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…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The journalism community in Anambra State has been thrown into deep mourning following the tragic death of a respected media practitioner, Mr. Alphonsus Nweze, a veteran journalist with Apex News and former correspondent of Champion Newspapers. Mr. Nweze was said to have boarded a commercial vehicle from the Head Bridge,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has received a new batch of over seventy constables freshly deployed from the Police Training College, Oji River, Enugu State, in a renewed effort to boost security operations and reinforce manpower across the state. Announcing this in a statement issued on Wednesday, the Police Public…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has joined counterparts across the country in marking the 2025 Customer Service Week, with a reassurance that the safety and security of Ndi Anambra remain its utmost priority. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the…
