LOCAL NEWS

The road construction revolution of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, got added boost as the Anambra State Executive Council, ANSEC, approved the release of the sum of five billion, two hundred and seventy million, six hundred and twenty thousand, eighty-two naira for the construction of Isuofia Township Roads (Phase 1) as an extension of the Igboukwu-Ikenga-Ekwulobia ongoing […]

Anambra State government has cancelled the last Saturday environmental sanitation exercise for the month of May 2023 scheduled for tomorrow. A statement signed by the Managing Director Anambra State Waste Management Authority ASWAMA, Mr Mike Ozoemena said this is to enable the children of Anambra State join their counterparts across the nation in marking the […]

Amidst growing cases of child-related crimes in Nigeria, Anambra State Governor’s Wife, Dr. Nonye Soludo, says the state is taking necessary steps to check cases of child trafficking and illegal adoptions. The governor’s wife stated this in Awka while declaring open a workshop organized for Non-Governmental Organizations by the National Agency for the Prohibition of […]

A Federal High Court in Awka has issued a bench warrant directed to the Nigeria Police to effect the arrest of Hon Augustine Ike also known as Ikedoji, a House of Assembly Member Elect representing Nnewi North Constituency. Also, another Onyedika Chukwuma was also found wanting, as the warrant requested for them to be brought […]

A joint task force from the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare and Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade, on Wednesday, raided major spots in the state and cleared over 50 street beggars and out-of-school children hawking from the streets of Awka and environs. The action, according to the ministry, was to sanitise […]

The Anambra State Government has reiterated its commitment towards partnering media practitioners on proper information management and dissemination on the activities of illegal revenue collectors and touting in the state. The Chairman, Anambra State Board of Internal Revenue Service, (AIRS), Mr. Richard Madiebo, announced the collaboration during a joint press briefing of the Board, the […]

Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Honourable Ify Obinabo has intervened in the case of a teenage girl, whose pregnant mistress stabbed with a knife. The Women Affairs Commissioner embarked on a trip to Lagos State on Sunday, following a viral video circulating on social media of a girl identified as Chinaza Anienene, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned and opened for public use, Second Niger Bridge, linking Anambra and Delta States. President Buhari commissioned the project named after him virtually, six days to the end of his administration. The bridge is one of the legacy projects of the Buhari administration, hoped to decongest the existing Niger Bridge and […]

Anambra State Government has permanently sealed three hospitals in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area for quackery and employing unlicensed staff. The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Team of the Ministry of Health, sealed the facilities. The facilities, Favour of God Hospital and Maternity, Bright Land Hospital and Maternity and Guardodion Hospital and Maternity, were […]

Anambra State Commissioner for Transport, Mrs. Patricia Igwebuike, has stated the readiness of her ministry to ensure that revenue court is established in the state to fast track the prosecution of revenue offenders. Mrs. Igwebuike, who made this known in Awka, said that the establishment of the court will help in the fight against illegal […]