The Abia State Government has announced that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, which normally holds every last Saturday of the month would be observed on Saturday, 23rd March , 2024 instead of the last Saturday of March because of the Easter celebration. To this end, the government required the Mayor of the Local Government Councils,…

Professor Charles Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State, has declared a total war with zero tolerance against the illegal activities of touts on the streets throughout the state. Mr. Solomon Chukwuebuka Onwuemene, the Director of Operations for the Special Anti-Tout Squad (SASA) in Anambra State, revealed this yesterday during a meeting at the State Government…

A group of lawmakers of Anambra State House of Assembly representing various state constituencies asked Governor Chukwuma Soludo to extend his flagship road, the Amansea-Awba- Ofemili road to Umerum, considered a food basket in Ayamelum local council area. In a motion jointly sponsored by eight legislators among others, they called on Soludo to direct the…

The ECOWAS Commission has trained 150 youths on table fish production as part of efforts to boost job creation and support the employability of young people in the fisheries sector. The 150 youths who underwent an intense 4-month training, took part in a graduation ceremony today March 19, 2024, at the Anambra State Polytechnic Mgbakwu…

The Imo State Police Command said it has arrested three suspects for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, who disclosed the arrest in a statement in Owerri, said the command, through painstaking and diligent investigations, arrested three suspects, namely Joseph Onyema, 35, Uzoma Nwanoreze, 30, and Eberechukwu Nwosu, 43. The…

The governments of Cross River and neighbouring Ebonyi states have agreed to regularly embark on sensitization of their borderline communities to desist from all forms of encroachment, which often aggravated to bloodbaths and deaths. This agreement was contained in a 5-point communique adopted by officials from both states and signed by the Deputy Governors of…

Police have on Tuesday, re-invaded Umuduruzor in Oboro Umueze Ogwa village of Umueze /Abazu Ogwa autonomous community by the Police of Imo State Command, and abduction of their young men numbering 15 has enveloped fears and suspense among the people and its environ. Elder Theophilus Ejiogu aged 76, a retired school Principal and an indigene…

An outbreak of Lassa fever has claimed the life of a nurse treating patients at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State. A source at the hospital said the nurse, Ewogu Nkechi, died last weekend and was buried immediately based on Lassa fever control protocol. She had been attached to the emergency department…

Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the Governor of Anambra State, is planning to reshuffle his cabinet in the near future, which has caused tension among commissioners and other government aides. According to a reliable source within the government, the governor intends to bring in fresh talent during the second half of his term for sociopolitical reasons. The…

The APC South East Zone has officially suspended its members in Enugu State, including Hon Ginika Tor, a Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission. The suspension was a result of alleged anti-party activities within the zone. In a press statement issued by the party’s Zonal Chairman, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, Ginika Tor…