Party primaries for the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria are underway and results are either in or they are expected shortly. The Igbos of South East Nigeria, who are insisting it is their turn to produce the next president,...
Dr Matthew Ejiofor Offodile (FNMGS, FNAH), a highly celebrated geologist and Awka statesman, marks his 84th birthday this week.
Dr Offodile remains active as a consultant exploration geologist/hydrogeologist and Managing Director of Mecon Geology and Engineering Services Ltd., Jos, Nigeria.
He...
Dear Readers,Most of us will be concerned and some probably directly impacted by the frequent strikes by university teaching staff which invariably create severe discontinuities and dilution of tertiary education in Nigeria. While we pray for a speedy resolution...
Awka town loses a natal intellectual and controversial septuagenarian considered patriotic by those who favored his politics and opportunistic by those who disapproved of him.
By Chudi Okoye with Stella Nzekwe
He was steeped in the esoterica of Awka...
… Anambra State government plans to close Eke Awka market for a period of two weeks
… Proposed market closure allegedly due to egregious violation of Covid-19 regulations
… Government also claims Awka South LGA has the highest number of...
By Chudi Okoye
Double birthday celebrations are being held for Major General (Rtd.) Alexander A. Madiebo who turned 88 on April 29, 2020, and his wife, Mrs. Regina Ifeyinwa Madiebo, who turned 90 today, April 30, 2020.
General Madiebo had had...
By Chudi Okoye
He simply could not wait any longer. It was her birthday, a momentous birthday at that, and she was writing her final exams at the Federal Polytechnic Bida, where she had been an outstanding student. She was...
... Over 10,000 athletes participate in 4 venues... Nigeria's VP Osinbajo to attend as Special GuestBy Ndu Chris Nwannah, ATM Guest WriterAll is now set for the 12th Biennial Police Games in Anambra State. This will be the first...
The burial of High Chief Senator Ndi Obi’s younger sister, late Pastor Mrs Princess Stella Unoma Oduyela, née Obi, who passed on at Newark, New Jersey, USA and was interred at Woodbridge Memorial Gardens New Jersey on 15th February...
... As Anambra State Government condoles with familyBy Ndu Chris Nwannah, ATM Guest Writer and Chudi OkoyeThe Anambra State government has commiserated with the family of Dr. Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo over the death of the patriarch.Dr. Nwankwo, aged 77,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo calls for political import substitution in Africa, to replace “unworkable” Western-style liberal democracy with “Afro...
What’s to be done when change is imperative but the political conjuncture makes it improbable? A coalition of major opposition parties offers a promising...
After a dogged 30-year pursuit of the Nigerian presidency which so far has proved unsuccessful, Atiku Abubakar, who has had an illustrious political career...
Achebe Mourns Nigeria
By Chudi Okoye
October 27, 2023
It looks indeed as if God Himself, like a Vengeful Creditor, wants to deny this country any respite...
Following the traumatic outcome of the 2023 presidential election, the South East summit on economy, security and politics holding this week is a welcome...