Okechukwu Obeta

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Okechukwu Obeta

Ahead of the illegal annual Biafra Day celebration normally being enforced throughout the defunct Eastern region today, May 30th, the commissioner of police in charge of Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has warned those planning to enforce this year‘s ceremony to stop it. He warned that his command would not condone any act that threatened national security.

1 week ago | leadership.ng | Okechukwu Obeta

An Anambra-based human rights activist and convener of the Recover Nigeria Project, Comrade Osita Obi, has directed all tricycle drivers, otherwise known as “Keke,” in the state to obtain a voter’s card to enable them to vote for the re-election of the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, during the forthcoming November 8, 2025 governorship election in the state.

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Okechukwu Obeta

A former aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP) for the November 8 Anambra State governorship election, Mr John Nwosu, has emerged as the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the same election. Nwosu replaced the party’s governorship candidate, a former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state, Comrade Patrick Obianyo, during the party’s governorship substitution primary election held yesterday in Awka, the state capital.

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Okechukwu Obeta

A joint security team comprising operatives of the Anambra State Police Command in collaboration with the state vigilante group – Udo Ga Achi, has arrested four suspects in connection with vandalisation of electric cables at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko (Okopoly) in Orumba-North local government area of the state.

2 weeks ago | leadership.ng | Okechukwu Obeta

The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has revealed names of political parties and their candidates cleared to contest in the upcoming November 8, 2025 Anambra State governorship election. According to the list published at the entrance gate of the electoral umpire’s Anambra State headquarters in Awka, a total of 15 political parties with names of their respective governorship and deputy governorship candidates were cleared by the commission.