By Izunna Okafor, Awka Arrangements have been concluded for the funeral rites of Late Chief Agunwa Anaekwe, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria’s 3rd National Assembly, who passed away earlier this year. According to an official statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the National Burial Committee, Distinguished Senator Osita Izunaso…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Security operatives in Umudiana, Umueri, in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, have arrested five persons allegedly involved in the sale of dead and decaying animals that had been used for traditional sacrifices at the Omambala River to food vendors who use them to cook food sold to unsuspecting…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as tr@gedy struck in the industrial city of Nnewi, Anambra State, as two school children were electrocuted to de@th while taking refuge from a heavy downpour. The heartbreaking incident, which occurred over the weekend at the St. Peter’s Claver Junction, Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Christian community in Nigeria and across Africa has been thrown into mourning following the passing of one of the continent’s most renowned preachers and evangelists, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, who joined the saints triumphant on October 6, 2025, at the age of 80. According to a statement issued by…
By Chukwudi Ebele No fewer than 3000 indigenes of Umueze Ogwugwu village of Oba Community in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, over the weekend, took to streets, in protest, against alleged invasion and takeover of their land by a government’s property developer, Bukham Group, during which buildings, farm land, cash crops,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has promptly moved to avert tragedy and ensure the safety of motorists following the dangerous partial collapse of the every-busy Onitsha–Owerri Expressway, by the Ozubulu axis, Ekwusigo Local Government Area. The collapse, which reportedly happened over the week, was said…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The combined forces of heavy flood and erosion gully have cut off one lane of the every-busy Onitsha-Owerri Road in Anambra State posing a huge danger to unaware road users and constraining drivers to one lane from the point of the cut off. The life-threatening condition, which came to be following…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based family has cried out for help, following the mysterious disappearance of their daughter, Mrs. Chidera Okenyi, and her two children, who have been missing since March 2022 after travelling with a man who claimed he wanted to marry her. According to the Okenyi family, Chidera, who hails from…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, on Thursday, officially swore in the newly confirmed Commissioners and members of the Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission (ASERC). The swearing-in ceremony, which held during the State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting at the Government House, Awka, came barely two days after their…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Senate has officially sworn-in Chief Emmanuel Nwachukwu as the Senator representing the good people of Anambra South senatorial districts at the National Assembly. This is coming more than 14 months after the Anambra South district has remained without a representative at the Senate, following the tragic death of Senator…
