The people of Nanka community in Orumba North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra, have raised alarm over their safety following the assassination of Mr Joe Ezenwegbu last Saturday. Ezenwegbu, Chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Nanka Ward 1, was killed after a stakeholders’ meeting ahead...
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The Igbo term for apprenticeship is ‘Igba Boi.’ It involves learning a trade or craft under someone who is already well-established in the field and is now a master in his own right aka ‘Oga’ in local parlance. Though Igbo apprenticeship had been around for a...
Sen Annie Okonkwo, who died in the United States on June 8, was buried at Ojoto, Idemili North Local Government of Anambra on Wednesday. He was aged 63. Our correspondent, who covered the burial, reports that Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra and Mr...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has criticised Gov. Chukwuma Soludo- led administration in Anambra for allegedly shutting down the state-owned National Light newspaper. The Chairman, NUJ Anambra Council, Dr Emeka Odogwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Enugu that the latest move by the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The National Economic Council (NEC) has thrown its weight behind the planned distribution of grains and fertilizer to Nigerians by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria to mitigate the impact of the removal of petrol subsidy on citizens. The decision was...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has directed that states should develop a comprehensive Social Register for vulnerable people, the target beneficiaries of government’s Cash Transfer programme . Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, made this known while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the NEC meeting, chaired...
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...
The Anambra State Government said it rescued a 19-year old girl who was allegedly gang raped by six boys in Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, told newsmen on Saturday that the suspects had...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has urged he Federal Government to urgently intervene and fix the collapsed portion of the Oba axis of the Onitsha-Owerri express way. Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Soludo said the governor made the call when he visited the failed portion of the road...
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...
The Anambra State Government says it has commenced installation of clock-in device in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously. Dr Afam Obidike, the Commissioner for Health, said this in Awka during a meeting with administrators of public hospital the state....
The Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai and his Anambra counterpart, Prof. Charles Soludo, have urged the Federal Government to end the fuel subsidy regime which has negatively affected Nigeria’s economy. The governors made the call on Tuesday in Abuja during a panel session at the policy conversation on...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Friday swore in no fewer than 1,600 new corps members comprising 643 males and 957 females into the scheme. Mrs Ekene Iruma, the Coordinator of NYSC in Anambra, disclosed this at the induction ceremony for members of Batch A stream 2 set...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Wednesday distributed 200 sets of computers and laptops worth over N100 million to civil servants to digitalise civil service and drive electronic government. Soludo who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, at the flag-off ceremony organised by...
The environmental disaster bedeviling Anambra and the need to address it was the crux of the matter at a town-hall meeting held in celebration of the 2023 World Earth Day (WED) in Awka on Saturday. The theme of the celebration in the state is “Clean, Green and Sustainable Anambra:...
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, said his appointment of Dr Ngozi-Okonjo Iwela as Minister of Finance and Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as Governor of the Central Bank, was among the best he made during his administration. Obasanjo said this while speaking at the first year anniversary town hall...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, has commiserated with traders at the Onitsha main market over the fire incident which razed down their shops. Soludo sent his commiserations on Wednesday in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Saturday cast his vote in the State Assembly election, and decried low turnout of voters. Soludo arrived at his Polling Unit 002, Ofiyi Square, Umueze at Isuofia Ward 13, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra and cast his vote at exactly 11.30 a.m....
Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, and the Anambra state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), have intensified campaigns for their respective candidates, ahead of the March 18 House of Assembly election in Anambra. While Obi called on candidates of the Labour...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has appealed to electorate of the state to vote for candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the upcoming March 11 State House of Assembly poll. He said voting for APGA candidates during the election would help him sustain the tempo of...