•Gunman The Anambra Police Command has launched a manhunt for operatives of Agunaechemba, a recently launched security outfit in Anambra State, who allegedly shot and killed a woman in Nnewi. The incident occurred yesterday evening at Ibeto Junction in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area, reports Nigerian Tribune. According to eyewitnesse...
•John Nwosu As the primary election of Labour Party in the November 8 Anambra Governorship election approaches, the front runner in the governorship race Mr. John Nwosu has appealed to delegates to vote for him because he has the experience and expertise to govern Anambra State. Nwosu, in a message he sent to delegates, said […]
•NAFDAC operatives The leadership of Onitsha Bridgehead Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, popularly known as Ogbo-Ogwu, has dissociated itself from the recent protest staged by some traders of the market against the continuous closure of their shops by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control. Some traders under the b...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress in Anambra State has ended in confusion, with allegations that the eight-member Congress Committee has gone into hiding. The congress, held across the 326 wards in 21 local government areas, was meant to elect delegates for the upcoming gubernatorial primary election, reports Vanguard. However,...
•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State Secondary School principals and teachers in Anambra State have been authorised to confiscate mobile phones brought to school by students. This is to curb distractions and enhance academic performance, reports NAN. Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu, Chairman, Post Primary Schools Service Commission, Anambra State...
•Chikodi Anarah Anambra Commissioner for Homeland affairs, Chief Chikodi Anarah has resigned. Anarah is the second Commissioner to leave Governor Charles Soludo’s cabinet after the former Commissioner of Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, reports The Nation. The resignation of Anarah may not be unconnected with insecurity in the state despite the la...
•Prof Okonkwo (C) addressing the press today in Abuja Anambra State governorship aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Obiora Okonkwo, has disclosed that Governor Charles Soludo only gives the people of the state pain, sorrow and agony. Prof. Okonkwo, who was at the APC national headquarters to return his co...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has scheduled its governorship primary ahead of the November 8 general elections in Anambra for April 5. Chidi Chidebe, Chairman of party in the state disclosed this in a timetable made available to newsmen in Awka today. The timetable said congress to elect 3-man adhoc delegates from wards would hold [&helli...
•Scene of an accident Tragedy struck around the Area Command Bus Stop in the Nnewi community in Anambra State when a truck fully loaded with cement crashed into a residential building, killing a yet-to-be-disclosed number of persons, including about five members of a family. Sources said the incident occurred late yesterday when residents of t...
•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State Traditionalists in Anambra State have condemned the recently passed Anambra Homeland Security Law, accusing Governor Chukwuma Soludo of bias against their religious practices. Addressing a press conference in Awka today, the Supreme Leader of the Traditional Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Dibia...