Nigerian writer and journalist, Izunna Okafor has been awarded the Outstanding Journalist of the Year in the 2024 Anambra Media Excellence Awards (AMEA) Okafor received the award on Friday at the 6th edition of AMEA, which held in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Powered by the Association of Digital Media Core Advocates (ADMCA) and hosted…
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the setting ablaze of some revenue collectors by some angry youths in Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident, which reportedly happened on Friday, was said to have occured around the Old Market Road along Venn Road by Egerton Bus Stop in the commercial city of Onitsha….
The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a native doctor and his accomplice over suspected armed robbery and kidnapping in Uru, Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the State. This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has expressed concerns about the economic hardship on the nation by policies of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government with a call on President Bola Tinubu to review Nigeria’s macroeconomic and fiscal decisions. Tinubu stopped the payment of fuel subsidy and floated the naira among other reforms which…
It was a day of royal and cultural elegance, historic celebration, and outpour of felicitations at Umueri, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, as the traditional ruler of the community, Igwe Sir Dr. Ben Emeka (Okebo II), gave out his daughter’s hand in marriage. The grand traditional marriage ceremony, which held on Wednesday…
The committee set up by the Edo government to recover government assets says over 200 vehicles belonging to the state are missing. The chairman of the committee Kelly Okungbowa said this on Friday while speaking to journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital He said three of these vehicles have been recovered less than…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC Joe Igbokwe has said that President Bola Tinubu’s son Seyi Tinubu does not possess the required capacity to be governor of Lagos State. This comes amid reports urging the president’s son to run for governor in 2027. Reacting to this development, Igbokwe in a Facebook post criticized…
The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted to accommodate the maiden edition of the 10 kilometer Capital City Race between 5:00am and 11.00am tomorrow Saturday, 23rd November, 2024. In a statement released, the state Commissioner for Transport, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that to this end, the following route starting from; Shoprite Alausa…
The Nigerian Police Force have been ordered to pay N30m compensation to Gloria Okolie, who was arrested in 2021 on the allegations of being a spy for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The money is to compensate for the abuse and enslavement she underwent during the illegal detention….
A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has revealed thatlack of money has left two-thirds of households in Nigeria grappling with the reality of not being able to provide healthy and nutritional meals. The NBS survey reflects an apparent reflection of the multidimensional poverty in the country and the impact of continuous reduction…
