Journalists in Anambra State have called on Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo to reconsider the restoration of the closed state-owned National Light Newspaper, urging that it be revamped into a digitally driven, modernized version to meet contemporary standards. The request was contained in a communique issued at the end of the September Congress of the Nigeria…
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has rolled out a new initiative designed to stimulate development across the various communities within the state. The initiative, tagged “Solu Dozie Anambra,” is a Public-Private-Community Partnership (PPCP) platform aimed at mobilizing Ndi Anambra, both at home and abroad, to contribute to infrastructural development in their various communities…
Some unidentified armed men have reportedly kidnapped Engr. Ezekiel Iheazor, the President-General of Umunze community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Engr. Iheazor was reportedly kidnapped in his Lomu village in Umunze on Friday, October 4, alongside a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Nze Ikechukwu Okoli. According Vanguard,…
No fewer than five suspected illegal security personnel have been apprehended in Anambra State for allegedly mounting road blocks and using gun the intimidate and extort road users. The ‘fake’ security men who wore black security vest crested “AVG Special Squad”, were arrested by the operatives of the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security…
The date and activities for the burial of prominent Anambra industrialist and Founder of the Cutix Plc., Engr. Gilbert Obiajulu Uzodike, OON, has been announced. The announcement, made over the week, was contained in a noticed signed and issued by the Board and Management of the Cutix Plc., makers of Cutix Cables and Wires. This…
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…
