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Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra says some people within the party were working hard to stop it from having a candidate in the Nov. 6 governorship election in the state.

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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors have dismissed the threat that House Officers who joined the ongoing nationwide industrial action would be sacked or made to repeat their internship.

NARD in a Statement issued on Wednesday said the position of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) which


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Anambra Erosion: Popular Ekwueme Square May Cave In Soon

A massive gully erosion is threatening to destroy the popular Ekwueme Square used for most official state functions of the Anambra State government in Awka, the Anambra capital.

Other prized state assets in the vicinity are the Federal High Court, State High Court, Federal Secretariat which is still under construction and some private properties.

Though the Nigeria Erosion Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) had carried out remedial work in the vicinity which saved the federal high court from caving in, the danger was not totally averted.

Our reporter who visited the area said the bludgeoning gully erosion is now a few meters away from the rear fence of the Square.

It will be recalled that the facility has recently been converted to sports arena as facilities including a standard swimming pool, Handballcourt, Volleyball and Basketball courts have been built in it.

Concerned residents of Awka have raised alarmed that the whole place was becoming an ecological disaster zone.

Mr John Okoye, a civil servant said he was not aware of the erosion threat to Alex Ekwueme Square but said every effort should be made to save the facility.

Okoye said apart from the man whom the Square was named after, it meant different things to different people due to its multipurpose nature.

According to him, I am aware that there are erosion challenges around that area but I am not aware that Ekwueme Square is in danger, the government must act fast to save it from destruction.

Also speaking, a staff of Anambra judiciary who pleaded anonymity said the threat was not only on the Square but on all the structures in the vicinity.

The staff said though efforts had been made in the past to rescue some structures in the area, there was need for a holistic intervention.

"The erosion has been there, at a time the Federal High Court building was almost collapsing but NEWMAP did something which is why the edifice is still standing.

"What is needed there is total erosion control, not the makeshift remedy and tipping of sand they have been doing, by the time the rains come heavily, the entire area will be no more," he said.

An official of the ministry of said they were aware that there was gully erosion activities in the area but did not know that Ekwueme Square had become seriously threatened.

According to the official, we know that there are erosion issues around the Ekwueme Square, Federal High Court and State High Court area, but I did not know that Ekwueme square is in serious danger now.

"NEWMAP had done some palliative there and at a time we agreed that they will do the entire job that is why the Ministry of Environment pulled out.
"We cannot lose Ekwueme square, that will be devastating to the state," he said

IPMAN Suspends One-Day Strike Eastern Zone Over Police Harassment


The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has resumed distribution of products in Eastern Zone comprising Port Harcourt, Calabar, Aba, Enugu and Makurdi after a one-day strike.

Alhaji Sanusi Fari National President of IPMAN had directed members of the association at the depots within the zone to suspend dispatch of products effective Monday to protest alleged intimidation by the Nigerian Police.

Fari said the indefinite strike would subsist until the leadership of IPMAN Port Harcourt depot led by Dr Joseph Obele which was forcefully sacked on July 30 under the protection of Police was restored.

But a Statement made available on Tuesday said the leadership of IPMAN at the depots within the zone should resume normal operations.

The Statement signed by Fari confirmed that the Obele and members of his leadership had been reinstated in office on Monday and that the strike was called off with immediate effect.

"The National Executive Committee of IPMAN wishes to inform you officially that our members have resumed loading and operations in the Eastern Zone of Aba, Calabar, Enugu, Makurdi and Port Harcourt Depots Units.

"The respective Chairmen are directed to start operations immediately," he stated.

The Statement a meeting had been scheduled with the Inspector General of Police over the leadership crisis in the association on Wednesday and that the outcome would be communicated to members.


"In the interest of the public as patriotic Nigerians which we clearly stated in our open letter to Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali on the 12th July, 2021 National Newspapers, we have restrained our members in the face of all provocations from withdrawing their services.

"But, this time around, for no just cause, there was peace, the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State brought illegal people who are not even our members and put them in our Port Harcourt Secretariat.

This action provoked general anger on the members who refused to work.

One Elder Okoronkwo has asked our members to go back to work which nobody answered him.

"This has confirmed our position that he has no member supporting him, he remains a pretender to the leadership of IPMAN and my office has communicated same to all concerned government departments and security agencies severally.


"The association therefore states that operations have resumed in the Eastern Zone based on the directives of the IPMAN NEC under my leadership.

" It is our firm belief that the next line of action shall be determined by the outcome of the meeting with Police headquarters tomorrow," Sanusi Fari Stated.

Mr Valentine Ozigbo, a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Nov. 6 Anambra says Mrs Azuka Enemo is most suited running mate for him.

Ozigbo who said this in a parley with journalists in Awka said Enemo was.....
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Court of Appeal Dismisses Seeking To Disqualify Soludo


The Court of Appeal sitting in Awka on Monday dismissed the motion brought before it by Chike Onyemenam (SAN), counsel to Chief Jude Okeke fractional chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Okeke had approached the Court to stop the execution of the order made by Justice Charles C. Okaa of the Anambra State High Court in Awka on July 18 that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should recognise and enlist Prof Charles Soludo, as candidate of APGA.

Soludo had emerged with an overwhelming majority votes in the primary election organised by the Dr Victor Oye leadership of APGA at the Dora Akunyili Women's Development Centre, Awka on June 23.

The primary election was monitored by INEC and was broadcast live.

On the other hand, Okeke who purportedly declared himself chairman of the party on June 15 organised a primary election in an unknown location where Rep. Chukwuma Umeoji emerged as the winner.

Okeke then proceeded a Jigawa High Court in Birnin Kudu to obtain an order that INEC should declare Umeoji candidate of APGA for Nov. 16 governorship election in Anambra.

The order according to the defendants was not made known until the eve of the INEC’s unveiling of names of various candidates.


INEC obeyed the order by publishing Umeoji as APGA candidate on July 16.


The Appeal Court Judge who awarded heavy penalties on applicants frowned on their nationwide order shopping spree which disregarded jurisdictional limits.


The Judge said the actions smarked of professional misconduct and demanded punishment for the Judges and lawyers involved.

Erosion Threatens Anambra Camp As 2,200 Commence Orientation The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra on Monday swore in…


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Nnamdi Kanu Alive, Stable…Lawyer Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lawyer to the embattled leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi…

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Erosion Threatens Anambra Camp As 2,200 Commence Orientation The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra on Monday swore in…

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Chief Akachukwu Nwankpo, Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has calls on the people of the state especially the voting population to get involved in the political process.

Nwankpo made the call through Dr Harris-Chuma Ogene, the Director General and Head Media/Strategy of Nze Akachukwu Nwankpo Campaign Organisation on Saturday....