LOCAL NEWS

Governor Chukwuma Soludo yesterday joined family, friends and sympathizers to mourn the late Senator Annie Okonkwo. A funeral ceremony in his honour was held at Saint Paul’s Catholic Church, Ojoto celebrated by the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Most Reverend Valerian Okeke, assisted by the Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, […]

Following looming danger of flooding from the River Benue, Anambra State government has set up a Special Flood Committee, led by the Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, as contingency plans and risk management mechanisms in anticipation of the flood menace in 10 local councils in the state. Governor Charles Soludo, in a statement, through his […]

Anambra State Governor’s wife, Nonye Soludo has asked those living in flood prone areas of the state to prepare to move to higher grounds, following predictions that flood is imminent. Mrs. Soludo who stated this in Awka, explained that the recent emergency notices released by both the federal and state governments provide ample time to […]

A 20-year-old lady, Nwaedoka Chidimma, from the Izzi community in Ebonyi State, allegedly threw her newborn baby into a pit toilet in Otuocha community, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, where she had gone to carry out farming job. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday while the baby was rescued […]

A man whose identity is yet to be ascertained was swept away by floods on Tuesday at the Oye market in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The body of the victim, described as a stout man by some people in the market, was still missing as of the time of filing the […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has declared that Nigeria is a poor country and commended President Bola Tinubu for his courage to end fuel subsidies. Soludo, who spoke on Tuesday during the 9th (7th Quadrennial) Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Anambra State wing, described the removal of subsidy as necessary. […]

The Anambra state government has alerted the people residing in flood prone areas of the state of the impending deluge, owing to official reports by the Cameroon authorities that they would open the floodgates of the Lagdo Dam any moment from now. A government statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu directs […]

The Commissioner of Police Anambra State CP Aderemi Adeoye has congratulated Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the people of Anambra State on the thirty second anniversary of the creation of the state. The Police Commissioner noted that despite herculean challenges, the State has fared well in the comity of States in the Country. He commended Ndi […]

Floods, occasioned by heavy rain at the weekend, killed two children in different locations in Nkwele Awka, in the Awka South Local Government of Anambra State. It was gathered that the deceased were said to be between the ages of four and seven years. While one of the kids was swept away by the flood […]

The Anambra State Police Command has revealed that in the days ahead, there will be mass arrest of cultists in the state capital, Awka. In a statement by its spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, the command acknowledged the state capital had witnessed the beheading of a known cultist in the town by members of a rival group. […]