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As the first phase of ongoing free cervical cancer screening and treatment programme in Anambra State begins to wind down, the Governor’s wife, Nonye Soludo has urged more women to come out and take advantage of the exercise. The governor’s wife who stated this in Awka while assessing the exercise so far, said that though […]

Civil servants in Anambra State stayed away from work in defiance of Governor Chukwuma Soludo‘s directive that they should resume work every Monday. Soludo, at last May Day rally, described as deliberate absence of civil servants from duty under the excuse of sit-at-home, threatening to slash salaries of those who abscond from work on Mondays. […]

The Anambra State Government has dismissed as unfounded a report that it had concluded plans to sell the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Company (ANPC), publishers of the state-owned National Light Newspapers. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Paul Nwosu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka on Monday. Mr Nwosu was reacting to […]

Security operatives in Anambra State have killed four suspected kidnappers who specialise in terrorising motorists and residents along the Nkpor-Umuoji-Ideani Road in the state. The Anambra Vigilante Group in collaboration with the police were said to have carried out the operation on the criminal gang on Sunday after a charge by the state governor, Prof. […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo says his idea of unionism is the solidarity of all workers in Anambra, both tricycle operators and women selling various items under the sun who are working and contributing to the development of Anambra State. Addressing the State workforce at the Dr Alex Ekwueme square in Awka during the 2023 International Labour […]

The Managing Director and chief Executive Officer of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority ACTDA Mr Ossy Onuko says Governor Chukwuma Soludo is committed to transforming Awka into a livable and prosperous capital city. Speaking at the Residence of Chief Jonathan Nzekwe of Umuonaga village Awka who organized a thank you ceremony for the Anambra State […]

Anambra State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has decried the condition of pensioners in the state, stating that many of them are dying without being paid their retirement benefits. The State’s Chairman of NLC, Humphrey Emeka Nwafor disclosed this in his address on the occasion of the workers’ celebration on Monday at the […]

The Traditional ruler of Awka Community, Obi Gibson Nwosu has called on Nigerians to see the forthcoming Population and Housing census as a national assignment. Speaking in an interview in his palace, Obi Nwosu who described accurate census figures as catalyst for sustainable development charged the federal government to provide a conducive environment that will […]

Anambra State Government has arrested and paraded over twenty-six persons suspected for touting and illegal revenue collection in Onitsha, Obosi and Nkpor. The arrest spearheaded by the Managing Director, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere in conjunction with joint security agencies is in continuation of the state government’s efforts to rid […]

Youths in Anambra State have been advised to key into the state Government’s skill acquisition programmes to become self-reliant. The Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism Comrade Don Onyenji gave the advice when the Joint Campus Council of the National Association of Nigerian Students Anambra State chapter paid him a courtesy visit in […]