The hearing of hearing of a kidnap charge preferred against two suspects, Jude Odimegwu and Nwokolo Maxwell was failed to hold following the absence of counsel to one of the defendants Chima Gift Gift, is the counsel to the first defendant, Jude Odimegwu. The two men are standing trial before an Nnewi High Court 1,…
Wife of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu, has said that a mass grave was recently discovered in Anambra State and sealed off for forensic investigation. Bianca who is a member of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission stated this in a statement on her Facebook on Tuesday, titled:…
Residents and Indigenes of Umuawulu community in Awka South local government Area of Anambra state have threatened to occupy Enugu Electricity Distribution Company EEDC, Awka office, if it fails to restore power to community within two weeks. The threat was contained in a protest letter titled ” Protest Against Continued Breach of NERC Decision on…
Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah has vowed that Nnewi clan will produce the next governor of Anambra State. He said this, while speaking to some zonal leaders and stakeholders of the APC at the residence of the South East Organizing Secretary, of the party Mr Dozie Ikedife (jnr). Senator Ubah also called…
Lightning has killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Sunday. An eye witness told our correspondent that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted. He said “the students were practicing on the football pitch with…
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has said that his administration will invest heavily in education, stressing that in his experience and conviction, education presents the surest path towards overcoming the burden of poverty and the bondages that come with ignorance. This came as he commended the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church for investing in education…
Prof Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has appealed to churches and private to reduced school fees in the schools so as to give every child equal opportunity. Soludo made the appeal when he joined the Anglican Communion in praying for peace and progress of the state. The event took place at Dr Alex Ekwueme…
The National Chairman of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, has joyfully celebrated the 90th posthumous birthday of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (The founding father of APGA). A visionary and a true patriot, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was born on November 4th, 1933, and contributed immensely to the advancement of APGA…
Anambra State Government and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) signed a one-billion-naira (N1b) agreement to fund Small and Medium sized Enterprises in Anambra State. Under the agreement terms, Anambra State Government will provide five hundred million naira (N500,000,000) and SMEDAN will match it with another five hundred million naira (N500,000,000). The…
BIM-MASSOB, has openly declared that the late former Biafra war lord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu who died many years ago, will resurrect on November 26, 2023. This was made known on Friday in Awka, Anambra state by the leadership of Biafra Independence Movement and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (BIM-MASSOB). According…
