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UK High Commissioner Visits Peter Obi At His Niger Drive GRA Residence in Onitsha. The newly arrived British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catrina Laing needed to know more about Nigeria and her challenges. Who should she consult for clinical dissection of the country using facts and figures? Well, yesterday, she visited Okwute at his Onitsha residence. Also present was Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna
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UK High Commissioner Visits Peter Obi At His Niger Drive GRA Residence in Onitsha. The newly arrived British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catrina Laing needed to know more about Nigeria and her challenges. Who should she consult for clinical dissection of the country using facts and figures? Well, yesterday, she visited Okwute at his Onitsha residence. Also present was Prof. Chinyere Stella Okunna. Lalasticlala.
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His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe mni, CFR, Agbogidi the Obi of Onitsha discusses with Her Excellency Catriona Laing CB, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria and Mr Stuart Gardner, the Deputy Head of Political Section, British High Commission during their visit to the Ime Obi Ezechima Palace, Onitsha today. #Agbogidi #BritishHighCommission #Onitsha
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UK High Commission Visit Obi Of Onitsha At His Ime-Obi Palace In Onitsha- PIC His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe mni, CFR, Agbogidi the Obi of Onitsha discusses with Her Excellency Catriona Laing CB, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria and Mr Stuart Gardner, the Deputy Head of Political Section, British High Commission during their visit to the Ime Obi Ezechima Palace, Onitsha today. #Agbogidi #BritishHighCommission #Onitsha
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More from the fake revenue collectors
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In an effort to increase the Anambra State Internal Revenue Service AIRS as well as sanitize and rid the system of "fake revenue collectors" in Onitsha who divert huge sums of money meant for govt. These hoodlums prints all manner of receipt a d tickets thereby causing panic to the publics who have started blaming the govt of having hand in it. To this end, the combine team of enforcement from the state IGR and the PPMO have seriously moved into the town to checkmate this ugly scenarios. Recall that in my last defense on behalf of the IGR Englightenment team I stated categorically that the govt have been briefed over the issue and arraignment beign made to arrest the situation. Hence this enforcement. As you know, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the state IGR, Dr David Nzekwu is leaving no stone unturned with a view to cussion these effect. So far arrest has been made. This sound as a strong warning to all the enemies if Ndi Anambra progress who indulge in this sabotage and criminal act to desist from it henceforth or risk the chance of being thrown into jail. #TaxMattersAnambra Taxpayer Education and Englightenment Team (TEET) Credit: Anambralstson
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Rainbow Cinemas Onitsha is among the few cinemas in Nigeria to premiere "Living in bondage" on the 8th of November 2019. Don't miss the premiere
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Onitsha North LG chairman fixing streetlight at inner streets of the Onitsha north neighbourhoods. The installation of the LED Solar powered street Lights with inbuilt battery is ongoing right now.
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ANSMEDIA: Ikemba Nnewi. Eze Igboworldwide. Continue to rest in peace |
ANSMEDIA:Omenana ga adi gi de |
hammerD:Not exactly. The top will not have openings like in your own picture, it will be completely sealed precast slab because water will be drained by the side as shown in the photo below.
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Precast concrete slab that will fit to already curved edge will be fitted to cover the surface. Then water will pass into the drain from the opening already in place. MPI infrastructures are in charge of infrastructures in the entire new area.
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Unbiased1:Awka Millennium City it is more than thrice the size of Independence lay out. AMC is not just residential, it has commercial, institutional, faith based institutions. It will be an open society for visitors and residents. But overall it will be a place the cream dela cream of SE will love to have as home, because it is coming with the best in infrastructures, facilities, security, and amenities found in the Western world. |
The area is coming with excellent well planned infrastructures, with covered drains. Those openings marked in blue are where water will be drained.
