LOCAL NEWS

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye has said that those who sponsor insurgency in the South East live abroad, explaining that they are mostly indigenes of the states in the geopolitical zone. Adeoye, who spoke with reporters in Awka, lamented that those they sponsor give them the false impression that they are making […]

The Anambra State Government says it has commissioned the designing of a masterplan for the construction of rail lines to ease transportation and boost the state economy. The General Manager, Anambra State Bureau of Public Procurement, Okey Ezeobi, made the disclosure while speaking with reporters in Awka on Tuesday. Mr Ezeobi said that Governor Charles […]

As commendations continue to trail her healthy living project, wife of the Governor of Anambra State Mrs Nonye Soludo has explained that one of the primary targets of the crusade is to establish a new approach to health, and make moral values an involuntary way of life among children and youths in the state. Mrs […]

Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, has said the Command is contemplating using airstrikes to flush out gunmen terrorising residents of North and South Senatorial Districts of the state. Adeoye said the air raid would help to completely eradicate the insurgency in Anambra. He stated that the Command had taken over five local government […]

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim after an exchange of gunfire with the fleeing abductors at Umuota Village, Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The victim, identified simply as Abuchi, from Orumba South LGA of Anambra State, was said to have been kidnapped on Saturday […]

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has reflected on the distribution of appointments by President Bola Tinubu, saying that he is fair to the Southeast geo-political zone. The governor, who is the National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), said the president has not marginalised Ndigbo, despite losing the five states during the February […]

The Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, has decried the poor state of federal roads in the South-East geo-political zone, especially in Anambra and Ebonyi states. Umahi made his feelings known during a courtesy call on the Anambra Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, on Saturday night in Awka. The Minister said Anambra and Ebonyi were competing […]

The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, said they have arraigned 33 suspected cultists for various crimes in the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Mr Ikenga, a deputy superintendent of police, said the suspects were charged with membership of unlawful cult groups, illegal possession […]

Anambra State Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding with thirteen organizations across different economic sectors including commerce and automobile. The MOU signing ceremony was the highpoint of the Anambra Investment Summit, ANINVEST 2023, held at Anambra International Convention Centre, Awka. The MoUs were signed with Universal Elysium Ltd for the development of Onitsha River Port, […]

A 47-year-old father, Mr Michael Wosu, and his 23-year-old wife, Blessing, residing at Adazi-Ani in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, are in police custody in Awka, for starving their five-year-old child of food for days. Michael, who hails from Rivers State and his wife from Akwa Ibom State, were said to be obeying […]