The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and Navy, has uncovered an illegal artisanal refinery and illegal petrol station in Anambra . The illicit facility was discovered at Y-Junction, Nkwelle Ezunaka, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra. NSCDC State Commandant, Mr...
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Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, affirmed his commitment to the development of the South-East, promising to integrate Anambra and the entire region into the Federal Government’s economic development plan. Tinubu made the pledge when he paid a one-day working visit to the state to inaugurate projects completed by Gov....
The Managing Director of Dutum Construction Ltd., Mr Temitope Runsewe, says Anambra’s ‘Iconic Light of the Nation Tower’ places the state on Nigeria’s tourism map. Runsewe, whose firm built the tower, made this known in Awka on Thursday during the inauguration of major state projects by President Bola Tinubu....
) The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra Command says it has deployed 1,531 to beef up security ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to the state on Thursday. Tinubu is expected in the state on a one day working visit to inaugurate projects executed by the...
The remains of late Christian Isiadinso, a former captain of Rangers Intl FC of Enugu was on Wednesday laid to rest in his country home, Obeagu Osili village in Enugu Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. The former footballer, who was captain of Rangers between 1981 and 1984,...
Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the arrest of two suspects by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad and Anti-Kidnapping Unit. The suspects are Celestine, a 52-year-old man, and Jacinta, a 45-year-old woman, both residents of Oba in Idemili South LGA. Their arrest was confirmed in a statement issued...
The Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Anambra State, Chief Basil Ejidike says the Nov. 8 governorship election is a God-given chance to connect the state with the party at the centre. Ejidike, who doubles as the board chairman, National Root Corps Research Institute, Umudike, Abia, spoke in an interview...
Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the arrest and detention of a 49-year-old man for allegedly murdering his 68-year-old mother, Mrs Dorathy Anyaji. The command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha. Ikenga said the tragic incident occurred at Amudo Village in...
The Labour Party (LP) candidate for Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, Dr George Muoghalu, has said he would restore people’s confidence in government if elected the next governor of the state. Muoghalu gave the pledge in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja....
Traditional Prime Minister Anambra State Association of Town Unions (ASATU), Dr John Metchie, has said that fake native doctors in the state have deceived many youths into various heinous crimes. Metchie, who is the Deputy Commander-General of Nigeria Forest Security Service, said this in an interview with newsmen in...
The Managing Director of Anambra State Erosion, Watershed and Climate Change Agency (ANSEWCCA), Prof. Philip Phil-Eze, has said no fewer than 160 communities in the state were at the risk of gully erosion menace. Phil-Eze said this at a one day sensitisation workshop on the use of “Local Knowledge...
A security expert, Chief Jeff Nweke has been elected as the candidate of African Alliance (AA) for the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra. Nweke, Managing Director of Blueshield Securities, a private security company based in Awka emerged at a congress of the party held in Awka on Thursday....
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has took him a year to decide to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013. Soludo disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka while welcoming 15,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, who defected to APGA. He said: “The first...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday nominated Mr Jude Ezenwafor as its candidate for the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra. Dr Cornell Onwubuya, Chairman of the Anambra Governorship Election Congress Committee, said Ezenwafor was the sole aspirant and secured 798 ‘yes’ votes. He added that 26 votes...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Saturday won the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship primary in Anambra. Governor Soludo was declared winner at the primary held at Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, amidst tight security and under the watch of the officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)....
Political tension in Anambra is reaching a fever pitch as the state, which has recently been in the news for troubling security concerns, prepares for its governorship election on Nov. 8. The stakes are high, and expectations continue to rise; not only among the electorate but also among governorship...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted its Anambra governorship primary from April 5 to April 8. PDP Anambra chairman, Chidi Chidebe, confirmed the development in Awka during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. The primary will produce the party’s candidate for the Nov....
Anambra State Police Command and the Joint Security Task Force (JTF), have dislodged a criminal Camp at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Onitsha. Ikenga said the Police-led Joint Security...