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Ongoing roads and drainage works at Awka Millennium City. We are guaranteeing world class infrastructure, the type never seen in the South East and comparable to what is obtainable in premium estates in Lagos, Abuja and other global smart cities. Source: AMC
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ANSMEDIA:Thanks brother |
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From the signing. This signing means more capital inflow into Anambra economy
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Innoson Partners With Shell For The Supply of Innoson Vehicles. Today, Oct 30th 2019, the Chairman/CEO of Innoson Vehicles, Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR signed a Contract Purchase Agreement with ED Ubong, the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd. The signing of the agreement will see the supply of Innoson Vehicles to Shell Nigeria for its official and operational uses. In his brief address, Chief Chukwuma stated that Innoson Vehicles being the first wholly indigenous and leading vehicle manufacturing company in Nigeria has established themselves as the leaders in major markets across Nigeria and West Africa due to its high safety standards, dynamic and exhilarating performance, ruggedness, durability, absolute reliability and affordable prices. Today in Africa, we are witnessing a revolution in car manufacturing led by Innoson, to produce the best vehicles that meet International and Standard Organization of Nigeria standards. In his speech, ED Ubong said Shell Nigeria over the years has shown the lead among its contemporaries on the patronage of local content. The MD futher recalled that this year, Shell emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful Local Content Initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on April 4, 2019. The Shell Nigeria Gas MD also stated that the company will not just patronize Innoson Vehicles but also help it to improve its quality and standard by constantly recommending areas for improvement. The event also witnessed the cutting of tape which signifies the introduction of Innoson Vehicles as a vehicle supplier to Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd. Cornel Osigwe Head, Corporate Communications Innoson Group
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Innoson Partners With Shell For The Supply of Innoson Vehicles. Today, Oct 30th 2019, the Chairman/CEO of Innoson Vehicles, Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR signed a Contract Purchase Agreement with ED Ubong, the Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd. The signing of the agreement will see the supply of Innoson Vehicles to Shell Nigeria for its official and operational uses. In his brief address, Chief Chukwuma stated that Innoson Vehicles being the first wholly indigenous and leading vehicle manufacturing company in Nigeria has established themselves as the leaders in major markets across Nigeria and West Africa due to its high safety standards, dynamic and exhilarating performance, ruggedness, durability, absolute reliability and affordable prices. Today in Africa, we are witnessing a revolution in car manufacturing led by Innoson, to produce the best vehicles that meet International and Standard Organization of Nigeria standards. In his speech, ED Ubong said Shell Nigeria over the years has shown the lead among its contemporaries on the patronage of local content. The MD futher recalled that this year, Shell emerged the International Oil Company with the most impactful Local Content Initiatives in the upstream category at the 2019 edition of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on April 4, 2019. The Shell Nigeria Gas MD also stated that the company will not just patronize Innoson Vehicles but also help it to improve its quality and standard by constantly recommending areas for improvement. The event also witnessed the cutting of tape which signifies the introduction of Innoson Vehicles as a vehicle supplier to Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd. Cornel Osigwe Head, Corporate Communications Innoson Group Lalasticlala
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I was privileged to be among the team that visited a potential site for a history making legacy project of Chief Willie Obiano's administration. With the Anambra State Ministry of Health Team on the drivers seat, I visited with high ranking officials of the ministry of lands and ANSIPPA. Destination was industrial land Ozubulu. I learnt that the administration is planning to establish a pharmaceutical industrial park like it was done on Killanto Ethiopia. A park that is home to various fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies. Such a project will not only deliver create multiple jobs in ANAMBRA STATE but will also leave a solid footprint on Google map when it comes to notable industrial clusters in the world. I learnt that the Nigerian Association of industrial Pharmacists and United States Pharmacopoeia are potential partners in this project. Remember that most of the big names in pharma manufacturing call Anambra home. The park will have modern facilities to support a cluster of this nature and also access to it's own power supply. The spin offs from a project of this size will be numerous. I will keep you posted as this project develops. God bless Gov Willie Obiano for his visionary leadership. God bless Dr Vincent Ogochukwu Okpala for his Innovative ideas. God bless APGA for stability of association and God bless Anambra State, my beloved state. We are making Progress. Credit: Onunkwo Kizzito-Suya
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ANSMEDIA:He deserved the appointment
