Chidi Anyaeche
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September 23, 2009
By Anambra 2010, this author is referring to the gubernatorial election scheduled for February 06, 2010 in Anambra state, Nigeria. And Professor Chukwuma Soludo who until May this year was the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is one of the leading candidates - at least on paper – to occupy...
May 27, 2009
It is now apparent, indeed very apparent to any serious observer of Nigerian affairs that present day democracy is failing or has failed depending on what side of the divide one is operating from. Body of evidence on the ground says it all; hence I will not dwell further on this statement of fact.
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May 24, 2009
We Nigerians are an impatient lot, impatient in all aspects of our lives; look at the way we drive on the roads, look at the way we talk and walk, look at our pecuniary ways, they way we behave generally, all very impatient, all very edgy, wanting results there and now. And because of this our impat...
May 20, 2009
Delta state, Nigeria is a state with the big heart i.e. a generous and welcoming state. The slogan of the state says as much. It is also the second largest oil producing state in Nigeria as attested by the Governor, His Excellency Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan in a recent stakeholders meeting of PDP Delta Ce...
April 11, 2009
Last month a Nigerian state governor, Mr Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state was busy, very busy looking for another wife by funding (with borrowed money) and hosting a beauty contest in Owerri the state capital termed: "The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria" despite the numerous challenges facing his state like his failed ´Clean and Green Initiative´ for starters.
February 23, 2009
The recent bye-elections in Anambra State
Two bye-elections have been held by INEC in Anambra state this year. The first bye-election was for the Anambra South Senatorial constituency and held on January 24, 2009 whilst second one was for the Ukpor Federal Constituency and held on February 21, 20...
February 14, 2009
Abia, the Igbo state that was created on 27th August 1991 by military fiat under General Ibrahim Babaginda and dubbed ´God´s Own State´ by the founding fathers has by under judiciary fiat on February 11, 2009 ceased to be ´God´s Own State´ and has to be now dubbed ´Devil´s Own State´.
The spirit ...
February 12, 2009
Senator Barak Obama´s campaign slogan for the recently concluded US Presidential election was "Change we can believe in". This change the whole world came to believe in, came to pass on November 04, 2008 when Senator Barak Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America having b...
February 12, 2009
The health-care system in Anambra state has decayed to an alarming degree that government owned hospitals are now a place of death rather than a place of treatment. The state government has surrendered its divine duty in providing twenty-first century health-care for the citizenry to the elements.
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January 15, 2009
As the fire-works of the May 2007 elections rages on via the courts now, the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu in its judgment delivered on December 18, 2008 nullified the election of Mr Ikechukwu Obiora of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a petition instituted by the APGA candidate, Hon Azuka O...
December 16, 2008
…. Or not. Please read on.
Professor Maurice Iwu has been lampooned both diplomatically and undiplomatically about the conduct of last years elections but the professor has remained steadfast in his belief (rightfully or wrongfully) that the elections were conducted fairly, Nigerian style. He has...
December 12, 2008
This article was also published in www.saharareporters.com
September 07, 2008
When in February this year His Excellency, Governor Ikedi Ohakim and his bunch of merry men, that are the honourable members of the Imo State House of Assembly, jointly approved a budget of N90 billion for the fiscal year 2008, a whopping one hundred percent (100%) increase above his predecessor, ...
August 25, 2008
Every year a reckless organisation that styles itself World Igbo Congress connives with irresponsible politicians of Igbo extraction to hold a jamboree in far away USA they call; annual convention. This year, their so called annual convention will is slated to hold from August 28 to September 02 at ...
August 19, 2008
If the mind is not challenged beyond the ordinary, not much will be achieved by mankind. If intellectual and other boundaries have not been pushed and stretched, mankind will have remained ignorant, uneducated, underdeveloped and primitive. Mankind as defined by the developed world has always im...
August 21, 2008
The title of this piece is clear cut, for Nigerians not to expect much from the tenure of President Umaru Yar´Adua for reasons that will be made more manifest later on in this article.
For starters, Nigerians seems to have quickly forgotten the manner President Umaru Yar´Adua and ...
August 19, 2008
This is a true story; it is the story about my great aunt, Ethelbert. We call her Nda Ethel or Nda for short. My mother though married in Anambra state was originally from Ihiagwa, an autonomous community in Owerri West Local Government Area, Imo state, Nigeria. (Every community in that Imo state ...
August 14, 2008
Just after assuming office in March 2006, Governor Obi in April of the same year announced his economic and developmental blue print for Anambra state. Details of this blue print were published and announced nationally by both the electronic and print media. Highlights of this blue print as publishe...
June 23, 2008
"Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee mad. ..." ACTS 26:24
The opening salvo culled from the Holy Bible can be ascribed to leery writers like Okey Ndibe: Much writing has made Okey dubious. He writes with a hidden agenda and that agenda is to ...