LOCAL NEWS

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Baba Usman has decorated thirty-nine police officers recently promoted from Deputy Superintendent of Police to Superintendent of Police. The decoration, which took place at the Anambra State Police Command headquarters in Awka, attracted friends and well-wishers of the officers. It was gathered that Inspector General of Police Mr Usman […]

Group from Nkerehi community, Orumba South Local Government Area, have protested the purported change of the community’s name to Umuchukwu without due consultation with stakeholders of the community and members of town union executive. The protesters marched to the Government House gate Awka , displaying placards with various inscriptions, including “Governor, please set up a […]

The Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Comrade Don Onyenji has encouraged Ndi Anambra to uphold their culture since it identifies the people. Commissioner Onyenji gave the advice during a cultural event at IgboUkwu, in Aguata local Government Area. The Commissioner reminded Ndi Anambra that Governor Chukwuma Soludo wants them to invest in […]

Hardship experienced by commuters plying Old Onitsha -Enugu road especially the flooded area at Ogidi, Idemili North council area is now over,following intervention by the Soludo administration to re-channel the flood water on the road.   It was gathered that observed that drainage channel in and around the catchment pit have been cleared which allowed […]

As security Operatives intensify patrol and improved operational positioning to respond to distress calls across Anambra State, Police Operatives while on patrol along Amaokpala-Awgbu highway recovered one abandoned black Mercedes 4matic ML 350 jeep with Registration number Abuja RBC 527 AL, one Ak forty-seven live ammunition and some criminal masks.   According to a release […]

The Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Mr Don Onyenji has appreciated Nibo Community for their efforts in releasing the ten plots of Land donated to the Federal Government for the construction of a cultural center.   The Commissioner who gave the commendation when he went on an inspection of the land in company of […]

Over two hundred persons have been arrested and tried for defaulting Anambra state environmental laws.   The individuals were arrested and tried at Magistrate Court, Awka and other mobile courts that sat in different parts of Awka. They were arrested last Saturday during the statewide compulsory monthly sanitation exercise. Those found guilty were either fined […]

Industrialists of Anambra State extraction have been called upon to bring some percentage of their investments home for enhanced development of the State.   A frontline industrialist Dr Godwin Okafor made the call in Awka, while speaking on the thirty-first anniversary of Anambra State. Dr Okafor who is a one-time President of Foam Manufacturers Association […]

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has approved the appointment of Mr Emeka Okonkwo as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Traffic Management Agency, ATMA.   Mr Okonkwo an Engineer had previously served as the Transition Committee Chairman of Dunukofia Local Government Area.   Governor Soludo asked the new Managing Director and Chief Executive […]

Anambra government has restated that the ban on commercial motorcycles in major cities such as Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi and Ekwulobia is still in force. The Commissioner for Information Chief Paul Nwosu stated this while briefing the press after the weekly executive council meeting of the government at the Government House, Awka. The Commissioner observed that […]