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NNPC, Anambra Basin And The Search For Oil For four decades, many Nigerians have been waiting for the news given the determination, energy and expense put into the search. The exciting news finally came on Friday, October 11, 2019 that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has struck hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin. With proven crude oil reserves of over thirty-seven million barrels, about six thousand billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves and daily production capacity of two point five million barrels per day, Nigeria has never hidden her desire to increase the nation’s reserve base. In fact, President Muhammadu Buhari restated this position on February 3, 2019 when he flagged off in Bauchi, the current exploration effort that has now resulted into a sweet find. He said that exploration in the frontier basins was a national imperative and a core policy thrust that must be sustained. The nation’s hydrocarbon basins are Niger Delta, Chad, Anambra, Gongola (Benue Trough), Benin, Sokoto and Bida. Over the years, the country had concentrated in the Niger Delta basins for her oil exploration while leaving the other basins largely untapped. Even though experts have advised that the news be taken with cautious optimism until the volume of the find is determined. But it is gratifying enough to note that there is oil in the Upper Benue Trough, given the efforts put in the search. It is also hoped that the discovery would balance resource locations in the country and help to douse agitations in the Niger Delta. NNPC’s focus should now shift to Anambra basin, which already has witnessed oil and gas discoveries but requires the same level of investment and energy. The first serious search for oil in Anambra basin started in 2004 when Orient Petroleum Resources was granted oil prospecting license and authority to construct a private petroleum refinery. In spite of the daunting challenges, which include the vicious politics of ownership between Anambra, Kogi and Enugu States, finance and choking economic environment, the company has trudged on. It has executed extensive data acquisition, covering six hundred and forty square kilometers in the oil blocks, known to contain at least five hydrocarbon bearing fields. It is currently drilling two new wells and has increased its production from 3,000 to 10,000 barrels. According to Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), a state can only join the league of oil producing states when its production company produces at 120,000 barrels and graduates from oil prospecting to oil mining lease. The prospect of Anambra attaining this status was enhanced recently when Sterling Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCo), started an exploratory drilling activities in Ogwu Ikpele in Ogbaru local government area. Part of the oil blocks lies in Ogwu Ikpele and the rest in Rivers State. In 2018, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) revalidated the drilling permit granted to SEEPCo to “drill Enyie-2 as first appraisal well in Ogwu Ikpele. The company was making progress and had reached a critical stage until May 8, 2019 when the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency at the eighth House of Representatives, raised an alarm that an illegal oil exploration was going on in his constituency. Through a motion, then law maker urged his colleagues to pass a resolution ordering a halt to the activities of Sterling Oil, insisting that the “oil exploration by the company was illegal. The House, consequently, passed a resolution to stop the drilling activities at Ogwu Ikpele and mandated its committees on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) and Environment to visit the community and report back. Unfortunately, the tenure of the 8th National Assembly ended on June 9, 2019. Apparently acting on the resolution of the House, on June 18, 2019 stopped Sterling’s operations. The Honourable member might have led the House to act ignorantly. First, the drilling was not illegal as Sterling Oil is a registered operator with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and has a valid operating mining lease. The misunderstanding was quickly resolved through the intervention of Governor Willie Obiano and SEEPco has since resumed full operations. [b]Anambra State has been working assiduously to attract the needed investment that will increase the volume of exploration. Some of the concrete actions taken by the state include the construction of Aguleri Otu road leading to the wells and engagement with the National Boundary Commission for an amicable settlement of the dispute with Kogi and Enugu States. With the expected shift of NNPC’s gaze to frontier basins, it is most likely that the economic status of the state is set for a drastic change. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sunnewsonline.com/nnpc-anambra-basin-and-the-search-for-oil/amp/
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Rediscovering the Art of Ben Enwonwu Decades after his death, one of Africa’s most famous artists is gaining renewed attention, and his pieces are bringing big prices. Ben Enwonwu with Queen Elizabeth II and his bronze statue of her. In 1971, an American hair stylist living in Lagos posed for a portrait by the artist Ben Enwonwu of Nigeria. Christine Elizabeth Davis (who was the wife of a British missionary) wore an elegant Nigerian gele, or head wrap, and sat so still that the painting was completed in a week. The finished work, “Christine,” then moved with the Davis family to Texas in 1978. Four decades later, after her death, her stepson — who was a little boy when the portrait was done and always lived with it — reached out to Sotheby’s via its online-valuation platform to see what “Christine” might be worth. The answer was, quite a lot. "Christine,” a portrait by Mr. Enwonwu that is being offered at an auction at Sotheby’s on Oct. 15. "Christine,” a portrait by Mr. Enwonwu that is being offered at an auction at Sotheby’s on Oct. 15.CreditSotheby’s Mr. Enwonwu’s market prices had recently soared. His 1974 portrait of a Yoruba princess, “Tutu,” sold for 1.2 million pounds ($1.49 million) in a February 2018 auction at Bonhams, four times its high estimate, setting a record for the artist. So when Sotheby’s holds its sale of modern and contemporary African art on Oct. 15, “Christine” will go on the auction block for an estimated £100,000 to £150,000 — a price that Sotheby’s describes as deliberately conservative to maximize bidding. The portrait is “a personal heirloom, so not such an easy decision to make,” Hannah O’Leary, Sotheby’s head of modern and contemporary African art, said of the stepson’s wish to part with the painting. “But the time is great to sell it.” “If you told me that my painting of my grandmother was worth six figures, I would feel a little less sentimental about it,” she said. For most people, “it’s a life-changing amount of