…More Filling Stations May Sell Above N190/Litre The cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may hit an astronomical high in most filling stations in Awka in the coming weeks if nothing is done about a recent hike in its ex-depot price by private depot owners report Alexander Johnson Adejoh and Daruwana Daku. It was gathered that most private ...

While some Catholics still have their faith threatened by the battle against the rights they have to dust-to-dust rites in some towns in Igbo Land, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has said that the Diocese maintains her stand on the 2017 Synod Acta on the issue of faith, reports Ifeoma Ezenyilimba. Bishop Ezeokafor, ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Anambra State Chapter, Comrade Chikwelu Adigwe, has ordered local government employees to take charge of revenue collection in their respective council areas. The NULG boss gave the charge while addressing members of the Union at a rally which preceded a press briefing in Awka. The Union ...

Last week came some news reports about separate court judgements annulling the elections of a traditional ruler in Alor and a town union president general in Agulu. The judgements ordered the reinstatement of the bona fide winners chosen by the people in place of the ones recognized by the Anambra State Government. The excitement that followed the judgements showed that ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba A group known as Marriage Enrichment Circle on February 14, celebrated the 2022 Valentine’s Day with a call on her couple members to propagate the ideal God’s plan for marriage and family. The celebration which was the first of its kind and which held at St Thomas Aquinas’ Catholic Church, GRA, Awka, Anambra State, attracted couples from ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has said he will be leaving the state next month as an oil producing state, with capacity to produce rice that can sustain itself. Obiano said Anambra State would begin to earn 13 per cent derivation from oil production as an oil producing state. This he said while reading ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that his decision to be wearing Akwete dresses has shot up the demand for the locally made fabric. Soludo’s media assistant, Mr Joe Anatune, stated this in a piece he sent to Fides in Awka on Monday. Anatune said the media team of the former Central Bank Governor ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu One of Nigeria’s leading freight and forwarding companies, Chido Cargo and Maritime Logistics Services Limited, has been identified as a strong player on the verge of dominating the African scene in air and sea logistics business. At the official opening of the Ochanja branch of the logistics company, The Enugu State Governor, Rt Hon Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Gunmen on Monday allegedly killed two policemen and kidnapped a couple in Anambra State. The couple, whose names were given as Mr Ceejay and Dr Nini Iyizoba, were said to have been kidnapped in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. A source said the couple were headed to Owerri Airport, Imo State, before the incident ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Police Command has attributed the death of two students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University whose corpses were found in a room last Sunday night to carbon monoxide poisoning. The students, a male and female, were discovered in their room after their neighbours sensed an offensive stench coming from the room, only for the door to ...