The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said former Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra was being quizzed over alleged misappropriation of N42 billion belonging to the state. An authoritative source in the EFCC disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The source said...
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano. Obiano, who stepped down as governor today having completed the maximum two terms of eight years, which the Constitution allows for governors, was picked up at about 8.30 pm...
Chief Chris Elunmuno, Former President of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Anambra, has called on former governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, not to allow his wife to venture into politics to avoid shameful outing that may damage his legacies. Elunmuno gave the advice in an interview with a News Agency...
A video has surfaced showing the moment the new Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo ordered some people making noise during his swearing-in inauguration out of the event. The drama happened on Thursday. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, noted that Anambra State would be...
Drama ensued on Thursday at the inauguration of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the Governor of Anambra when the wife of outgoing Gov. Willie Obiano, Ebelechukwu, slapped Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the event. A NAN correspondent who was at the scene of the event reports that the incident occurred immediately...
An Anambra lawmaker, Dr Timothy Ifedioranma, has urged the incoming governor of the state, Prof. Charles Soludo, not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessor, Dr Willie Obiano. Ifedioranma, representing Njikoka Constituency I, under the platform of All Progressives Congress in the Anambra State House of Assembly, made the...
If indications from two separate but related events that were held last December are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and separated by a 20-day interval, held at...
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the violent attack at a funeral at Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra by suspected cultists on Saturday. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the 34-year-old man whose funeral was holding at the time...
Sen. Victor Umeh, former National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has expressed optimism that the party would secure all the legislative seats in the 2023 general elections. Umeh made the statement at a consultative forum of APGA stakeholders in Awka North Local Government Area (LGA), on Wednesday. He...
Some residents of Anambra have called on the incoming administration of Prof Charles Soludo, to be inaugurated on March 17, to declare a state of emergency on road Infrastructure in Awka Metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent who sampled opinion from some residents reports that they were...
Operatives from the Anambra State Police Command have repelled an attack by an unknown gunmen on its Divisional Police Station, Uli, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the gunmen launched an attack on the community on Thursday but were repelled by a combined...
An official of the Anambra Traffic Management Agency (ATMA) was on Tuesday in Awka, shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra, in a statement confirmed the incident and identified the victim as one Mr Chinedu Onwuka. Tochukwu said that the...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons from an accident involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Anambra. The corps said the accident occured along Onitsha-Ayamelum Road in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra on Monday night. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he might contest in the 2023 Presidential election. Ngige, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this in Awka, Anambra state capital, during the empowerment of some graduate trainees in the state. Some beneficiaries of the...
A tanker laden with substance suspected to be Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, has exploded in Anambra State. According to reports, the incident occurred on Friday morning at the Upper Iweka junction of Onitsha – the state’s commercial hub. The South East Zonal Coordinator of the...
Air Peace, Nigeria’s leading airline, has announced the deployment of its brand new Embraer 195-E2 and Boeing 737 aircraft on the Anambra route. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
Former Governor of Anambra, Peter Obi has urged all tiers of government to see investment in education as a veritable tool in the fight against poverty, insecurity and other societal ills. This is contained in his message to mark the 2022 International Day of Education, which was issued on...
Oby Ezekwesili Anambra State’s governor-elect, Prof Charles Soludo, has appointed former Minister of Information, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, as the chairperson of his transition committee. It was learnt that the inauguration of the committee will take place on Thursday, January 20, at the Agulu Lake (Golden Tulip) Hotel, Awka. Soludo,...
The Global Initiatives for Anambra Needs (GIAN), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has urged Prof. Charles Soludo, governor-elect of Anambra, to address the challenge of neglected federal projects in the state. Mr Amah Amaonye, Director-General, GIAN, while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Awka, said that the expectations of the people is...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra Chapter, says it will review its performance in the November 6 governorship election in the state. The party which made the resolution at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka on Tuesday, said it would sanction party members who sabotaged the election. The PDP said...