LOCAL NEWS

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons after Sunday’s shooting at a nightclub in Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, stated this in an interview on Tuesday in Awka. Adeoye stated that the victims included two members of a […]

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a young man, who allegedly killed his mother, Mrs Charity Orji, and his sister, Miss Ukamaka Orji, and buried them in a shallow grave in their backyard. The suspect identified as Somadina Orji from Igbariam in Anambra State was said to have committed the offence […]

Gunmen wearing black jackets suspected to be Anti-Touts Operatives of Anambra State, on Thursday, shot dead a young man along the Onitsha-Owerri Road, by Obodoukwu junction in Onitsha. The deceased, identified as Chimezie Udoji, is said to have just completed his mandatory national youth service. He was shot while sitting on the balcony of their […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Anambra State Command has advised corps members to abstain from drug abuse and trafficking as they move to their host communities after orientation course. The Head of NDLEA, NYSC Orientation Camp, Anambra, Mr. Charles Erih, gave the charge, during a one-day lecture on drug abuse and trafficking for […]

Anambra State Chief Judge, Justice Onochie Anyachebelu has released twelve inmates of Onitsha Correctional center. Among the people who regained their freedom were those awaiting trials, stalled cases as well as inmates with serious health challenges, worthy of note was an inmate who has completed his jail term since March 2023 but was still being […]

Plans are underway by the Anambra State Government to build a nursing school in Ekwulobia axis to meet the health needs of the people. The Commissioner for Health, Anambra State, Dr. Afam Obidike disclosed this while defending the budget proposal of the Ministry of Health before Anambra State House of Assembly joint committees on Finance, […]

Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission says its Officers and Men are fully on ground to ensure easy flow of traffic across the State especially during this yuletide and beyond. Its sector Commander Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi said that already the commission is collaborating with other security agencies and Traffic management body to […]

 The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh says dismissal awaits any school principal who sabotages Anambra State Government’s Free Education policy. Announcing the suspension of the Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School Onitsha, Dr. Fidelia Ogili, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh stated that  the principal was asked to step down for going against the Free Education pronouncements […]

The Nigerian Army has assured of improved security in Anambra State. General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Hassan Taiwo Dada, gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Chukwuma Soludo at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia. The GOC said the visit was to discuss potential collaboration on the […]

The Anambra State Government has begun a two-day training for Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers, to prevent the spread of diphtheria and other communicable diseases to the state. The Commissioner for Health in the state, Afam Obidike, while declaring the training open on Tuesday in Awka, said the training was necessary based on the growing […]