Obiano Performs Partial Opening of Aroma Flyover. By James Eze The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has partially opened the iconic Aroma Flyover in Awka the state capital to commuters in order to ease up the heavy traffic congestion usually expected in the area during the Yuletide season. Performing the partial opening on Monday, governor Obiano announced that the bridge was about 95 percent completed. He explained that he was opening it to ease the flow of traffic in the heart of Awka during the Christmas period and that it would be closed down after the season to ensure a proper completion of work. Governor Obiano also performed a partial opening of the Amawbia Bridge in the AwkaCapital Territory to facilitate the flow of traffic. The governor used the opportunity to announce to Ndi Anambra that he had engaged the services of a special police helicopter to carry out aerial surveillance of the entire state during the Yuletide season to tighten the screws on security in the state. The helicopter surveillance team which hovered above the Aroma Bridge while the governor performed the partial opening of the bridge is expected to feed intelligence gathered from the skies to the Special Police Patrol Cars on the ground in order to ensure a comprehensive coverage of the state. “We want to give Ndi Anambra a crime-free Christmas. With the Helicopter Squad in the air and the Special Patrol Cars on the ground, Anambra shall continue to maintain its position as the safest state in Nigeria,” Governor Obiano enthused. It would be recalled that barely a fortnight ago, Obiano had donated 25 Special American-style Patrol Cars to the State command of the Nigerian police to enable it sustain the crackdown on criminals in the state. The Police was also equipped with Speed Guns to track down over-speeding vehicles and Alcohol Testing Devices to checkmate drunk driving.

our judiciary has woken up

na jona cause am

yeebos allways wins...as we are suppressing them, they wins...dz tribe self...if we give them independence them go use machine gun kill us

2019 mata

op pls how do I use my blog to make money

pls don't waste this brain.. fed govt should encourage innovative ideas

From Okoli Sunday Proudly a Zikite (Unizik) Product. I am proud to be a product of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Behold the # AUTOZIK_FORMULA_1_CAR . Constructed by Students of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Behold the brains if well empowered, will take the automobile manufacturing in Nigeria to the next level. All materials used in constructing this Autozik were sourced locally and all done in this great University of Zik of Africa. Nigeira should not neglect this young sharp intellectual youths. It really shows that we Nigerian youths are productive. Congratulations for this achievement..

I like dz Igbos ...they lick Ur butt just to collect Ur money...if u go to east it look like London..u begin to wonder if govt build doz things for them...I heard it z d money dey make in oda lands.

baboons and monkeys... how did we find ourselves here...

z like dz Igbo people cannot be stopped... we hold d power, they hold d economy everywhere... infact dz country should not be divided.. d wil manufactur missiles and kill people over night

all dz Igbo girls can fine...dunno know y dz British to create awsa join them.

I love this state called Anambra.the poverty index is in its lowest ebb. God bless Peter Obi God bless Obiano

anambra too get fine girls y?

