Day: May 22, 2022
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EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN
Celebrating Prof Dora Akunyili, the former NAFDAC Boss who saved Nigeria’s health sector
If awards could build a house, Prof Dora Akunyili who have probably owned a castle. Nigeria has not seen a public servant dead or alive who was decorated like Dora Akunyili. She got about 930 awards and more than 100 awards were discovered in a box after she was gone.…
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ANAMBRA PEOPLE
The man called Zik: How Anambra produced the first President of Nigeria
Rated amongst the people who need no introduction in Nigeria and Africa, is the Great Nnamdi Azikiwe. The man whose image graces the #500 note. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe lived nine lives in one. He was the first and only indigenous Governor-General of Nigeria. A fearless journalist and statesman, political activist,…
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EDUCATION
A look into the oldest secondary school in Anambra State
Secondary schools now abound in every part of the state and country. They come in boarding and day schools; some of them take the two routes. As far back as 1932, it was not in existence in Anambra State. It was until 1933 that the first secondary school was established…
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ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
How the Igbo apprenticeship system has contributed to the success of Anambra people
It is surprising how the worst thing that could happen to a tribe turned into a miracle that would later make them prosperous. The Civil War was supposed to be the end of the Igbo people but through tenacity, they clung to the apprenticeship system. The apprenticeship system has been…
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EDUCATION
Air Peace Boss Dr. Allen Onyema Inaugurates Self-named Edifice At UI
The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Air Peace airline, Barr. Allen Onyema, has inaugurated an edifice at the University of Ibadan. The project which was named after him is an ultra-modern guest house with multiple rooms in the University. The commissioning took place on Saturday, May 14, 2022. At…
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NEWS UPDATE
SENATOR EKWUNIFE VISITS GOVERNOR SOLUDO, AND COMMENDS HIS COMMITMENT TO GOVERNANCE
Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo on Friday, May 20, 2022 received Senator Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central at the National Assembly. The distinguished Senator who was accompanied by some Traditional Rulers, Presidents-General and other stakeholders from her senatorial zone told Governor Soludo that she came to formally congratulate him on his…
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