Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has offered scholarships to two young orphans at Infant Jesus Orphanage in Calabar, Cross River state from primary to the university level. He also made a cash donation of N2 million as well as food items to the Orphanage. Kalu’s visit was part of the 37th Convocation ceremony…
The Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia celebrated its 5th anniversary today, with Governor Chukwuma Soludo joining His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Okpaleke, and other distinguished guests to mark the occasion. During the luncheon ceremony, Cardinal Okpaleke unveiled his vision to build a welfare home for the aged and vulnerable, a project aimed at providing care and support…
A strategic meeting of all the Chambers of Commerce in Anambra State has been convened by the Commissioner for Industry, Mr. Christian Udechukwu to discuss the government’s economic programme for 2025 and to get their buy-in to mobilize industry leaders, captains of enterprises, and to secure their partnership as the business community. This would also…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Information reaching our Correspondent Desk has it that a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Stephen Echezona, who was kidnapped at a fuel station in Ichida, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been rescued in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of the State, following a coordinated security operation. According to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake military officer and a cultist in separate operations, recovering firearms, charms, and other incriminating items. The arrests were made on March 22, 2025, as part of the command’s intensified security operations to combat criminal activities in the state. The Police…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In a continued effort to rid Anambra State of criminal activities, operatives of the Special Anti-Cult Unit of the police command have arrested two suspected cultists and armed robbers in Awka. The suspects, identified as 22-year-old Chibuike Ozoekwem and 19-year-old Favour Patrick, were apprehended in the early hours of March 18,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A joint security team in Anambra State has successfully rescued three kidnap victims in a well-coordinated operation along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway, Ozubulu. The victims, who were abducted earlier at Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area, were freed at approximately 7:20 am on March 22, 2025. Following their rescue, the victims, who…
Valentine Ozigbo, a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, has declared himself the only politician capable of defeating incumbent Governor Chukwuma Soludo in the 2025 gubernatorial election. Ozigbo made the assertion during an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica. Ozigbo, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the…
One person have reportedly killed in a fresh communal clash between Ifon in Orolu local government and Ilobu in Irepodun council area of Osun State. Though, it was gathered that about 30 people were also shot during the crisis. It was gathered many more, especially children and women, have been displaced in the ongoing land…
A South West Chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, has described the last Tuesday’s suspension of democratically- elected officials in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu as being too hasty, hence, appealing to him to temper justice with mercy. Ajadi in a statement issued and made available to Saturday…
