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11/12/2025

01/12/2025

Welcome to the month of December.

24/11/2025

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Yesterday, Sunday 24 November 2025, His Excellency Hon. Emeka Ihedioha visited Chief Tony Ezenna, Chairman of Orange Drugs, to commiserate with him on the passing of his mother. He was joined by Nze Charles Onwunali, Chief Chibuike Achigbu (Akasha), Barr. Kester Enwereonu, Hon. Engr. (Dr.) Ben Ekwueme, and Chief Chinemerem Madu.

The visit offered a quiet moment of solidarity with the Ezenna family. His Excellency reflected on the values that defined the matriarch’s life, noting how her influence continues to shine through the family she raised and the lives she touched. He encouraged Chief Tony as well as the Ezenna family to draw strength from the legacy she leaves behind, and prayed for the peaceful repose of her soul.

20/10/2025

October 20, 2025

BIRTHDAY FELICITATIONS TO A GENTLEMAN GOVERNOR AT THREE-SCORE AND SEVENTEEN

It is with great joy and admiration that I join countless well-wishers in celebrating His Excellency, Chief Achike Udenwa CON, a distinguished statesman and the quintessential Gentleman Governor, on the occasion of his 77th Birthday.

“Onwa Imo,” your life has been one of quiet strength, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to public service. From your early years as a consummate accountant to your time as a two-term Governor of Imo State you governed with integrity, fear of God and commitment to the people. As a Minister of Commerce and Industry, you were an example of service to the nation, humility, and purposefulness. Beyond politics, you remain a mentor to many and a man whose legacy of peace, prudence, and people-centred leadership continues to inspire.

As you clock three-score and seventeen, we celebrate not just your years, but your impact — the lives you have touched, the values you uphold, and the legacy of peace and prudence that continues to define your name in Nigeria’s political history.

On this milestone occasion, we join your family, friends, associates, and all Nigerians in saluting a leader in whom we are genuinely well-pleased.
5. May this new chapter of your life bring you renewed strength, divine health, and the deep fulfilment.

Happy 77th Birthday, Your Excellency.

18/10/2025

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His Excellency, Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha CON and Rt. Hon Benjamin Kalu CFR, Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, at the Ofala Festival to honour Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the 21st Obi of Onitsha.

📸 Ferdinand Ohalee

14/10/2025

03/10/2025

IHEDIOHA, FORMER PRESIDING OFFICERS, EMINENT NIGERIANS HONOR LATE RT. HON. AGUNWA ANAKWE AT NIGHT OF TRIBUTES

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, on Thursday joined other former presiding officers of the National Assembly at the Night of Tributes in honor of the late Rt. Hon. Chief Agunwa Anakwe, OFR. The solemn ceremony took place at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja.

Chairman of the occasion and former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, described the event as a gathering to celebrate “a man who courageously steered the affairs of the House of Representatives as Speaker at a remarkably young age of 36.”

The service featured glowing tributes, choir renditions, and scripture readings, as colleagues, friends, and associates reflected on Anakwe’s life and legacy.

Dignitaries in attendance included former Senate Presidents Anyim Pius Anyim and Ken Nnamani; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara; former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; as well as several serving and former members of the National Assembly, among others.

Rt. Hon. Anakwe, fondly remembered for his courage and statesmanship, will be laid to rest on Friday, October 17, in his hometown of Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.

30/09/2025

FORMER PRESIDING OFFICERS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PAY CONDOLENCE VISIT TO LATE RT. HON. AGUNWA ANAKWE’S FAMILY

Abuja, September 30, 2025 — A delegation of former presiding officers of the National Assembly today paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Rt. Hon. Agunwa Anakwe, popularly known as Ide Anaocha. Anakwe, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives and respected statesman, passed away recently and will be laid to rest on October 17.

