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The Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC) has directed the immediate and indefinite suspension of Mr Shadrach Okenwa, the palace secretary to Igwe Chidubem Iweka of Obosi in Idemili North LGA. The commission gave the order in a statement issued after a public hearing on the causes of insecurity in Awka communities. The ATJPC […]

A woman has been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly trafficking some underage girls for prostitution in the state. The woman, Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, was arrested on Tuesday in Awka, the state capital. Mrs Okonkwo, popularly known as Ukwu Venza, hails from Otolo Nnewi, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state. The […]

NO fewer than 1.1 million children in Anambra State have been targeted to receive Vitamin A supplements from the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in the next one week. The nutrition specialist at the UNICEF Enugu office of the world body, Ngozi Onuorah gave the figure at the flag off of the Anambra State weeklong […]

The state Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has urged investment community of Ndi Anambra in Lagos State to key into Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of building a prosperous and liveable homeland by extending their investment to Anambra to fast-track rapid development of the state. Chief Obi-Okoye made the call […]

Anambra State Government has warned fuel marketers against constructing gas stations on public property, emphasising that there will be no compensation following demolition. They gave the warning during a recent engagement between the leadership of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Petroleum Dealers Association of Nigeria (PEDAN) and Anambra State government. The state government […]

Anambra State Government has announced that the June edition of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise will hold on Saturday, June twenty-four, 2023. A statement signed by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra State Waste Management Authority, ASWAMA, Mr. Mike Ozoemena, said that the exercise will hold simultaneously in all the communities across […]

The Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze says the law enacted by the state legislature to prohibit widowhood malpractices in the state is still in force. Felicitating with widows in the state as they join their counterparts all over the world to mark this year’s International Widow’s Day, the Right […]

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has advised Anambra indigenes resident in Lagos to return home and invest in their own interest, saying that the state is ready for business. Addressing them during a town hall meeting in Lagos, the governor reminded them that God did not make a mistake by making them Anambra people. […]

No fewer than 30 buildings are said to have been destroyed and over 50,000 people displaced in the gully erosion ravaging communities in Onitsha Inland, Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the erosion, which began in 2019, has so far damaged areas at Obeleagu and Nkisi-Aroli streets, thereby causing […]

Anambra State Government has approved ₦243 billion contract award for construction of a leisure park to be known as Solution Fun City, in Awka. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Awka. He said that the approval was made at the Anambra State Executive Council […]