Anambra: Gov Soludo swears in new Commissioner for Information
Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sworn in Dr Law Mefor as the new Commissioner for Information. Governor Soludo…
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Anambra Govt bans scavengers, vows to prosecute residents selling scraps to them
Anambra State Government has announced an immediate ban on the activities of scavengers who move about buying iron scraps, commonly…
Land tussle: Police invite leaders of Anambra communities over killing of three
The Anambra State Police Command has summoned the President Generals of Enugwu-Ukwu and Nawfia Communities following growing tension in the…
Fire guts 2 shops in Anambra market
Fire gutted two shops at the mainline of Mgbuka Obosi Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra in…
Kidnapped Anambra commissioner, wife released
Anambra State commissioner for youth development, Hon Patrick Aghamba who was kidnapped last Friday, alongside his wife has been reportedly…
Anambra: LP rejects Soludo’s proposed LG polls, heads to court
The Anambra State chapter of Labour Party (LP) has rejected the proposed local government election in the state, scheduled for…
Anambra: LP guber aspirant Nwosu rejects Soludo’s proposed LG polls
A governorship aspirant of the Labour Party for next year’s election in Anambra State, John Nwosu, has rejected the proposed…
Anambra CP contacts Kogi counterpart over kidnapped commissioner, wife
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Nnaghe Itam has reached out to his Kogi State counterpart to rally…
Anambra Govt goes after syndicates using children for alms begging, arrest 30 kids
Anambra State Government has launched an operation against syndicates using children to beg for alms in Awka, the capital city.…
Bribe for bail: Anambra Judiciary begins investigation, promises to punish erring officers
Anambra State Judiciary has begun investigation into allegations of bribery against a magistrate in the state by a lawyer. A…
Gunmen kidnap lawyer, two others in Anambra
Gunmen operating in Nkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, kidnapped three persons, including a lawyer, in the early…
Secure release of our missing officials – NYSC begs Imo, Anambra govts
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has appealed to the security agencies in Anambra and Imo States as well as…
We won’t accept rigging, manipulation – PDP tells Anambra electoral commission
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has advised the newly constituted Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC to be independent and…
Anambra: Normalcy returns as residents shun protest, resume business activities
After the closure of businesses in Anambra State on Thursday, the first day of the #EndBadGovernance protest, residents of the…
Police raid ESN, IPOB camps in Anambra
There was pandemonium in Isseke community and its environs in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State amid a gun…
Anambra NUJ mourns Senator Ifeanyi Ubah
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council, has mourned the passing of the senator representing Anambra South, Senator…
Ifeanyi Ubah: 6 things to know as Anambra Senator dies in London
The Senator representing Anambra South district, Ifeanyi Ubah, passed away on Saturday. Ubah’s death comes as a rude shock to…
Anambra Judiciary workers suspend strike
Judiciary Workers in Anambra State, under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) have suspended their ongoing strike.…
Cross River govt demands answers over disappearance of Anambra Corper, Dorcas Ojong
The Cross River State Government has called on the Director General of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, to produce…
Spending N1.5m on fuel for six cars to Anambra not big deal — Minister
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has justified spending N1.5m to fuel six vehicles in her convoy while on…
APC vows to take over Anambra, Abia, Enugu
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has reiterated its resolve to take over Abia and Enugu states come the 2027…
Anambra: Gunmen on rampage, kill fuel attendant as police confirm abduction of SUV driver
Police in Anambra State have confirmed the kidnap of an unidentified SUV driver on Saturday afternoon at Ifite area of…
Gunmen kidnap unidentified occupants of SUV in Anambra
At least two unidentified occupants of a sports utility vehicle, SUV, were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday afternoon. Sources said…
Troops intercept kidnap kingpins across Anambra, Oyo, Katsina, neutralize terrorists, recover arms
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for counter terrorism operations across the country in a series of coordinated operations have…
Anambra Govt discovers 59 dead workers, 40 retirees, 222 ghost staff on payroll
