The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, has sounded an urgent alarm over what it describes as the growing dictatorial tendencies of the institution’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council. Speaking on behalf of the Union during a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital, the Chairperson of ASUU…
The Anambra State government has said the ban on the illegal activities and operations of metal scrap dealers (popularly known as ‘Iron Condemned’, ‘Iron Kwandem’, or ‘Ndị Akpakara’) in the state is still effective. The State Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Felix Odimegwu, stated this in an exclusive interview with this reporter regarding the enforcement status…
The Anambra State government has placed bounty on the perpetrators of the bloodshed that occurred on Sunday in Nibo community, in Awka South Local Government Area of the State. Recall that some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums, on Sunday afternoon, stormed the Oye Nwochichi Market Nibo and Eke Nibo Market, and opened fire on people, killing no fewer…
Information reaching EKWEANAEDO at the moment has it that yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons have been gunned down at Nibo, a community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to sources, the incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the Oye Nwochichi Market, by Nibo Old Maternity, where the hoodlums were said to have…
The residents of Ossomala, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, have expressed their profound gratitude to Governor Chukwuma Soludo for providing a solar-powered water facility to the community, assuring to pay him back at the ripe of time. The residents gave the commendation and assurance was during the technical handover of a solar-powered Small…
The ban recently pronounced on the activities of metal scrap scavengers (popularly known as Iron Condemn, Iron Kwandem, or Ndị Akpakara), in Anambra State by the state government, appears to be a pipe dream. This is because of the observed sustained operations and activities of the said banned scrap mongers in the state, one month…
The Special Adviser to Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Youth Empowerment Programme, Dr. Nelson Omenugha, has lamented the failure of many political parties in Nigeria to live up to their duties, particularly in fostering youth participation. Dr. Omenugha, who is also the Convener of Youths Earnestly Seek Solution (YESS), made this assertion while speaking…
The Ogbe Oye, Market Inland Town, Onitsha, Anambra State, was agog on Thursday, as the market women trooped out en masse to celebrate and commend Governor Chukwuma Soludo for resuscitation and providing them with pipe-borne water after over 20 years they last saw something like that. The women gave the commendation when theState Commissioner for…
Some group of men, suspected to be law enforcement agents have allegedly brutalized and robbed some travellers of some substantial amount of money in Anambra State. The incident happened at Upper Iweka in Onitsha, commercial hub of the State, where the suspected law enforcement agents allegedly accosted and apprehended the travellers, in the guise of…
A Nigerian from Anambra State, Engr. Uzoma Isaiah has produced two functional phones, using wood as one of its major raw materials. Engr. Isaiah, a native of Nnobi community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was recently spotted at a busy market with the two phones, which attracted the attention of a…