Leading the delegation were eminent figures who once held the reins of legislative leadership in Nigeria. Among them were former Senate Presidents, Sen. Ameh Ebute, and Sen. Ken Nnamani, alongside former Speakers of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Masari, Rt. Hon. Patricia Etteh, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Rt. Hon. Austin Opara, and Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, who represented the forum.

Speaking during the visit, the former presiding officers described Anakwe as a patriotic Nigerian, and an institutional memory of the legislature whose contributions to democratic consolidation remain indelible. They noted that his passage marks the end of an era, but his legacies will continue to inspire generations of lawmakers and Nigerians at large.

The Anakwe family expressed appreciation for the solidarity visit, saying it reflected the deep bond their late patriarch shared with his colleagues and the esteem in which he was held across Nigeria’s political spectrum.

Rt. Hon. Agunwa Anakwe, who served as Speaker in the early years of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from December 1992 to November 1993, will be buried on October 17 2025 in his hometown of Anaocha, Anambra State. According to the funeral committee, preparations are underway for what is expected to be a gathering of national leaders, associates, and admirers from across the country.

28/09/2025

IHEDIOHA PAYS TRIBUTE AT FUNERAL OF LATE UGOEZE PERPETUA NGOZA NWAIGWE IN ABOH MBAISE

His Excellency, The Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, today joined family, friends, and well-wishers at Amawu Mbutu, Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area, to pay his last respects to Late Ugoeze Perpetua Ngoza Nwaigwe (née Nwagwu), who passed on at the age of 69.

The deceased was the beloved wife of HRH Eze D.O. Nwaigwe, the Udo III of Mbutu Autonomous Community, Aboh Mbaise LGA, Imo State.

In his condolence message to the bereaved family, The Rt. Hon. Ihedioha described Late Ugoeze Perpetua Ngoza Nwaigwe as a devout Christian and respected community leader whose remarkable contributions were felt across the church and her community. He prayed for the peaceful repose of her soul and asked God to grant the family the strength and fortitude to bear the painful loss.

The funeral service was witnessed by prominent political leaders and associates of Ihedioha, including Chief (Sir) Richmond Osuji, Hon Chikere Okereke, Mr Ori Martins, Ike C. Ibe, Dr Stanley Amushie, among others.

The event, though a moment of grief, also became an occasion to celebrate the life and enduring legacies of a virtuous who lived in service to God, her family, and humanity.

23/09/2025

Emeka Ihedioha: Bearing the Kola, Bearing the Culture

✍Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu

In Igbo cosmology, the kola nut is more than a fruit; it is covenant, communion, and continuity. To officiate in its rites is to shoulder a sacred trust. At Abuja, the venue of the traditional marriage of Dr. Chikamkpa Amaechi, son of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, CON, KSC, stepped into this revered role with characteristic poise and dignity.

Summoned by tradition, Ihedioha carried the kola nut ceremonially round, ensuring that representatives of the Igbo-speaking states had a symbolic feel of it, as custom demands. In that act, he did not merely walk the kola - he walked our history, binding fraternity across borders, invoking the spirit of unity that has long defined the Igbo world.

The event itself was a grand convergence. Among the dignitaries present were the crème de la crème of Nigeria’s political and social class - including, but not limited to, governors, former governors, serving legislators, elder statesmen, ministers, and eminent sons and daughters of Igbo land and beyond. In their midst, Ihedioha’s cultural finesse and statesmanlike bearing stood out, a reminder that true leadership is measured not only in political milestones but in one’s ability to interpret and preserve heritage.

It was a moment where politics yielded to culture, and culture revealed the essence of leadership. Ihedioha’s versatility once again shone through: a statesman in governance, yet a custodian of tradition; a man at home in the modern corridors of power, yet fluent in the timeless grammar of his people’s values. In bearing the kola, he bore the culture; in honoring the rite, he honored a people's legacy.

Indeed, Omenkeahuruanya affirmed that leadership is not only the art of statecraft but also the grace to embody the values and heritage that anchor a people’s soul.

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Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu
Public Affairs Analyst | September 22, 2025