By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Anambra state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has joined their counterparts across the country in commemorating 2023 World Drug Day. To commemorate the day, NDLEA in collaboration with Nnamdi Azikiwe University and International Society For Substance Use Professionals held a one-day sensitisation programme at the school auditorium, UNIZIK, Awka. The event featured ...

There have recently been lamentations from residents of Anambra State over the activities of members of the enforcement arm of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA). ARTMA is an agency empowered by law in Anambra to control traffic. The group was primarily set up to help traffic wardens with the management of traffic on the busy roads of the ...

Rev Fr Robert Anagboso It was all colours of love last Saturday, 17 June 2023, as the Catechist of St Kevin’s Parish, Nimo, Mr Osondu Onyekwelu, tied the nuptial knot with his long time heartthrob, former Miss Chinwe Anatuanya; a kid sister to Rev. Fr. Gregory Anatuanya and Rev. Sr. Emmanuella  Anatuanya. Until tying the nuptial knot, the couple had ...

Within the past week, the social media was awash with stories and pictures of the demolition of shops belonging to Igbo traders at Alaba International Market, a market in Lagos,  dominated by Igbo traders, by the Lagos State Government, after they had been served quit notice. Although government can serve quit notice to anyone, the Lagos matter had taken another ...

…Residents Lament on Bad Roads in Okpuno By Gloria Ibesi, Ogochukwu Nwaokafor and CP Uzoaganobi As the rainy season gets to its climax, panic has set in among residents of Obi Okoli Avenue, Awka, owing to the seeming abandonment by the Anambra State Government of the only accessible road leading to the UNIZIK Temporary Site situated in the capital city. ...

By Jude Atupulazi The palm and coconut seedlings being distributed to communities in Anambra State by the state government has been described as something that will boost agriculture in the state. The chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Ward 1V in Nimo, Njikoka LGA, Mr Anthony Tonto Atupulazi, stated this during the distribution of seedlings in Egbengwu Nimo ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Two non-governmental organizations, Valentine Chineto Ozigbo Foundation (VCOF) and Decagon Institute have entered a partnership to train unemployed Anambra graduates in software engineering. The groups said the partnership would help the youths to enter the tech industry as professionals and also play prominently after a training. A press release by the group, signed by VCOF founder, Mr ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13 Police Headquarters, Ukpo, Anambra State, AIG Olofu Tony Adejoh, recently received a team of the Nigerian Red Cross Society International. According to the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), SP Ihunwo Josephine K, the team visited in order to establish synergy with the Nigeria Police Force on ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has said his administration is aiming at making farmers in the state employers of Labour. Soludo said this would be achieved through purposeful support to farmers in the state, both through loans and presentation of modern farm equipment that would aid their work and increase their yield. The governor, who ...

By Jude Atupulazi The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged people living in flood prone areas across the country to move to higher grounds to avert being submerged. To this end, NEMA is planning to write state governors to remind them of the likelihood of serious flooding this year so that they can speed up the provision of mitigating ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Police Command has called on proprietors of private hospitals and managers of public health facilities in Anambra State to help them to arrest fleeing gunmen who escaped with bullet injuries after an encounter with security operatives in the early hours of last Monday. Fides learnt that on Monday morning, around 3am, some heavily armed ...

By Jude Atupulazi Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, is currently embarking on strategic reconstruction, renovation and beautification of the various local government area headquarters in the state. At Nnewi South Local Government Area Headquarters in Ukpor, the present administration, through the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, has perfected the reconstruction, renovation and beautification of the environment. ...

By Rev Fr Gerald Nwafor It has been associated with physical health since I was growing up. Wash your hands before eating. My parents and teachers would always hammer this simple advice when we were home from school, church, or playing soccer in central school or CKC. If you did not and you were detected, it will not go well ...

By Polycarp Onwubiko Northern Moslems never hide their strident opposition for the Restructuring of the lopsided federation. Why? The recent rejection of the dubious, devious and manifestly self-centered Water Resources Bill by the Senate is commendable. Sound reason and patriotism in addition to the imperative of Restructuring the lopsided federation guided the majority of the members to throw away the ...

By CP Uzoaganobi A Leadership Summit has been held for delegates of Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria, CYON, across Awka Diocesan Parishes at Archbishop A.K. Obiefuna Retreat Pastoral and Conference Centre, Awka, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. The theme of the Leadership summit was ”Youth Apostolate; Placing the Common Good above Personal Interest”. The Diocesan Youth Chaplain, Rev Fr. Paschal ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Police in Anambra State have arrested the owner of a brothel in Awka, the state capital, which uses underage girls as sex workers. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Anambra State Police Command’s image maker, stated this in a press release, adding that nine girls who were found in the brothel had been rescued and would be taken care ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has faulted the arrest and detention of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, saying that President Bola Tinubu lacks the power to summarily suspend him. The group which is an umbrella body of all youth groups in the Southeast, in a press statement by ...

…Begin Dismantling Your Structures, Evacuate valuables – Govt By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu Following the planned demolition of 13 Filling Stations at Ekwuluobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to compensate adequately, the owners of the 13 functional filling stations in the area. The proposed demolition of ...

… Vows to Arrest Offenders By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Government has warned against the steady stealing and vandalisation of its solar-powered streetlights. A release by Sir Paul Nwosu, Commissioner for Information, stated that the installations were part of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s efforts to achieve a livable Anambra, noting that the streetlights illuminated various areas at night. He said, ...

By Gloria Ibesi Things have gone really sore, many things are wrong with the Nigerian Educational System. Hard works no longer pay as malpractices prevail. It didn’t begin today. Many have deplored and tried in the past to combat this irregularity but it rather has gotten worse and eaten deep into the academic integrity of our country, the students, teachers, ...