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  Southeast Insecurity: Ojukwu Jnr Calls For release of Kalu . Ruth Orji. (Awka) Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the son of the late Biafra warlord, has called on the federal government of Nigeria to  release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra – IPOB. Emeka Ojukwu Jnr,  who  spoke to Journalists in an interview said that Ñnamdi has been held and prosecuted by the State authorities on charges bothering on terrorism, and crime against the State insisted that  if Ñnamdi kalu is released the insecurity in the Southeast especially Anambra State would reduce drastically.  According to him " there has been   daily violent attacks on innocent individuals by criminals, with attendant high mortality which has now attained near normalcy, considering the development from the big picture perspective, the release of Nnamdi Kanu may not put an immediate end to the insecurity, but it will assuage the rising tension among the populace, who wil...

  Iyom The Female Warrior  At 54 By Okey Maduforo. She  stepped into the Anambra political stage learning the ropes in a terrain full of high flyers, and most political watchers felt, as it were, that coming from the banking sector, she may not stand the heat in the “kitchen.” On her first journey to the Green Chambers in 2007, she indeed made a statement that sent signals to pundits that she had come to stay. Many who may have run away with the erroneous impression that she was a pushover came to terms with the stark realities that their permutations were dead on arrival. After eight years at the Green Chambers, she had built for herself one of the most formidable and well-oiled political structures ever in the history of Anambra politics. Still not done yet, the Lily of the National Assembly, Sen. Uche Liliana Ekwunife, made a foray into the Red Chambers, which is the Nigerian Senate. Though her first term was short-lived, no thanks to the litany of litigations that tra...

  Anambra: Soludo Determined To  Complete 621km road projects, Gets Second Term Endorsement By Nkiru Nwagbo Awka. Anambra  state Commissioner for Works, Engr Ifeanyi Okoma has disclosed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) led government had awarded a total of 621. 649 kilometers of roads out of which 316 kilometers have been completed while others are at various stages of being completed. In an interview with journalists during a three-day media tour of projects sites executed by the governor, Engr  Okoma said Soludo’s 50 years vision for  development of Anambra aims at building a livable and prosperous home land, and to move the state from a departure lounge to a destination centre. The Commissioner insisted that the government did not borrow  money from anywhere  for the project, adding that the contractors are not owed. Meanwhile, stakeholders and residents of the state have urged Governor Soludo to scale up the fight against insecurity ...