Fresh allegations have emerged against Anambra state government-owned enforcement agency, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra, popularly known as OCHA Brigade. This is coming few months after some traders at Onitsha Main Market and some others at Zik’s Avenue, Awka, accused the agency of illegal arrest and detention, extortion, collection of bribe, abuse of human rights,…
The Anambra State Chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have lauded the Governor Chukwuma Soludo-led administration in the State for what they described as infrastructural facelift and transformation being witnessed in Awka the capital city of the State and other parts of the State at large. The leadership and…
The Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, has been promoted to a new rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) in the Force. The Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani disclosed this in a press release made available to newsmen on Wednesday, March 6, in which he said 1606 other…
Former Edo state governor now Senator, representing Edo North Adams Oshiomhole has denied reports that he entered into a deal with Governor Godwin Obaseki to impeach Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. This is coming after the state Assembly served Shaibu an impeachment notice on Wednesday, amid his face-off with Obaseki. Oshiomhole said Shaibu’s impeachment is the…
As the zonal public hearing on the new wage structure begins on Thursday, there are strong indications that organised Labour will push for N500,000 as the minimum wage The public hearing is expected to take place in Lagos, Kano, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, and Abuja. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in…
The Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, Pharmacist Ibrahim Babashehu, has urged students willing to study abroad to seek advice from the body before embarking on an unfaithful journey. Babasheshu disclosed that the body has records of foreign institutions with accreditation to train pharmacists, and admonished students to conduct proper checks before accepting admission from…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to put in place modalities for the payment of living wages to Nigerian workers. The resolution of the lawmakers followed the adoption of a motion during a plenary session, moved by Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda, and 39 others. Leading the debate on the motion titled…
The Kano State Ministry of Health has refuted the earlier announced outbreak of measles in the Kano Municipal. The Public Relations Unit of the ministry, the Director, Public Health and Disease Control, Dr Imam Wada Bello, in a statement, denied the outbreak of measles. Recall that the Primary Health Care Coordinator of the area, Aliyu…
In a shocking turn of events, Mrs. Ebere Okeke, Women Leader of the Oga-Ndi-Oga Solidarity Movement, testified in an Ihiala High Court about the alleged involvement of Chukwudi Odimegwu and Maxwell Nwokolo in the kidnapping of Mr. Obiorah Agbasimalo, the Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party during the 2021 Anambra State elections. On September 18,…
Mrs Nonye Soludo, the wife of Anambra State Governor, has reassured her commitment to championing the campaign to protect women, children, and girls in Anambra State from every form of abuse and violence. Mrs Soludo stated this when she received a team of partners led by IPAS Nigerian Health Foundation at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia….
