{"id":171066,"date":"2025-07-24T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:11:47","slug":"emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Nwachukwu Wins APGA Anambra South Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Emmanuel Nwachukwu, an accountant, has been selected as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Anambra South Senatorial District by-election set to take place on August 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The by-election in the senatorial district is being conducted to fill the vacant seat left by the late Ifeanyi Ubah, the former senator who passed away on July 27, 2024, in London after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>Nwachukwu, a banker, entrepreneur, and politician, received unanimous endorsement from party stakeholders, signaling strong confidence in his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Nwachukwu, known for his extensive experience in both corporate and political sectors, pledged to run an inclusive, issue-focused campaign centred on empowerment, infrastructure development, and<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Anambra South deserve effective representation that prioritises their welfare and accelerates development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured to carry the APGA banner and will work tirelessly to justify this mandate,\u201d he said in his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<p>He urged party members and constituents to rally behind his candidacy as the by-election draws near.<\/p>\n<p>The by-elections are scheduled to take place on August 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Emmanuel Nwachukwu, an accountant, has been selected as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Anambra South Senatorial District by-election set to take place on August 16, 2025. The by-election in the senatorial district is being conducted to fill the vacant seat left by the late Ifeanyi Ubah, the former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,131,18146,254],"class_list":["post-171066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-apga","tag-emmanuel-nwachukwu","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Emmanuel Nwachukwu Wins APGA Anambra South Nomination - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu, an accountant, has been selected as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Ana ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu Wins APGA Anambra South Nomination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu, an accountant, has been selected as the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, candidate for the Ana ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T12:09:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T13:11:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753350223.937133.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"807\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"572\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu Wins APGA Anambra South Nomination\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-24T12:09:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T13:11:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753350223.937133.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"APGA\",\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/emmanuel-nwachukwu-wins-apga-anambra-south-nomination\",\"name\":\"Emmanuel Nwachukwu Wins APGA Anambra South Nomination - 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