The Anambra State government has announced the immediate closure of Blessed Wisdom Model School at Ide Drive, Federal Housing Estate, Onitsha, over the flogging of a two-year-old pupil. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the state Commissioner for Education, made the announcement on Saturday, following a report that a two-year-old pupil, Ifechukwu...
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The committee set up by Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to investigate the alleged falsification of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by Mmesoma Ejikeme, said she admitted to have manipulated her results unaided. The panel, in a report addressed to the Governor on Friday, said that interviewed Mmesoma‘s JAMB...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The management of Innoson Automobile Company, has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme for manipulating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, disclosed this in a statement made available...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the report of the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government, an independent and unbiased body, as demanded by some Nigerians to look into the Mmesoma saga, has vindicated the Board. The Acting...
Mr Romanus Ejikeme, the father to Mmesoma Ejikeme, has said that her daughter had always come out as overall best student from her nursery school days till date. Ejikeme made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Onitsha. NAN reports that the...
A man has been confirmed dead in a multiple accident involving five vehicles at Odumodu Junction, Umunya by Nteje-Awka Expressway in Anambra.tge Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka...
Some traders on Friday stormed Onitsha South Local Government Area (LGA) Headquarters in Anambra, to protest alleged plot by the council chairman, Mr Emeka Orji, to eject them from their Oduigbo section of the Ochanja Central market. The protesters, who were led by their Chairman, Mr Chukwudi Eke, accused...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Government has offered scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, an indigene of the state who has the highest score in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who made this known in a statement...
The Police in Anambra have confirmed the killing of two gunmen who attacked the camp of the Anambra Vigilante Service on Monday in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. Ihiala LGA borders Imo and has witnessed many terror attacks by gunmen. A source said about 15 armed...
Alexander Ibezim, the Anglican Bishop of Awka in Anambra, has urged Fathers to stand firm as pillars of their families. Ibezim, who is also the Archbishop, Ecclesiastical Province of The Niger, said this in his Message on Sunday to the 2023 Father’s Day celebration in Awka, delivered by Venerable...
Commercial activities in Anambra came to a standstill on Wednesday following a shutdown of petroleum outlets by independent marketers across the state. The closure of the outlets, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt, was to ensure full attendance of members to an all important meeting between leadership of Independent...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has lamented the proposed demolition of 13 functional filling stations to make way for the construction of a flyover in Ekwulobia area of the State. The marketers, in a protest letter signed by Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN Enugu Depot...
The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has again impounded a truckload of dried donkey meat, valued at N200 million while being conveyed to Onitsha in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the dry meat cargo was being conveyed to the popular Ochanja Market...
Chief Ifeatu Obiokoye, former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to immediate past Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, has emerged the state chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Obiokoye also former state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before joining APGA, was elected during the state congress...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has condemned the attack on some United States Embassy officials at Ogabru in Anambra. Tinubu, in a statement on Friday in Abuja by his media aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, said he was shocked to hear of the attack....
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Two abducted workers of the United States Consulate Lagos, have been rescued by security operatives in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra on May 16. The spokesperson of The Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement issued in...
Anambra Police Command has revealed that nine persons lost their lives in an ambush attack on the US convoy in the state on May 16. The command’s disclosure is contained in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed the rumour that the party was narrowing some positions reserved for Anambra Central Senatorial District to candidates from specific Local Government Area. Dr Alex Obiogbolu, chairman of APGA Congress Committee, disclosed this in a statement entitled ‘Complaints Of Micro Zoning In...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has expressed sadness over the attack on United States embassy staff and Policemen in the state. Soludo, in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary, described the attack as heinous and unprovoked. Recall that US Embassy convoy were attacked on Atani-Osamala...
……..Condemns tragic killings in Benue, Plateau By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed condolences on the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. “I...