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Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by a former Anambra State Governor, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano, which sought to quash the N40 billion money laundering charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Judge, in a ruling delivered on Thursday, faulted and rejected all grounds upon which the application was predicated ...

Ex-Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has insisted that Govermor  Chukwuma Soludo has the ability to govern  the state very well. The statement was a reaction speculations  of a rift with Soludo, who he was alleged to have tasked to finance the senatorial ambition of his wife, in return for his election in November 2021 Speaking through his press secretary ...

Fresh facts have emerged on the arrest of immediate past Governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency said  Obiano was being investigated over the alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. A reliable source in the commission said this to NAN on Saturday in Abuja during an interview The ...

Ex-Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed optimism that Prof. Chukwuma Soludo will do well in Anambra State as governor. He said with Soludo as the Governor of the state, the people of the state will begin to see Anambra as the true light of the nation. Obi spoke to journalists on Thursday, after attending the inauguration of ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano. An official of the commission told Daily Trust that the former governor was on his way to United States of America. The official disclosed that the former governor who has been on the Commission’s watchlist was arrested at the Murtala Muhammad International ...

The  ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lashed out at Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, for leaving the country without handing power to his deputy. The ruling party lamented the situation during a press release by the state media and publicity secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukife The party said Anambra people only got to know that their governor was abroad, ...

The Government of Anambra State has said that Governor Willie Obiano is ready to answer questions about his tenure in office, and that the governor who is currently in the United States did not leave the country in disguise. The government is reacting  to the news that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the governor on a ...

Few months to the end of his tenure in office, the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has placed the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on its watchlist. The latest development is coming  ahead of the March 16, 2022 change of government in Anambra State. In a letter to the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration ...

Less than 48 hours to the Saturday’s Anambra governorship election, a Special Adviser to Gov. Willie Obiano, Chief Tommy Okoli, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It should be noted that Okoli was a former governorship aspirant under the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), He announced his defection at a rally on Thursday in Ukpor, Nnewi South ...

Anambra State Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke has thrown more light on why he dumped the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to newsmen inside the Anambra State government house, he said he will not resign from his position as being advised by some people. According to him, he left because he was unjustly ...