the 2007 general elections and with plans to rule Nigeria for the next sixty years, screening of candidates for the Anambra State  gubernatorial primaries will further prove to […]