By Izunna Okafor, Awka Son of the Anambra State Governor, Ozonna Soludo, has stirred fresh conversations on social media after revealing how he met whom he described as his new “herbalist/neighbour.” Ozonna, a UK-based creative personality, musician and social media influencer, made the revelation in a post and the accompanying video he shared on…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a scenic moment of expression on Monday as members of Ndiowu Community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State stormed the Anambra State Government House, popularly known as the Light House, Awka, to protest what they described as an illegal and imposed process in the purported…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Southeast Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Hon. Ikenna Azomchine (popularly known as the Obidient General) over the weekend visited some important personalities and old friends in the state, including the state Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, and business mogul, Dr. Ebuka Onunkwo. The visits, which marked his first face-to-face…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has ordered the immediate closure of the Onitsha Main Market for complete one week over traders’ failure to open for business on Mondays, in continued defiance of the State Government’s directive abolishing the sit-at-home practice in any part of the state. The closure…
The people of Ebenator community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State were thrown into mourning over the weekend following the death of their illustrious son and former Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Harry Nnabueze Oranezi (Ifèmba). The sad development, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, January…
EBENATOR MOURNS THE FALL OF AN IROKO, HON. DR. HARRY ORANEZI (IFÈMBÀ) January 25, 2026 The Leadership of Ebenator Development Union (E.D.U.) and the entire people of Ebenator Community in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, received with sadness, and a heavy sense of loss the news of the fall of one of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It is no longer news that Nnewi, the automobile nerve centre of Anambra State, recently played host to Nigeria’s Catholic hierarchy as renowned industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Cletus Madubugwu Ibeto, CON, hosted an Episcopal Gala Night Reception for Catholic Bishops from across the country. The reception, held at Dr. Ibeto’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The leadership of Nzukọ Ọra Nnewi Town Union has reaffirmed the town’s long-standing rotational agreement on elective political positions, declaring that the current administration of Nnewi North Local Government led by a Chairman from Umudim quarter must complete its full four-year tenure before power shifts to Nnewichi quarter. This position…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Ahead of the forthcoming local government election in Anambra State, a community leader and political economist, Comrade Martin Ebuka Okafor, has thrown his weight behind the position of Nzukọ Ọra Nnewi Town Union on the ongoing debate surrounding the rotational chairmanship arrangement in Nnewi North Local Government. Okafor, a UK–based…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has formally abolished the long-observed Monday sit-at-home across the state, warning that any teacher or education staff who fails to report for duty on Mondays will face stiff salary sanctions, including possible forfeiture of their entire monthly pay. The directive was conveyed through an official circular…
