The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to immortalise late former Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife by renaming Government House, Awka, in his memory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ezeife, who governed Anambra from Jan. 2, 1992 to November 1993 on the platform of...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops have repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala LGA of Anambra. The army authority in a post on its X Handle (formerly Twitter) on Friday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has recovered three more bodies from the boat mishap that occurred on Wednesday, in Anam community, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement in Awka on...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has banned the shooting of movies in riverine areas and also suspended film.producer, Adanma Luke following the death of actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo. The AGN president, Emeka Rollas, gave the directive in a statement on Thursday. The move...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has mourned the death of Nollywood actor, Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the vibrant actor died alongside with other crew members on Wednesday afternoon during a boat trip...
Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo popularly called, Jnr Pope, is dead. It was gathered that the actor died on Wednesday afternoon during a boat trip for a film production. National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed to Channels Television that the remains of the...
The petty and lazy tactics of the opposition in Anambra State are characterised by the deception of the promise of a single term and propaganda. They are not adept at interpreting the time signs. They are merely fishing, setting off numerous fuses, which signify nothing in real sense....
The Anambra Government has warned residents, business owners, nightclubs, bars, among others to avoid engaging in noise pollution. It extended the warning to event centres, industries and religious organisations. Mr Celestine Anere, Managing Director, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade), gave the warning on Sunday in Awka....
Anambra State Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo,, has said he would transform the state in four years if elected governor in 2025. Ozigbo said this at an interactive session with political office holders elected on the platform of the LP...
A female pedestrian has been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. He said: “The crash involved an articulated Mercedes...
Police Command in Anambra State has raided and destroyed a camp operated by suspected criminal gangs in the forest of Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government of the state. The raid came barely 24 hours after yet to be identified arsonists attacked a Police Divisional Headquarters in Neni, Anaocha...
Fire on Thursday midnight gutted a section of the Ọgbọ Osisi Market (plank market) at the Onitsha Head Bridge in Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained at the time of filing the report. Confirming...
Hoodlums, on Thursday, invaded the office of Anambra State Vigilante Group in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state and reportedly set a man suspected to be a member of the vigilante ablaze. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hoodlums, who were in...
Mr Emmanuel Ogboo, from Ossamala in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra, has decried the arrest and detention of his 17-year-old son, Chinedu Ogboo, since Feb. 16. Ogboo said on Sunday that, since the arrest, his son had been taken to Atani Division, Okpoko Division and later to...
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the collapsed of a five-storey building under construction at Basden Street in Fegge, the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday said details...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Police operatives in Abia State have rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in Aba. The state police spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Umuahia, said the operatives also arrested one Onyinyechi Okoro...
Former Tennis Star, Tania Okpala, who is undergoing rehabilitation from drug- related challenges, has returned to tennis courts. Okpala, who had joined City Sports Club on the sponsorship of Nonye Soludo, engaged in routine trainings as part of her rehabilitation process. Soludo, wife of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has paraded Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, an Anambra-based lawyer, who was recently apprehended for allegedly assaulting her 10-year-old househelp. Okafor, presented herself at the Police station after she had been declared wanted and a N2 million bounty placed on her for allegedly using red-hot...
A lone accident at Azia Junction, on Owerri-Ihiala Expressway in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, claimed the lives of a truck driver and his conductor. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency...
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down some unregistered sachet water production factories in Anambra. The companies were said to be producing water in unhealthy environment and operating without subjecting their processes to regulatory standards. Coordinator of NAFDAC in Anambra, Louis Mmadubuatta,...