The Anambra State Government, during the week sealed some water producing companies in the State over their illegalities and unhealthiness. According to information credited to Clara Madubuike of the State Ministry of Environment, the exercise and clampdown were carried out by the Ministry’s Health and Pollution Control Enforcement Team, who were led in the operation…
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra-based priest of the Catholic community, Rev. Fr. Basil Chukwuemeka Gbuzuo. Rev. Fr. Gbuzuo, a catholic priest of the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Spiritual Director of Mountain of Solution Catholic Adoration Ministry (MOSCAM) was reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday, May 15 2024. This is coming barely one month after he…
No fewer than 30 drivers were, on Tuesday, May 14, arraigned before a mobile court sitting along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra State, for various traffic related-offences, including Attempting to Corrupt Marshal on duty (ACS). While 27 of the arraigned motorists were convicted by the Court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mike Anyadiegwu; 3 others…
A widow and mother of five in Anambra State has successfully escaped assassination in her home and also cried for intervention, as her sister-in-law allegedly stormed her house with thugs in the midnight and also demolished her newly-constructed house. The incident happened in Osumenyi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the shortly after the burial…
A concerned citizen of Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has raised alarm over the current shabby status and structural realities of the Veterinary Medicine Clinic, Nnewi. The man, who is yet to reveal his identity, also shot a video of the government-owned clinic, and which has gone viral on the social…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based lawyer and human rights activist, Barr. Anthony Kelechi Agbasiere, has dissociated himself from the agreement on the preamble and introductory part of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Recall that the preamble of the 1999 Constitution reads thus: “We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “Having firmly and solemnly…
The premises of the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare was thronged by protesters from Ojoto Community in Idemili South Local Government Area of the State, who came to express their grievances and also appeal for justice, following the alleged gruesome murder of a widow and indigene of the community, Mrs. Ifeoma…
A funny but interesting video has surfaced online showing an Anambra-born Igbo man living in the Philippines teaching some Filipino children how to speak Igbo language. The Nigerian who is also a musician, Mr. Daniel Okafor (popularly known as Dandy Best) hails from Ụmụdiala village in Ezinifite, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State,…
The wife of Anambra State Governor, Mrs. Nonye Soludo has showcased her expertise and skillfulness as a gymnast. Mrs. Soludo, who is the Founder of a health tips promotion and awareness campaign NGO — Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo — took to her official social media page on Friday, May 10, to display her skills…
A residential building located at the Road 16, Cardinal Francis Arinze Avenue, in Ngozika Housing Estate, Awka, Anambra State capital, was gutted by fire on Friday, May 10. The fire outbreak, which affected and damaged the roof of the building, was said to have occured at about 2:13 pm, when the Anambra State Fire Service…
