Anambra State Government says the switch from diesel powered streetlights to solar powered alternative will soon be completed. Mr Julius Chukwuemeka, Commissioner for Power and Water Resources, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview In Awka that the disruption in the streetlights project was due to...
Anambra State
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra Government has announced the suspension of tricycle and shuttle bus unions as part of the measures to arrest the rising security breaches in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Chief Paul Nwosu, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday...
Gunmen have killed no fewer than four soldiers and one civilian at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze at about 12.40 p.m on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “barbaric and condemnable,” the armed shooting in Anambra of the convoy of Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South District. The president made the condemnation in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in...
The widow of late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca, and Sen. Uche Ekwunife (PDP-Anambra Central), have joined other prominent Nigerians to condemn Sunday’s fatal attack on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah’s motorcade. Rep. Chris Azubuogu (APGA-Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency) also decried the attack on the lawmaker, representing Anambra South. In separate statements...
Police in Anambra have confirmed Sunday night’s attack on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District by unidentified gunmen. The incident which took place in Enugwu Ukwu community, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, claimed the lives of some persons in the convoy, while Ubah narrowly escaped...
The Anambra Government has sealed up operations in a section of Wintess Garden Annexe, Ifite Awka, over a viral pool sex video that was linked to the facility. The Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Mr Donatus Onyenji, who signed the order dated Sept. 8, said the action was...
Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday began the annual Ember Months campaign with an awareness and fitness walk. The Corps Marshal’s Walk held in Awka, was attended by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Man o’ War, Sports Commission, Footballers’ Association, National Drug...
Officials of the Execution Unit of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, working with officers of the Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, seized vehicles belonging to Senator Andy Uba in his Abuja residence over a N50 million debt resulting from a loan he took from Oranto Petroleum...
The Anambra State Government says it will empower women cooperative societies involved in agricultural activities with N1.08 billion. Dr Foster Ihejiofor, the State Commissioner for Agriculture disclosed this when he received members of a Non-governmental Organisations, Ultimate Business Women And Farmers Association of Nigeria (UBWFAN) on Wednesday in Awka....
Anambra State has been described as the headquarters of gully erosion in Africa and remains the worst hit by climate change in Africa. Elochukwu Ezenekwe, Africa’s foremost climate change expert and Head, Climate Change Education and Action Programme stated that Anambra had suffered the worst damage from climate change...
The Police Command in Anambra on Saturday confirmed killing of two of its operatives and one civilian car tracker by criminals at Amukabra Achalla Awka North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement on in Awka said the trio were killed...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Governor Chukwuma Soludo has inaugurated a nine-member board for the Anambra State Waste Management Authority (ASWAMA). The Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to newsmen on Friday. The statement added that...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Government has dismissed allegations of budget padding for some projects by margins as wide as 300 per cent in some ministries Governor Charles Soludo debunked the allegations in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Thursday. Reacting to an...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnap, especially of its members in the state. The body, in a statement made available to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies in Anambra to take more...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has warned that states may no longer pay their basic bills if they don’t move away from FAAC-based revenue to agriculture driven economy. Soludo, an erudite economist, said this at a parley in Awka on the occasion of his 100 days in office. He...
The Nigerian Army says its troops of 302 Regiment and security agencies have dislodged camps belonging to Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Anambra and Enugu State. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Sunday, said the raids were carried out in...
A 30-year old man, Ebube Oba was on Sunday arrested by the police over alleged murder of his neighbour, Mrs Uzomaka Ekpe. This is coming less than 24 hours after the arrest of 30 years old man for raping a septuagenarian. A statement by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public...
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said the delay in commencement of road construction and repairs in the state was due to the delay in the passage of its revised budget by the State House of Assembly. Soludo said this at a news conference on the occasion of his 100...
Some traders at the Relief Market in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra are counting their losses as flood occasioned by heavy rainfall, washed away shops, electric poles and cables in the market. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, Mr David Obidike, disclosed this during a tour of...