By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially released the final list of candidates for the 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, as well as key details about their profiles and the campaign timeline, in the build-up to the highly anticipated November 8 gubernatorial contest. According to a press statement signed…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has strongly refuted the circulating claims that he consulted a native doctor over his re-election ambitions, describing the allegation as a deliberately distorted and malicious fabrication by desperate political opponents. The refutal and clarification come amid the video that is currently trending…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Over the past few days, there has been a wave of arrests and significant breakthrough in Anambra State’s intensified security operations, as suspects linked to recent violent attacks, illegal arm smuggling, and other criminal activities have been arrested across different parts of the state, with various arms, live cartridges, vehicles,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As part of its landmark move towards transforming the energy landscape of Anambra State, the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) has approved the establishment of the Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This pivotal decision, reached during the Council’s meeting held at the New Government House (newly christened “Light House Awka”)…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one month after its inauguration, the Anambra State Government has officially renamed the newly-commissioned Government House Mini City in Awka and rolled out a fresh wave of more capital projects and institutional reforms as part of efforts to deepen good governance and infrastructural development across the state. The developments were…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has revealed that the Command under his watch has arrested over 200 suspected kidnappers and rescued more than 30 victims in the last three months. CP Orutugu disclosed this on Monday during a live television interview on Africa Independent Television’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In what could be described as a satirical twist to one of Nigeria’s most infamous corruption scandals, a popular Anambra-based comedian and public service announcer, MC Aiza Nwosu, popularly known as Aiza Awka, claims to have finally captured the “strange snake” that allegedly swallowed ₦36 million from the Joint Admissions…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based businessman, simply identified as Mr. Chibuike, has raised serious allegations against some officers of the recently-launched homeland security outfit in the State, Operation Udo Ga-Achi, accusing them of abduction, extortion, intimidation, and forced confession under duress. Chibuike’s allegations was contained in posts currently trending on social media, in…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As part of his move to deepen grassroots security architecture and foster stronger collaboration with traditional institutions, the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, on Saturday, June 1, 2025, paid a high-level advocacy visit to Achalla, the headquarters of Awka North Local Government Area. Disclosing this in…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects linked to the kidnap and cold-blooded murder of a female bank manager in Onitsha earlier this year, a case that shocked many across the state and beyond. According to a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu…
