Residents of nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Anambra state are currently living in fear after they received a letter from gunmen, disclosing that they would be under attack soon. The local government areas listed to be attacked are Ihiala, Aguata, Nnewi South, Awka North, Awka South, Idemili North,...
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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi, has appealed to the party’s delegates to vote wisely during the upcoming national convention. Obi, a former governor of Anambra, urged them to be guided by their conscience and vote in the interest of the country’s future and that...
The Police Command in Anambra State has confirmed the kidnapping of Mr Okechukwu Okoye, a lawmaker representing Aguata Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. Okoye, an indigene of Isuofia, the same community as Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, was kidnapped in Aguata on Sunday. DSP Toochukwu...
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the burning of the headquarters of Idemili North Local Government Area in Ogidi, Anambra, in the early hours of Monday. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra State Police Command, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always been enforced by groups claiming to act on his...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has felicitated with the government and people of Anambra State on the occasion of the 81st birthday anniversary of the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe. Senator Kalu, in a congratulatory message issued on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed Oct. 12 for the arraignment of former Aviation Minster, Stella Oduah and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date following a letter from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) in...
Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday attacked a trailer carrying cattle. In a viral video on the internet, the trailer bearing the cattle was seen going up in flames, while cattle which alighted from the truck were seen wandering without direction. Sources said...
Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra State has lamented the high rate of evacuation of businesses and productive assets from Onitsha to other neighbouring states. Soludo expressed his displeasure at a strategic meeting with landlords in Onitsha on Thursday. Landlords from Omagba Phases l and ll, GRA Onitsha Zone, Onitsha...
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday said that seven of the eight herdsmen allegedly kidnapped in the state on Saturday had been found and rescued. Police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, told NAN in Akwa that a joint police and military patrol team found the herdsmen sitting in the...
Suspected gunmen have abducted 10 members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN in Anambra State with 300 cows. They were said to have demanded N4m ransom and a gun from the families of the victims. The South East Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria...
Gunmen have kidnapped no fewer than five guests returning from a traditional wedding ceremony in Anambra were on Monday night. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Anambra, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said that security personnel...
Mr Valentine Ozigbo, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate who lost the Nov. 6, 2021 governorship election in Anambra, has declared his intention to contest in the Anambra South Senatorial District election in 2023. Ozigbo’s intention was made known in Awka on Sunday by Mrs Aziza Uko, Director of Media...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has joined the race for the 2023 presidential seat. His media office stated on Sunday that the minister had been consulting stakeholders in his All Progressives Congress (APC) party as well as stalwarts of opposition political parties. He is scheduled to...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said that he would make a pronouncement on his journey to the presidency on Tuesday. Ngige said this at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, at a reception organised by members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) South-East Progressive Forum,...
“Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.” – Psalm 42:7 There has been a misguided counter-narrative against the campaign for Nigerian President of South-East extraction. The opponents of this just and noble campaign say that zoning is against...
Amb. Bianca Ojukwu has provided a clearer video of what really happened on the day Prof. Soludo was sworn in as Governor of Anambra State. Watch and see for yourself. According to Bianca, Mrs Obiano should be kept very far from any public office. “What manner of barbarism is...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka — Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has condemned the recent attacks in the state, describing it as an “act of mindless criminality by a bunch”. Governor Soludo was reacting to the arson that visited Aguata Local Government Area Secretariat on Thursday. The governor said that...
Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra where Governor Chukwuma Soludo hails from. The incident happened on Thursday. Some of the buildings were also set ablaze during the attack in Aguata town. Security officials and men of the fire service are at the scene...
The wife of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has picked her expression of interest and nomination forms to contest for the Senate seat of Anambra North District in the 2023 general election. This is coming a few hours after the Chief of Staff to...