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Some of the girls, recently rescued from a brothel by security operatives and officials of the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, have claimed that they pay their madam N40,000 daily to remain in business. The sex slaves said they were forced to pay the money before they were given out to men […]

Officials of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority have embarked on the demolition of street shanties and illegal stores defacing the Capital City. The areas visited by the agency’s officials were Ngozika Housing Estate Road, Club Road, formerly Abakaliki street, as well as Oby Okoli avenue. Speaking during the raid, the Managing Director and Chief Executive […]

About 50 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) accruable to the Anambra State Government is lost to leakages and activities of revenue thieves. Christian Madubuko, executive director in charge of Operations at the Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), disclosed this in an interview in Awka on Wednesday. Mr Madubuko, who is the leader of […]

Anambra indigenes living in Lagos have concluded plans for a Town Hall with the Executive Governor of Anambra State, His Excellency, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo CFR, on Thursday June 22,2023 at the Collonades Hotel, Ikoyi Lagos. The interactive session scheduled to begin at 5pm local time is organized by the Anambra State Liaison Office in […]

Indigenes of Amanuke Community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, took to the streets yesterday to celebrate their acclaimed traditional ruler, Chief Dennis Ezebuilo, who was granted bail. Ezebuilo, one of the claimants to the traditional stool, was remanded on June 15 for refusing to appear before the court, in the case between […]

The Anambra State Government on Tuesday warned brothel operators to stop using underage girls to run their businesses or face prosecution. The Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in the state, Ify Obinabo, gave the warning in Awka on Tuesday while reacting to the rescue of 12 girls from brothels in the state capital on […]

A two-year-old Master Peter Anthony has successfully undergone cleft lip surgery to become the first beneficiary of the ongoing free cleft lip and palate treatment in Anambra State. The child, who had a cleft lip and cleft palate, was operated upon last Saturday, at Dinma Hospital, Nnewi, one of the affiliated medical facilities that offer […]

The Deputy Chairman Anambra State traditional rulers Council and traditional ruler of Okpuno, Igwe Sunday Okafor and other traditional rulers in the State have underscored the importance of Agriculture in improving the living standards of the people. They spoke during the launch of the 2023 farming season by Governor Chukwuma Soludo at the Dr Alex […]

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has said his administration aims at making farmers in the state, employers of Labour. Soludo said this would be achieved through purposeful support to farmers in the state, both through loans and presentation of modern farm equipment that would aid their work and increase their yield. The governor, who […]

An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka has remanded one Chief Denis Ezebuilo at the Awka Correctional Center till June 15, 2023, when his bail application will be heard. Ezebuilo, one of the claimants to the traditional ruler’s stool of Amanuke Community, Awka North of the state was remanded for not showing up in the […]