The current distribution of federal relief funds as coronavirus infection spreads in Nigeria has raised questions of distributive equity, with growing complaints of lopsided distribution to the North. However, Awka Times analysis shows that current distributions may be targeted...
(Being an adaptation of a prayer offered by the African American, George Lawrence, in New York, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the abolition of slave trade in 1808.)By Chudi OkoyeO! thou father of the universe and disposer of events,...
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By Chudi Okoye
Awka is a town pregnant with possibilities
No one can yet decipher what she will deliver
Awka was part of the nexus of early Igbo civilization
Throughout, Awka has carried the burden of Igbo history
Great deeds...
.... First positive Covid-19 case confirmed in Anambra State
.... ANSG imposes more stringent lockdown to combat the crisis
.... More private individuals and entities donate relief packages
By Ndu Chris Nwannah, ATM Guest Writer, and Chudi Okoye
The Anambra State...
Following a reported ₦10m charitable donation to support ANSG coronavirus containment effort, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo faces a storm of innuendo about his finances and handling of a personal project to honor his late mother. His defenders claim the clamor...
As the incidence of coronavirus infection in Nigeria and Africa builds up, Awka Times has launched a reporting initiative to track the development. We have built mapping and charting constructs to report the cases. Hopefully this will help to...
By Chudi Okoye
I wonder what they see!
I wonder if there are Cosmic Beings with Elysian seeing
Peering at the batch on this lonely patch called Earth
Who watch as we hatch a response to match
A microscopic assailant trying to...
• Raises constitutional issues relating to inter-state freedom of movement
By Chudi Okoye
In a dramatic new measure to check the spread of coronavirus within its administrative territory, the government of Rivers State in Nigeria has announced that air, sea and...
… New fatalities reported in past few days, bringing total body count so far to 23 and about 500 displaced
… Salvage work and clearance underway, but massive destruction defies easy solution
… State government sets up relief fund, but reconstruction...