Anambra State Local Government Service Commission has revealed that over 300 ghost workers have been drawing salaries from various local…
Anambra: A harvest of collapsed buildings, as politics takes centre stage
On Thursday, (yesterday) a two-storey building collapsed at Eke Amawbia Market in Awka, Anambra State, leaving many feared dead. The…
Auto crash kills bus conductor in Anambra
A lone accident at Tarzan Junction along the Nteje-Awka-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra has claimed the life of a conductor. The…
Police rescue two from collapsed building in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives rescued two victims of a collapsed building at Ekeoyibo Market, Amawbia in…
Anambra police recover 14 vehicles from gunmen’s camps, invite owners for collection
The Police in Anambra State have recovered 14 vehicles after raiding camps belonging to gunmen terrorizing the state. A press…
Anambra Police Command commences training, retraining of officers
The Anambra State Police Command has begun a comprehensive training and retraining programme for its officers, aimed at enhancing operational…
Pollution: Anambra launches Operation Recover 100,000 Tonnes of Plastics
The Anambra State government has launched an operation geared towards recovering 100,000 tonnes of waste plastics to curb pollution in…
Anambra woman killed two days after marriage for burial Thursday
An indigene of Anambra State, Mrs Ifeoma Amarachukwu Ochiagha, who was among those who lost their lives last Monday during…
Police arrest suspected armed robber, rapist in Anambra
The Anambra Police Command has arrested two suspected criminals for armed robbery and rape. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
Minimum wage: Anambra workers in dilemma over Assembly’s continued disdain
As the minimum wage argument continues at the national level, there is doubt that even if the Nigeria Labour Congress,…
Arsonists attack Anambra council secretariat, burn vehicles
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning attacked Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Anambra State, burning down about six vehicles. The incident…
Woman dies in Anambra auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State said an accident involving two vehicles at Ukpo junction, along Nteje-Awka…
Hardship: ‘We won’t tolerate it’ – Police warn Anambra residents against staging protest
Police in Anambra State have warned that they will not sit back and watch anyone break the law if protesters…
Fire destroys soap factory in Anambra
Fire has destroyed a soap factory and plastic dumping ground at Amanato Street, Ugwuagba Obosi in Idemili Northampton Local Government…
‘Insecurity forced Flavour to hold dad’s funeral in Enugu instead of Anambra’ – Cubana Chief Priest
Businessman and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has suggested that insecurity is the reason the funeral…
Lexus SUV stolen in Anambra, recovered in Adamawa
A Lexus SUV RX 330, which was stolen in Awka, Anambra State, has been recovered by the Adamawa State Police…
Immigration partners NSCDC on border security in Anambra
The Anambra State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Godwin Nzeribe, has sought the support of the Nigeria Security…
Anambra police deploy operatives to stop Labour strike
The Police in Anambra State says it has deployed its operatives to strategic parts of the state to ensure that…
Accident claims three lives, injures 5 in Anambra
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed that three persons died in a multiple accident on Sunday in Oba…
Police intercept gunrunner, recover 7 rifles meant for enforcing sit-at-home in Anambra
Police in Anambra State have intercepted a gunrunner conveying rifles meant for secessionists who planned to use them to enforce…
Anambra: Police foil kidnap attempt, recover vehicle
The Anambra State Police Command said it foiled an attempt to kidnap a man in the Aguata area of the…
Soludo sets up committee on minimum wage
The Anambra State government has set up a committee to look into the issue of the minimum wage for workers…
Police arrest notorious cultist, gang leader in Anambra
Police in Anambra State have arrested an 18 years old man, Anichede Akachukwu, AKA Star B, who is said to…
Anambra: Teacher arrested for beating 8-year-old pupil to coma
A 30-year-old teacher, Faith Nwonye, of Landmark School, Mgbakwu, in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been…
Gunmen kill two, kidnap one in Anambra communities
The Secretary-General of Okija Progressive Union, Barrister Peter Awa, and Izuchukwu Igwenagha, popularly known as Onwa, were on Sunday murdered…
Anambra: Court frees student standing trial for multiple rapes
The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Court in Awka, has discharged and acquitted Michael Arinze, 20, accused of raping three…