Okoli Sunday from Awka
The Federal Government has promised to
assist the Anambra State Government in
taking care of the victims of the Sunday petrol
tanker accident at Asaba Park Upper Iweka
that claimed the lives of seventy Nigerians.
This was disclosed by the Vice President Prof.
Yemi Osibanjo at Asaba Park Upper Iweka
Onitsha when he visited Anambra state on the
instruction of the President Muhammadu
Buhri, whom he said was unavoidably out of
the country to commeserate with the Governor
and people of the state.
Vice President, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo flanked by
Gov. Willie Obiano addressing journalists at
the scene of petroleum tanker accident, where
69 people were killed at Upper Iweka, Onitsha,
Thursday..
“The Federal Government will look for areas of
cooperation and necessary where it can assist
the state to take care of the victims and other
things that will footstall such future
occurrences, it is a clearer way of identifying
with the people” he said.
The Vice President first visited Toronto
Hospital Onitsha, where the Chief Medical
Directo,r Prince Dr Emeka Eze took him round
to see the victims who were admitted in the
hospita,l before proceeding on foot with him,
the Governor of the State Chief Willie Obiano,
and Senator Chris Ngige to the scene of the
incident.
Prof. Osibanjo further stated that “the
President would have loved to come by himself
but for his visit to some neighbouring
countries who are cooperating with Nigeria to
fight the Boko Haram insurgents”.
“I am here to commiserate with the Governor
of the State Chief Willie Obiano and the people
of Anambra State, it is not enough issuing a
press statement consoling the state and
families of the victims, but the President felt it
is necessary that we visit the state to assess
the level of the incident, this is a proper
direction we should go, to tell the people that
every Nigerian is important citizen of the
country” he said.
The Vice President said that the President is
greatly disturbed on the very sad and tragic
incident, he extends his condolence, “I have
been taken round and I have seen the heroic
effort of the hospital and doctors who have
responded very quickly and very eagerly and of
course the state emergency operation and
also the quick response to incident by the
authorities of the hospital.
“We are happy that the state Government has
taken the responsibility of footing the bills, it
is also a direction every responsible should
take, and the direction our country should go,
where every Nigerian citizen matters no matter
who he is and where he is, so long as you are
a Nigerian citizen, you are important, and we
will go to any extent to ensure that this is
done at all times” he said.
He said that their government “will ensure
that when such a tragedy occurs we will try to
be there and ensure how we can ameliorate
the situation, so that is why I am here
Governor of the state Chief Obiano told the
Vice president due to the accident the state
has banned tankers and other heavy duty
vehicles in the day time and on Anambras
roads, saying, that it will reduce such
carnage.
“We have in addition banned heavy duty
trucks that carry iron rod and cement to
destroy bthe state roads heavy, they will not
be allowed to ply state roads, purely because
the state roads are not done in the same
quality that the Federal roads are done, and
each time they ply the roads they cause us
more trouble, and a lot of repair works, they
have to transship to be able to get to their
destinations.
Dr Emeka Eze thanked the Federal and State
Government and specifically thanked the Vice
President for finding time to visit the state,
and promised that his hospital will do its best
to save lives at any point in time

dz man don't know he have only four yrz... dia should be no delay in d change

my brother's money was trapped in this bank since 2002

The suffering of depositors of Savannah Bank
is aptly reflected in the email received from
one of our readers, Izuchukwu Emmanuel.
“Please I was very optimistic to read your
repor , when I saw the headline on your firm’s
online page. Please I want to know if there is
any hope that the bank will to re-open for
business. My late dad had an account with
the bank and my mum is suffering from
financial burdens since the demise of my dad.
Please keep me informed if there is any.
Thanks.”
Though brief, the email is loaded with
meanings, and silent on many various ways
the Savannah Bank saga is impacting families
and businesses across the country. For
example, how are we sure that the money
trapped in the Bank did not in any way
contribute to the death of this man’s father?
How are we sure that the inability of the
family of the deceased to access his money in
Savannah Bank has not affected the education
of his children?
It won’t be surprising that one or more
children of the deceased had dropped out of
school because the family could not pay
school fees. How are we also sure that the
money trapped in Savannah Bank has not
transferred a middle income family to the
swelling ranks of the over 70 percent of
Nigerians living below the poverty line?
Savannah Bank was closed in February 2007,
and many have forgotten that the bank was
closed on a Friday night, few hours after
millions of individuals and businesses
deposited their cash takings for the week into
their bank account. Many of these customers
would have done so with the intention of
accessing the money the following Monday to
address one family or business need or the
other.
The manner in which the bank was closed,
which is akin to a coup detart, aggravated the
severe impact of the closure on the customers.
There is no doubt, the closure and continued
closure of Savannah Bank have contributed
significantly to the problem of poverty and
unemployment in the country. Hence it is a
national shame.
While the ability of the owners of Savannah
Bank to raise the needed capital to reopen the
bank, and the response of the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to the plight of the depositors
of the bank would greatly determine how long
the family of Izuchukwu Emmanuel and other
depositors will continue to suffer, the attitude
of the depositors themselves can play a
critical role.
If they adopt a ‘siddon-look’ attitude, they
might suffer forever. But if they decide to take
action to recover their money, their suffering
may end in a matter of weeks or months. It is
good that the depositors have formed a group,
which last year, petitioned the President and
Minister for Finance over their money trapped
in the bank. Given the fact that there seems to
be no concrete response to their petition, it is
time for the depositors to take more action.
The first step is to explore the option of
dialogue with the management of the CBN.
The depositors of Savannah Bank should send
a delegation to the CBN Governor, to seek the
position and plan of the apex bank on the
continued closure of the bank and the
entrapment of their money. The delegation
should go with well articulated list of demand
with deadline for the apex bank on the release
of their money. If the apex bank and the
owner of the bank fail to comply with this
deadline, then
the depositors should explore the option of
legal action. To be continued next week. Send
comments and enquiries to
vanguardinvestorsforum@gmail.com

