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The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze, says Governor Chukwuma Soludo has taken youth development to a higher level through his wonderful youth empowerment programmes in the state. Speaking on Governor Soludo’s release of the sum of two billion naira for the empowerment of five thousand batch A graduates of […]

As the dry season gradually sets in, the Anambra State Chief Fire Officer, Engineer Martin Agbili, has advised residents of the state to embark on early weeding of grass in their surroundings to avoid possible fire spread. Engineer Agbili said that early cleanup of overgrown grass around houses, business places and markets is the first […]

The Abia State Government has discovered over 50 decomposing bodies, over 20 headless bodies and countless human skeletons all around Lokpanta Cattle Market in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state. Governor Alex Otti disclosed this during his monthly media chat held in Government House, Umuahia, on Monday. He assured the people that his […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has said that cash collection of taxes across Anambra State remain banned. Speaking while interacting with Igbo-ukwu stakeholders, as well as traders at Nkwo Igbo-ukwu market in Aguata Local Government Area, he said that ninety percent of taxes paid by cash do not get to the state government, emphasizing that Anambra State […]

Barely 24 hours after inaugurating the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad, 64 suspected touts were arrested in various parts of Onitsha on Tuesday. Along with other suspected criminals, they were arrested around the notorious Upper Iweka, Bridge Head and Chisco Motor Park areas in the commercial city. Although there is no specific law on touting in […]

Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution commending Governor Chukwuma Soludo on the massive infrastructural development that are simultaneously ongoing in Fegge, Onitsha South One Constituency. The resolution was sequel to a motion of urgent public importance sponsored to that effect by the member representing 0nitsha South One Constituency, Honourable Fred Ezenwa during […]

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sworn in Mrs Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche as the new Commissioner for Special Duties. Soludo, who performed the swearing-in ceremony at the Government House, Awka, tasked her with purposeful service. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by Soludo’s press secretary, Christian Aburime, on Wednesday. The governor congratulated […]

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has launched the Anambra Special Anti-Touting Squad in his efforts to get rid of touts in the state. During the launch in Upper-Iweka, Onitsha, on Monday, the governor warned that the days of touts in the state are numbered as a full-blown war has been declared against them. […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has splashed over 58,876 dollars (around 60 million naira) for table fish production in Anambra state. The commission has also commenced training 150 youths for the project. The managing director of Anambra State Fisheries and Aquaculture Business Development Agency (FABDA) and the programme coordinator in the state, […]

The Anambra Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare Honourable Ify Obinabo has rescued a three-month-old baby who had been sold by the grandmother. The rescue was in response to a report by one Ijeoma Nwosu, who claimed that Oluchukwu Nwosu, her mother, forcefully sold her baby soon after he was born and has since refused […]