It was a spectacular celebration over the week as the 2024 Press Week of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council came to a grand end. The 2024 Press Week was one for the history books, blending both recognitions of civic contributions with calls on journalists to embrace innovative and solution-based reporting amidst…
Barely a month after taking office, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, the newly-elected Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been arrested in Texas, United States, on charges of internet fraud. The arrest stems from his alleged involvement in a romance scam that defrauded several victims of over $2 million. Nwadialo, who emerged as…
…Rape, Crime Against The State Punishable With Life Imprisonment The Anambra State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law Implementation Committee (VAPPLIC), has warned perpetrators of female genital mutilation and rape, as well as all forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV), to desist from such criminal offences, lest they be convicted to life imprisonment and the accompanying…
Anambra First Lady, Mrs. Nonye Soludo through FG/IFAD/VCDP has handed over projects and starter-packs to youth fabricators and urged beneficiaries to avoid selling equipment but use them to better their lives. Mrs. Soludo made the official handover during the commissioning and handover ceremony in Awka where over twelve youths were empowered with different agricultural equipment…
As Anambra State government through the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Awka is set to fix collapsed portion of Sakamori at Ogbaru Main Market, the President General of the Market, Chief Ndubuisi Ochiogu on behalf of the traders including Board of Trustees ( BOT), Patrons, members of the executive, sectional heads and line Chairmen felicitated…
The Commissioner for Lands, Anambra State, Prof Offornze Amucheazi (SAN) has called on landowners (State and non-State lands) in the State to take advantage of the ongoing recertification and revalidation exercise to update their land title documents. Prof. Amucheazi made the call at the commencement of the recertification and revalidation exercise of land title documents…
The Nigeria Association of Pensioners, Anambra State Council, has intervened in the pathetic situation of Mrs. Fanny Ngozi Uchefuna, a retired Senior Matron who receives a meager N330 as monthly pension. Mrs. Uchefuna retired on October 21, 1994, from the State Education Commission, with identity card number AN 866 and Njikoka Local Government as her…
The wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo, today, visited Central School, Odekpe, Ogbaru Local Government Area, where people who were displaced by flood in the area are currently taking shelter. The visit also provided an opportunity for the governor’s wife to ascertain the living conditions of the camp residents, with special…
Anambra State is to hold second edition of its annual new yam festival on Saturday, November ninth, 2024 at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka. The Commissioner for Culture, Tourism and Entertainment, Comrade Don Onyenji disclosed during on an ABS audience participatory programme, Issues in Awka, today. Speaking on the programme, Comrade Onyenji who described tourism…
The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law Implementation Committee (VAPPLIC), Anambra State, has charged the various community leaders of the state, to secure Protection Order for the survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and with the order, keep the vulnerable survivors, safe from further harm and violence. VAPPLIC gave the charge during a One Day Training on…
