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The Executive Director Operations, Anambra Internal Revenue Service, Dr Christian Madubuko has warned against breaking of court order seal as it attracts heavy wraths of the law. Dr Madubuko stated this shortly after he led his team to a task drive in Onitsha where he sealed some business areas and parks which included Ifesinachi and […]

Anambra State Joint Enforcement Taskforce On Development Control across the State has embarked on demolition of illegal structures in Idemili North and South Local Government Areas. The development control became imperative due to violation of the state building codes and regulations as well as assault on government officials by some developers. The enforcement team which […]

A former lawmaker representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Annie Okonkwo, has reportedly died. Okonkwo, a foremost businessman and politician, hails from Iruebenebe village, Ojoto in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased represented Anambra Central Senatorial District from 2007 to 2011 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He also contested […]

The Bishop Diocese of Ogbaru, (Anglican Communion) Rt. Rev. Prosper Amah, yesterday raised the alarm over the increasing and aggressive level of touting in Anambra State, saying that it will soon become a monster bedevilling the state. Bishop Amah, therefore, appealed to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo not to allow violent activities of touts to destroy […]

Anambra State Internal Revenue Service, AIRS, Enforcement Team, has apprehended two persons for allegedly diverting government revenue. The suspects are Cyril Anigbogu, apprehended around a sand beach at Agulezechukwu, Aguata Local Government Area, and Onyebuchi Obele, who was caught at Awgbu Community, Orumba North Local Government Area. According to Anigbogu, he works for a traditional […]

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council has commended the Professor Chukwuma Soludo led government for embarking on massive road construction and rehabilitation across the state. The Council gave the commendation in a communiqué issued at the end of its June edition of the monthly congress, held at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press […]

Anambra State Government has directed all those, whose property and shops lie within the areas mapped out for Ekwulobia Flyover to begin to dismantle and evacuate same. A release signed by the Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, disclosed that actual construction work will commence in earnest. To that effect, the evacuation has become necessary […]

Anambra State Government has commenced a campaign against plastic waste pollution across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. The State Commissioner for Environment, Engr Felix Odimegwu, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Awka, during a press conference to flag off the 2023 World Environment Day celebration with the theme for this year is ‘Solutions […]

Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Public Petitions and Conflict Resolutions has urged all parties involved in a land dispute between Nnamdi Azikiwe University and Amaudo community to maintain peace pending the resolution of the matter by the Committee. The Committee made the call during its meeting with parties involved in the matter at […]

Anambra State government, through the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund has distributed farm inputs of various types to 160 women in four villages of Umueze Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area. The crops distributed to the women were rice seedlings, potato stems, groundnut, pepper, water melon […]