money.” Ms. O’Leary said that because the international market for Nigerian and African art was growing, Mr. Enwonwu was being rediscovered as an artist, and his pieces were being spotted in private collections around the world. “These works are coming out of the woodwork,” she said. Mr. Enwonwu (who died in 1994 at 77) was, for much of his life, one of Africa’s most famous artists. He was originally trained as a sculptor. He produced a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II for which the queen sat a dozen times, including at Buckingham Palace; the sculpture was completed in 1957. In 1966, he presented a tall bronze sculpture of a female figure, “Anyanwu,” to the United Nations in New York, where it is still on display. A sculpture, “Anyanwu,” by Mr. Enwonwu. The Government of Nigeria donated it to the United Nations in 1966. A sculpture, “Anyanwu,” by Mr. Enwonwu. The Government of Nigeria donated it to the United Nations in 1966. CreditLois Conner/UN While Mr. Enwonwu’s stature in Nigeria remains undiminished, he has faded out of the international spotlight in the last couple of decades, Ms. O’Leary said. The “Tutu” auction record is bringing him renewed attention. “I’m very happy that my father is getting his due, but there’s still a long way to go,” said the artist’s son Oliver Enwonwu, a 44-year-old figurative painter and gallerist based in Lagos. He noted that contemporaries from other parts of Africa who were far less recognized in their lifetime were worth more on the international art market today. “Christine,” the artist’s son noted, was “much more than the portrait of a woman.” It was an important precursor to pieces such as “Tutu,” and painted in the wake of the Nigerian civil war, a time of conflict, bloodshed and tribal tension, he said. Through its serene depiction of beauty and femininity, it symbolized a certain “national consciousness,” and was destined to “bring our peoples together,” Mr. Enwonwu added. It was part of a series of works in which the artist “promotes all things black and all things beautiful.” Image The 1974 painting “Tutu,” by Mr. Enwonwu, which sold at auction for for 1.2 million pounds ($1.49 million) in 2018. The 1974 painting “Tutu,” by Mr. Enwonwu, which sold at auction for for 1.2 million pounds ($1.49 million) in 2018.CreditReuters When Oliver was young, growing up as the son of a celebrated artist was rewarding and enriching. Yet it could also be intimidating. ADVERTISEMENT His father was “a very, very hard-working man” who “liked absolute quiet,” his son recalled. The children “always scampered away” to avoid disturbing him, to show that they were keeping busy, too. “He didn’t like you just lying around,” Mr. Enwonwu said. “He always believed that you have to be reading or doing something, not just hanging out.” It was even more challenging for the young boy to follow in his father’s footsteps, and to prove that he had what it takes to be an artist in his own right. “He didn’t believe I could draw,” the son said. “He asked me to repeat a drawing in front of him, because he thought I was tracing. He then told my mom: ‘Oliver is drawing with mathematical precision.’ From that day, he was more accepting of my development as an artist.” Mr. Enwonwu, who died in 1994. His art is drawing renewed interest. Mr. Enwonwu, who died in 1994. His art is drawing renewed interest.CreditThe Ben Enwonwu Foundation The father then started lending a hand with his son’s school art assignments, helping him paint foregrounds or backgrounds, or the sky. One important lesson, Oliver Enwonwu said, was that “sometimes, when working, you must learn where to stop, because if you add a few more touches, you might spoil the work and disrupt the energy.” As a gallerist promoting Nigerian and African art today, Mr. Enwonwu said, he has high hopes for the “Christine” auction at Sotheby’s. “I’ll be very happy if it eclipses ‘Tutu,’” he said. “It’s a beacon of hope for a Nigerian artist who has a practice: He can work and earn good money for his work.” He added, “It makes my work as a promoter of art in Nigeria much easier.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/arts/ben-enwonwu-artist-africa.amp.html Lalasticlala
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Anambra wins first position in the President's SUBEB Schools Debate Championship, Wins big in 2019 Presidential school/teachers award ceremony. Anambra State Governor Dr. Willie Obiano today during the State Executive Council Meeting at the Government house Awka, recieved students who won the 58th edition of the Presidential schools debate for the fourth time running. Receiving the team, Governor Obiano congratulated them and thanked the coordinators of the debate team for a job well done and urged them to keep making the state proud,assuring them of his continued support. In the same vein, the Governor received teachers and administrators who swooped awards from the 2019 Presidential school/teachers award held recently at the Eagle Square Abuja. Best School administrator, best public school teacher are some of the awards won by the Anambra contingent at the award ceremony, winning car, bus prize and other gift items. Presenting the team, the State Commissioner for Basic Education Prof. Kate Omenugha thanked the Governor for his unalloyed support to the education sector in the State and assured the Governor of excellent results always. Governor Willie Obiano urged them to keep doing the state proud and reassured them of his administration's commitment to education. The State educational sector keeps winning laurels at all front and this is a testament that Governor Willie Obiano is committed to excellence in the educational sector. Congratulations to the winners. Congratulations to Anambra State Ofoneme Daniel-Scott SA Digital Communications Government House,Awka.
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Anambra Emerges Tops In Presidents' Schools Debate Championship By Ejike Abana Anambra State government has recieved students who won the 58th edition of the Presidential schools debate. Governor Willie Obiano recieved them during the State Executive Council Meeting at the Government house, Awka. This is the fourth time Anambra is winning the award. Recieving the team, Governor Obiano congratulated them and thanked the coordinators of the debate team.
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