Officials of the Execution Unit of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, working with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, seized vehicles belonging to Senator Andy Uba in his Abuja residence over a N50 million debt resulting from a loan he took from Oranto Petroleum...
Anambra State
The Anambra State Government says it will empower women cooperative societies involved in agricultural activities with N1.08 billion. Dr Foster Ihejiofor, the State Commissioner for Agriculture disclosed this when he received members of a Non-governmental Organisations, Ultimate Business Women And Farmers Association of Nigeria (UBWFAN) on Wednesday in Awka....
Anambra State has been described as the headquarters of gully erosion in Africa and remains the worst hit by climate change in Africa. Elochukwu Ezenekwe, Africa’s foremost climate change expert and Head, Climate Change Education and Action Programme stated that Anambra had suffered the worst damage from climate change...
The Police Command in Anambra on Saturday confirmed killing of two of its operatives and one civilian car tracker by criminals at Amukabra Achalla Awka North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement on in Awka said the trio were killed...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has inaugurated a nine-member board for the Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA). The Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Friday. The statement added that...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Government has dismissed allegations of budget padding for some projects by margins as wide as 300 per cent in some ministries Governor Charles Soludo debunked the allegations in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Thursday. Reacting to an...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnap, especially of its members in the state. The body, in a statement made available to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies in Anambra to take more...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has warned that states may no longer pay their basic bills if they don’t move away from FAAC-based revenue to agriculture driven economy. Soludo, an erudite economist, said this at a parley in Awka on the occasion of his 100 days in office. He...
The Nigerian Army says its troops of 302 Regiment and security agencies have dislodged camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra and Enugu State. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said the raids were carried out in...
A 30-year old man, Ebube Oba was on Sunday arrested by the police over alleged murder of his neighbour, Mrs Uzomaka Ekpe. This is coming less than 24 hours after the arrest of 30 years old man for raping a septuagenarian. A statement by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public...
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said the delay in commencement of road construction and repairs in the state was due to the delay in the passage of its revised budget by the State House of Assembly. Soludo said this at a news conference on the occasion of his 100...
Some traders at the Relief Market in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra are counting their losses as flood occasioned by heavy rainfall, washed away shops, electric poles and cables in the market. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, Mr David Obidike, disclosed this during a tour of...
Mrs Eriken Uzoamaka, the Programme Manager, Homegrown School Feeding Scheme, Anambra State, has said the death of 10 cooks of the scheme hampered the running of the programme in the state. Uzoama disclosed this while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a two-day capacity building workshop organised by the...
Anambra Police Command, has reiterated its commitment to secure the lives and property of Anambra residents, and urged the public to make maximum use of the “NPF rescue me app”. The state command’s Public Relation Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made the disclosure in an interview with The News Agency...
Sen. Stella Oduah (PDP-Anambra) says incursion of the Labour Party into Anambra through former governor Peter Obi as its Presidential Candidate, is not a threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Oduah said this at a news conference during the presentation of certificates of return to 30 PDP candidates...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Police Command has rescued 35 teenagers aged between 14 years and 17 years who were allegedly being used as sex slaves. The command’s spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who said this in a statement issued in Awka on Wednesday, said four of...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said that no fewer than 1,000 teachers in the state were relieved of their appointments with the state government because they were employed in a hazy manner. The governor stated that the affected persons thereby remained unqualified for the job. Soludo, who made the...
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has approved the repeat of the online recruitment test for applicants for civil service job which was conducted on June 4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recruitment test was marred by technical challenges such that just about 6,000 scripts were...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Pope Francis over the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpaleke of Ekwulobia Diocese, Anambra State, as a Cardinal in the Catholic Church. Bishop Okpaleke becomes the fifth Cardinal from Nigeria. Others before him are Dominic Ekandem, Francis Arinze, Anthony Okogie...
A sleeping driver has killed his conductor in an accident on Ihiala-Owerri Road, Anambra, on Tuesday. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Anambra, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Irelewuyi said the accident which occurred at...