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…
The Anambra State Government under Governor Chukwuma Soludo has been described as a government that walks the talk by keeping to its promises to the people and being committed to fulfilling its own part in every agreement with development partners. The State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mrs. Chiamaka Nnake, stated this at the…
It is yet another giant feat in the ongoing infrastructure rejuvenation under Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration, as the people of Akwu Ukwu in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State received a newly rehabilitated solar-powered borehole. The project, aimed at improving water supply in the community, was officially handed over by the Anambra State…
In a move to show solidarity and support for the people of Borno State, especially Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), the National President of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Abdullahi Ali Usman, visited Maiduguri to sympathize with the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, The Shehu of Borno Alhaji Abubakar Umar…
The Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Corps Commander (CC) Joyce Alexander, has debunked the widespread notion that ‘Village People’ (a colloquial term used to describe malevolent individuals or spiritual forces) are responsible for the frequent road accidents often witnessed during the Ember months. CC Alexander made the clarification on…
The recent brutal violence that befell the people of Enugwu-Ukwu Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, where no fewer than three youths of the community were allegedly killed, with five others severely injured by unidentified persons over a suspected land boundary dispute with neighbuoring Nawfia community (also in Njikoka Local Government Area),…
