By Ikeugonna Eleke A new wave of petty criminals have taken over Anambra State in recent times. This is coming as the governor of the state, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, seems to have virtually defeated killer gunmen, also known as unknown gunmen. Previously, the state was held hostage by dreaded gunmen who engaged in daily killings, beheading victims, kidnapping of motorists ...

By Gloria Ibesi Many people were feared injured as an unidentified man, said to be a clergyman, was reportedly abducted at Nnobi Roundabout in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Eyewitnesses said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300, with number plate, Anambra GDD 882 PW, was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the hoodlums stormed ...

 Mrs Soludo Says Anambra Govt Working To Be  Among First Nigerian States To Receive Malaria Vaccine. By Daniel Ezeigwe Anambra Governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo has disclosed that the state government has already kicked off plans to be among the first states in Nigeria to receive the new malaria vaccine. Mrs Soludo who stated this in a statement released in ...

By Paul Nwosu Sustainable’ is the key word driving the ongoing Clean and Green revolution in Anambra State. And it can only be truly sustainable and result-oriented if we all take ownership of it. Making the Clean and Green task sustainable is the ability to maintain and keep the programme going the way it started. Professor Leonard N. Muoghalu, Dean, ...

Nigeria’s outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari, was recently in the news when he sought the forgiveness of his compatriots on areas he had not done well or had hurt them. As Nigerians were trying to make up their minds whether his plea was genuine or not, Buhari helped them make up their minds by adding that one of his best legacies ...

By Michael Nnebife A legislator representing Njikoka I State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Barr Timothy Ifedioranma, says appointing justice and judges to lead the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as chairman and other key officials, will get the nation’s electoral process to the long desired standard. The legislator made the submission while featuring as a guest ...

By Michael Nnebife  Aggrieved ad hoc staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Anambra State, for the just concluded general elections, have concluded arrangements to besiege the commission’s headquarters in Awka, on a peaceful demonstration, to compel the electoral umpire to pay their allowances in the shortest possible time. One of the leaders of the ad hoc workers, ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has been given approval by the Federal Government to commence fencing work at the N100m skill acquisition centre which the church erected inside the Federal Correctional Centre, Onitsha (formerly Onitsha prisons). The Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, broke the news on Easter Sunday when he paid his ...

By Jude Atupulazi Driven by the desire to effectively represent his constituency, the member-elect for Aguata Federal Constituency, Sir Dom Okafor, has set up a committee to launch a booklet containing vital information about all the communities in his constituency. The event which took place at Cardinal Hotel, Awka, attracted representatives from all the communities, as well as some dignitaries. ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Government, led by Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has demolished a multi-million Naira building constructed in a land said to belong to the state government. The building was pulled down on Saturday, 23 April 2023 by the Awka Capital Territory Development Agency, ACTDA. Mr Ossy Onuko, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ACTDA, who ...