The Federal Government has cleared a debt of over ₦20bn and resolved a backlog of more than 200,000 passport applications inherited before the Bola Tinubu administration assumed office. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during the inauguration of a new Passport Front Office under the Ministry. He said the…
A Nigerian man arrested in February 2025 for confronting the person who snatched his phone has regained his freedom after five months in detention. The man, identified as Umar, was taking a walk in Mabushi, Abuja, when his phone was forcefully grabbed. He tried to report the incident at a nearby police station but was…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday released the names of its party chairmen across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The announcement was made by the party’s National Secretariat through an update shared on social media. According to the party, the release of the list is part of its nationwide structure update….
By Chinwendu Uzoatu It was indeed a great day, as Anambra State joined others globally to celebrate International Day of Co-operatives, 2025. The event, held at Jerome Udorji Secretariat Complex, Awka on July 5, 2025 and hosted by Ministry of Industry, attracted Co-operative societies, entrepreneurs and stakeholders. Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo reassures his administration’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced plans to commence a comprehensive training and reorientation programme for vigilante operatives across the state, in a bid to enhance grassroots security operations and deepen collaboration between community-based security outfits and formal law enforcement agencies. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday…
By Our Correspondent A business man, Mr Chinedu Anaukwu has dragged a former House of Representatives members from Anambra State, Hon Chinedu Obidigwe to court for beating him up over a comment demanding accountability for his performance as lawmaker. Obidigwe who represented Anambra East and West Federal Constituency was said to have carried out…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka At least three persons have been confirmed dead and several weapons recovered, following multiple coordinated gunmen attacks that rocked parts of Aguata and Orumba North Local Government Areas of Anambra State in the early hours of Wednesday. The incidents, which occurred around the new Ekwulobia flyover and the Oko Divisional…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Actress and entrepreneur Iyabo Ojo has reacted to a devastating fire that engulfed part of her office complex in Lagos on the evening of Tuesday, July 8, 2025, around 7 p.m, described it as a test from the devil. Taking to Instagram, she shared the disturbing experience and expressed gratitude for…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In furtherance to the move to strengthen the bond and relationship between residents of Anambra State and the recently launched Agụnechemba Security Outfit (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achị), veteran Anambra journalist, Comrade Nweke Nweke has been appointed as the new spokesperson for the grassroots security outfit. Nweke’s appointment was…
Traders at the Naze Cluster Market in Owerri North council Area of Imo State have appealed to Governor Hope Uzodimma to come to their rescue over incessant police harassment and arrest of traders at the market on the orders of a caretaker chairman of the market. The distraught traders alleged that the caretaker chairman of…
