Joe Martins Uzodike’s Confetti of Lies and MaliceWednesday, November 30, 2016
Joe-Martins Uzodike rsquo;s confetti of lies, malice and cheap propaganda that he circulated on social media on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 is a tragic disappointment on so many fronts. It fails to deliver on its core mission of bending the minds of readers against its target for obvious reasons. One ...
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If Chinua Achebe were Alive TodayTuesday, November 15, 2016
Today, on the day that would have been Chinua Achebe rsquo;s 86th birthday, I can rsquo;t help but wonder what would have happened if he hadn rsquo;t died three years ago. So much has happened since Nna anyi left us that in my private moments, I have often looked at things that would have made him b ... |
Obiano Does Not Deserve This Campaign Of CalumnyFriday, October 21, 2016
Recently, the social media suddenly caught flame with stories screaming about how the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano is a failure. In what looks like a massively funded smear campaign; pay-per-tweet mercenaries and scores of social media trolls who are mere puppets dancing to drum ... |
We Have Put Anambra On The Agricultural Map—ObianoMonday, September 19, 2016
The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano recently took out a little time to talk about what his administration has achieved in Agriculture. He x-rayed his strategic approach to Agriculture and cast light on some basic issues. Here are some excerpts - ldquo;Agriculture is the ... |
For Obiano, A Garland Of Honour!Saturday, February 20, 2016
Standing on the podium to receive the flag that marked him out as the standard bearer of APGA in the race for the 2013 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano fervently quoted England statesman, Winston Churchill, saying ldquo;History will be kind to me f ... |
Obi Vs Obiano: Setting The Records StraightMonday, November 23, 2015
We received the recent press statement issued by Mr. Valentine Obienyem, the Media Aide to the former governor of Anambra State, Sir Peter Obi, calling for restraint in the relentless media attacks on the person and family of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, with HOPE and CONCE ... |
Ten Reasons Why Obiano’s Popularity Continues To SoarThursday, October 29, 2015
These are not happy times for opposition politics in Anambra State. Willie Obiano rsquo;s sterling performance has left themsearching so hard but not finding what to say. So, just the other day, they found the wrong thing to say. They said that governor Obiano rsquo;s popularity had ldquo;crashe ... |
Mazi Odera's Rant On Abattoir: When Opposition Loses SubstanceSunday, October 25, 2015
I laughed out loud when I read Mazi Odera, aka APGA Alaigbo 39;s rant on Saturday morning over the $11.4m ultra-modern abattoir flagged off yesterday by Governor Willie lrm;Obiano of Anambra State. Odera (Stanley Chira actually) who earns a living from attacking the governor of his state and s ... |
Willie Obiano: Giving Governance A Human Face In NigeriaMonday, October 5, 2015
There are political leaders whose actions and speeches lend new depths to our democratic experience; whose body language raises the expectation of the people. These are leaders who have since accepted the wisdom in the saying by Mahatma Gandhi, leader of Indian independence movement, that ldquo; ... |
The Day Obiano Wowed Stakeholders With Amazing ScorecardMonday, October 5, 2015
Chief Willie Obiano, the governor of Anambra State has once again proved to Ndi Anambra that they did not make mistakes in voting him into office. On Saturday, September 26, 2015, Chief Obiano demonstrated this with a riveting performance that firmly placed him a cut above the crowd gathering at ... |
A War Of Verses In Idoto’s Watery PresenceThursday, August 20, 2015
It all began before we set out to Idoto hellip;the exchange in verses. Responding to amu-nnadi rsquo;s poem announcing his journey from Port Harcourt to Awka, the poet, Nduka Otiono had cheerily declared ldquo;See you in Awka this weekend, Chijioke as poetry becomes love, becomes war hellip; rdq ... |
The Return to Idoto: When Pilgrims pay Homage to a Forlorn godSaturday, August 15, 2015
The grasses were fresh with dew when we arrived; pilgrims in search of an abandoned god. We were nothing like the Maggi; so we made our journey at the best time of the year ndash; when the countryside is redolent with the fragrance of blooming flowers. Before us, the plains of Ojoto spread out in t ... |
Okigbo, Iconic Poet Resurrects In Feast Of PoetryFriday, August 14, 2015
Africa rsquo;s leading poets will this weekend make the first bold effort to resurrect one of the continent rsquo;s greatest poets, Christopher Okigbo, in a colourful festival of poetry, song and dance in his idyllic village of Ojoto, Anambra State. The poetry festival, wittily tagged [I ... |
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