I am looking to see d fate of d former occupants who d Gov has not given quit notice

By Vincent Ujumadu
Awka—Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra
State yesterday swore in five new
commissioners for the state.
Those appointed are M. Okey Moka (Finance),
Mrs. Gladys Ilobi (Special Duties), Mr. Afam
Mbanefo (Agriculture), Mr. Frank Offor
(Housing and Urban Development) and Dr. Uju
Nwogu (Information, Culture and Tourism).
The fate of the former commissioners
occupying the portfolios assigned to the new
commissioners remained uncertain as the
governor was silent on them.
Obiano’
Speaking after the swearing-in ceremony in
Awka, the governor said they should see their
appointments as a privilege.
He told them: “Serving under this
administration is an honour for yourselves and
we look up to you to assist in moving the
state forward. What you have just signed is
your job specification with time frame for
performance monitoring, which is usually
every100 days. So you will only stay as part of
the team if you are found worthy.”
Administering the oath, the Director of Civil
Litigation, Mr Emeka Ike, explained that the
appointment was in accordance with the
provision of Sections 190 and 194 of the
Constitution of Nigeria.
Responding on behalf of the commissioners,
Nwogu expressed gratitude to the governor for
finding them worthy to serve the state,
promising that they would maintain the tempo
of development.
She pledged their dedication in ensuring the
success of Governor Obiano’s four pillars of
development in the areas of agriculture, oil
and gas, trade and commerce and
industrialization.

chai I like Igbo girls.

dz. z GEJs fault... if he didn't lose fear for no allow oshofree gov remarry

gov short engine set to marry miss tallness

Rumour that Anambra State Governor, Willie
Obiano, may reshuffle his cabinet after the
2015 general elections ended late Thursday
evening as the Governor forwarded the name
of the Speaker of the state’s House of
Assembly, Chinwe Nwebiri, and five others as
proposed new commissioners to the House of
Assembly for confirmation.
Others who were nominated by Obiano are
Frank Ofor, Afam Mbanefo, Mark Okoye, Dr.
Mary Nwogu and Mrs. Amaka Ilobi.
Nwebiri was the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) candidate in the April 11
Federal Legislative Houses of Assembly
election to represent Ogbaru Federal
Constituency, which he lost.
At the moment, he represents Ogbaru state
constituency II in the House of Assembly.
The lawmakers while confirming four of the
nominees, initially objected to the
confirmation of Okoye on the ground that he
was below 30 years of age which was contrary
to the provisions of the 1999 constitution as
amended.
However, some members of the house who
were favourably disposed to Okoye stood in
his defence and insisted that he should be
confirmed alongside others.

oga jona Hausa wey conspire against u na then u still dey give appointment

Atmmachine:
Gozie is gay.
I once lived in same street with him.

He's my brother, we are from same Hometown #NNOBI in Anambra state

you are infact bokoharam worst than South African.. idiot

an Hausa friend once asked me at Onitsha d reason why federal govt prefer south east in infrastructure dev...I told him that whatever he saw at Onitsha was individual efforts.. we don't wait on govt . we develop at our own pace.. we even help other region to develope. southeasterners should be d jewel of Nigeria

The result of the Presidential election has so far vindicated Rev. Fr Ejike Mbaka. This shows that there are people who stands for the truth no matter how bitter it is. For those who criticized him, forgiveness from God who charged touched not my anointed and do my prophet no harm.

this is buharis fault, should it been he ruled well then this would av not happened.. sai jona till otuoke expires

mtcheeew...sahara reporter big APC lie lie machine