LOCAL NEWS

More state governments are set to key into the Employee Compensation Scheme of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, to enable public sector workers at the state and local governments enjoy the remarkable benefits of the scheme in the world of work. This is as Anambra and Abia State governments at the weekend, promised […]

Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums suspected to be cultists have stabbed and butchered a man believed to be mentally ill in Awka, the Anambra State capital. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday while the victim was sitting at his usual base at the Dike Park, near Zik Avenue, when the suspected cultists invaded the […]

Anambra state Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim has called for urgent intervention of the federal government on the multiple erosion sites on the popular Onitsha/Owerri road by Oba and Ozubulu. Deputy Governor Ibezim made the call when he recently visited the sites. It was observed that the erosion which created big ditches on the road, […]

A middle-aged man swept away by flood at Oye Nimo market in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State has been discovered dead. It was gathered that the deceased, a native of Egbengwu village in Nimo was discovered dead a day after following diligent search. “The man was discovered dead a day after. He […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the power outage currently being witnessed by the people of Anambra State, particularly those residing within Awka and its environs, was as a result of a mishap that cut off its 132kV line at Nofia axis. In a statement yesterday, TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi […]

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has announced incentives to cushion the effect of the hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. Last week shortly after President Bola Tinubu announced the disbursement of N5billion to each of the 36 states as palliative to cushion the harsh effect of the removal of subsidy from fuel, […]

The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Friday, analysed the country’s macroeconomics, concluding that President Bola Tinubu inherited an economy that could be compared to a “dead horse but standing”. Soludo shared this insight when asked to respond to Tinubu’s stance kicking against spending 90 percent of the country’s revenue on external debt […]

Anambra Governor’s Wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo says parents, guardians and the entire society should wake up in the face of rising moral decay and abandonment of basic norms. Mrs Soludo who stated this in Awka while reacting to the death of an infant who was rescued from a pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East, three […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo says reinventing Nigeria’s past which had the likes of Dr. Micheal Ọkpara, Eastern Nigeria’s former Premier, and his ideals remains the foundation for the country’s future. Governor Soludo stated this while giving the keynote speech at the maiden edition of Dr. M.I Okpara Memorial Lecture at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, […]

The Anambra State Police Command says it has arrested a four-man gang that specializes in burgling shops across the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, adding that the operatives from Ogidi Division busted the gang after a tip-off on Wednesday. Ikenga added that the four […]