By Izunna Okafor, Awka A concerned citizen has raised the alarm over the pitiable condition of a homeless woman who has turned the roadside at Nnewi into her home, sparking calls for urgent intervention from the government and humanitarian agencies. The woman, whose identity still remains unknown as at the time of filing this…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The build-up to the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State has taken yet another major turn, with the defection of over 1,500 members and foot soldiers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) into the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), further swelling the ranks of the ruling party in the grassroots…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The political tension in Anambra has taken another dramatic twist as the wife of the state governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Nonye Frances Soludo, has finally broken her silence and responded to the barrage of attacks and allegations made against her, her husband, and even her children by Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has refuted reports circulating on social media and some news platforms claiming that Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo is set to construct a new airport in Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. The viral news reports, accompanied by photos, which started trending on Friday…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as tension gripped Ogidi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday night following a bloody cult-related attack at a burial ceremony that left four people dead and no fewer than 15 others severely injured. According to reports and videos currently trending…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely four years after the commissioning of the Anambra International Airport, Umueri (now the Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri) by the immediate-past governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, the present administration of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has unveiled plans to construct another airport in the state. According to reports,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, has reassured and reaffirmed his leadership’s commitment to proactive policing, airtight security and officers welfare in the State. The CP gave the reassurance on Thursday when he convened a high-level strategic meeting with senior officers of the Command, and…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The member representing Aguata Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Engr. Dom Okafor, has explained why he chose to empower his constituents with wheelbarrows, hoes, and cutlasses, an initiative that has recently sparked off a chain of reactions and counter-reactions on social media. Speaking in an exclusive telephone interview…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely 24 hours after they started trending, the wife of the Anambra State Governor and Founder of the Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo initiative, Dr. (Mrs.) Frances Nonye Soludo, has dismissed as false and mischievous the claims made by Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife, the APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, in her…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Security operatives at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, have arrested two suspected robbers who allegedly disguised themselves as scavengers to steal from the institution. This was contained in a statement issued by the School Management, in which it was revealed that the suspects, identified as Shehu Ibrahim and Sadiq Haruna,…
