Hoodlums, suspected to be gunmen have reportedly attäcked and k!lled some police operatives in Nnewi, Anambra State. The incident, according to a source, happened at Akabu-Ukwu Uruagu Nnewi in the early hours of Thursday, October 3, and also led to the dëäth of about two policemen. This was corroborated by a video currently trending on…
In furtherance of his administration’s strides to spread infrastructural developments across Anambra State, Governor Chukwuma Soludo has awarded four more new contracts in different parts of the state. The contracts include the reconstruction of the Oduigbo Market, Onitsha; rehabilitation of the Nnewi—Oba Road; rehabilitation of Nkpor—Obosi Road; and the rehabilitation of the Nteje—Otuocha Road. Announcing…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has taken off to the United Kingdom to have some rest rest. Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy announced this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday. According to him, the two-week vacation is part of the President’s yearly leave. “He…
Barely one month after dumping the All Progressive Congress (APC), the immediate-past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief Dr. George Moghalu, has settled for the Labour Party (LP). The ex-APC stalwart perfected the defection on Tuesday, October 2, when he was received into his new party at his ward, Uruagu Nnewi,…
In what has been popularly described as weird and out of ordinary, an automobile mechanic apprentice, simply identified as Chidike, who was said to have recently completed his (mechanic) training has been ‘bathed’ with condemned engine oil during his graduation ceremony. The graduation ceremony, which reportedly happened over the weekend, was captured in a video…
The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) has announced the names of the winners of the just-concluded local government chairmanship elections in the 21 local government areas of the State. The ANSIEC Chairperson, Magistrate Genevieve Osakwe, announced this during a press briefing on Monday, September 30, at the Commission’s Headquarters in Awka, the state capital….
The Chief Edozie Njoku-led faction of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has disengaged Mr. P. I. N Ikwueto, SAN, as the party’s solicitor. The disengagement was announced in a 12-paragraph letter to that effect, personally signed by Chief Njoku as ‘National Chairman, APGA’ and addressed to Ikwueto. Copied to Honorable Justice J.K Omotosho of…
‘ It was another gallant outting and successful operation in Anambra State, as police-led security force in the state gunned down one of the notorious hoodlums and criminal elements troubling the state. The gunman, neutralized in the late hours of Sunday, was said to be operating around the Aguata area of the State, where he…
Anambra State, on Friday, September 27, joined the rest of the world to mark the 2024 World Tourism Day, with the state government reaffirming its commitment to transforming the tourism sector under the leadership of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo. Briefing newsmen in Awka, as part of the state’s activities to mark the day, the State’s…
The legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of unlawfully barring them from meeting with their client. It was alleged that the DSS blocked Kanu’s legal representatives from visiting him at the detention facility, violating subsisting court orders…
