A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
Anambra State
Robbers have reportedly raped no fewer than nine female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The incident occurred when the robbers who were estimated to be about 20 had invaded their hostel in the early hours of Friday. The armed robbers stormed Ifite road, Awka, where the...
Billionaire businessman, Emeka Offor visited his village in Anambra state, recently and he made sure he was fully guarded. The oil magnet left Oraifite, Anambra state with a large number of armed policemen and private security personnel who escorted him to the airport. Watch the video below…
Mr Arinzechukwu Awogu, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra, has said Gov. Chukwuma Soludo’s call for non-kinetic approach to solving the security challenges in the Southeast is in order. Awogu, former chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, said this in Awka....
Unknown gunmen have abducted an operative of the Nigerian Navy in Anambra State,. The naval personnel, identified as Lt. IS Ozuowa, was kidnapped alongside some civilians, whose number could not be ascertained at press time. He was said to have been released from NNS Ologbo last Friday for his...
The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, said on Tuesday that Nigeria’s presidential seat is too important to be used as a retirement benefit. Obi made the statement at a town hall meeting with the members of Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council in Awka. Obi who enumerated...
A video has sparked outrage after a wedding guest was caught touching a bride inappropriately at her church wedding in Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra state. The incident happened after the bride and groom were joined in Holy Matrimony. Guests were allowed to form a line at the altar to hug them....
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on Tuesday condemned recent killings in parts of the state. Soludo was reacting to killings in Okpuno in Awka South Local Government Area and Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that four youths...
Chief Basil Ejidike, the Anambra Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has the capacity to address Nigeria’s challenges, if elected as president in the 2023 general election. Ejidike said this at the inauguration of the state local government contact and mobilisation committees for Tinubu...
An early morning blaze on Saturday gutted the Mater Foam Industry, Obosi, near St. Albert Catholic Church, Obosi, Anambra. The incident is contained in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, and made available to newsmen in Onitsha. According to the statement,...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident at Nteje – Awka Expressway claimed the lives of a girl and a male adult on Saturday. The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Awka, that the crash involved unidentified drivers...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has assured residents and visitors to Anambra of adequate security, before during and after Christmas and New Year. Soludo, who gave the assurance in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary, also dismissed the rumours of...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Friday presented appointment letters to 5,000 newly recruited teachers in the state. Soludo, while presenting appointment letters to no fewer than 5,000 newly recruited teachers in Awka said that the future of youths of Anambra lie in the hand of teachers. The governor...
Former Nigeria Ambassador to Spain, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, has advised Nigerian youths to shun vices and other anti-social conducts now threatening the peace and development of the country. Mrs Ojukwu, wife of late Ikemba Nnewi, gave the advice during the 11th edition of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lectures...
A combined effort of the Police and vigilance group on Tuesday, resulted in the arrest of a suspected armed robbery gang leader and the recovery of assorted weapons in Ogidi, Idemili North LGA of Anambra. The Ogidi Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Ahmed Sani, said security personnel had stormed...
Five suspected gunmen were killed following a battle with security agencies in Umuona, Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Isuofia is the hometown of the Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo. The gunmen had attacked a checkpoint in the area earlier on Saturday. “The Anambra State Security...
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo on Thursday said the purported investments by his predecessor in office, Peter Obi are worth next to nothing. Obi is the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Before clinching the party’s ticket, he governed Anambra from 2006 to 2014. Speaking during an interview on...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – No fewer than 80 shops have been destroyed in the chemical market fire explosion in Onitsha Head Bridge in Anambra State. The fire outbreak also destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira. The Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili, stated...
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra Command says the police was yet to be furnished with the casualty rate at the fire explosion in the chemical market in Onitsha. Ikenga stated this on Tuesday in a telephone with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha while...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has flagged off the construction of a 16.4 kilometres road from Nawfija to Ogbunka running through Akpu, Ufuma, Ajali in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. Soludo, while performing the ceremony, said when the road was completed, it would take 15 minutes...