LOCAL NEWS

Kingsley Ogbonnaya, the suspect standing trial in the murder of Miss Chinenye Promise Nwoye, an undergraduate of University of Benin, has pleaded not guilty to the charge brought against him by the Anambra State Police Command. On 27th August 2020, Miss Nwoye, who hails from Ire village Abba, was reportedly strangled to death inside room […]

The Anambra state Children, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Magistrate court, has granted bail to relations of a widow from Umunankwo in Ogbaru Council area, who were arrested for allegedly ostracizing their widowed sister, Nneka Uzor. Their arrest was facilitated by the Anambra state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo. The suspects, […]

In an effort to ensure efficient collection of data and forestall fraud, the Anambra State Government will, on Tuesday, officially launch a new card-based vehicle registration and renewal license system. The initiative is in line with Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision of transforming Anambra State through technology and process optimization. The new system is an improvement […]

The Anambra State Chairman of Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC), Prof Nkechi Ikediugwu, has charged Principals of secondary schools in the state to desist from illegal collection of levies or face demotion. The PPSSC chairman gave the charge when she visited Kenneth Dike Memorial Secondary School, Awka, on Monday, where she met with two […]

Police in Anambra State say they have rescued two individuals who were kidnapped during Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. According to a brief statement by spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the rescue took place in the early hours of Friday. The police imagemaker […]

The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh has directed all schools, whose students registered for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination in Anambra State to contact the Examination Development Center, and collect copies of past question papers with which to adequately prepare their students for the examination. Issuing the directive, Commissioner Chuma-Udeh stated that the […]

The Transition Committee Chairman of Anambra East Local Government Area, Dr. Anselm Onuorah has appealed to the people of the local government to heed the warning by the Nigeria Metrological Agency that there is possibility of heavy flooding this year and begin to make plans of moving to upland. Dr. Onuorah who made this appeal […]

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects linked to the attack on officials of the Consulate of the United States of America and their police escorts in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, confirmed the development during a press conference on Thursday. He explained that the suspects […]

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo while expressing deep condolences to the bereaved families and organizations, particularly the US Embassy, over the death of their staff and policemen who were attacked by gunmen along Atani-Osamala Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State, on Tuesday, has said that his government and the security agencies in the […]

Four persons suspected to be officials of the United States of America Embassy in Nigeria were feared killed following attack in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Their mission to the riverine area of Anambra State was not known, but it was gathered that their convoy came under fire by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Police Public […]