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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 […]
Commercial drivers in Anambra State have protested what they called the increasing number of touts in all parts of the state, following their alleged encouragement by the state government. They claimed that government-sponsored touts have introduced and duplicated all manner of levies which, they said, have negatively impacted on their daily income. But in a […]
The Anambra State Government through Operation Keep Clean and Healthy (Ocha Brigade) has arrested no fewer than 30 street hawkers and shut over 100 shops in the state for environmental offences. The Managing Director of Ocha Brigade, Mr Celestine Anere, on Thursday, disclosed that the offenders violated hawking and trading laws of the state at […]
Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Governor Chukwuma Soludo to direct the Commissioners for Information and Health to lead a collaboration with concerned stakeholders, to educate Ndi Anambra on the various provisions of the compulsory treatment and care for victims of gunshot Act 2017”, to save lives. The resolution was sequel […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has called on ndi Anambra resident in the Federal Capital Territory to extend their investments to their home state. The Governor who made the call, when he met with members of the Anambra State Public Officers, Elders and Stakeholders Forum, , in Abuja, urged citizens to invest at home instead of other […]
The Delta State Police Command has taken into custody Nnajiofor Nweke, a father accused of causing the demise of a teacher at Alihami Secondary School in Agbor, Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State. The unfortunate incident transpired on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, following a disciplinary action against the suspect’s son, who was […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has reiterated his promise to rebuild public school infrastructure and providing access to qualitative education for the children of the poor. Governor Soludo, who made the call during a courtesy visit on the Minister of Education Professor Tahir Mamman, in Abuja called for a strategic partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education […]
The latest BudgiT report which places Anambra among the top five fiscal performers across the 36 states is exciting the state government, which described it as a confirmation of the positive impact of the policies of the Soludo administration. Rivers, Lagos, Kaduna and Ebonyi are the other states in the top five. Press Secretary to […]