A former chief executive officer (CEO) of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, Valentine Ozigbo, has said Peter Obi will not contest the 2027 presidential election on the Labour Party (LP) platform which he ran on in 2023. Ozigbo recently dumped the LP for the ruling All Progressives Congress, citing his "unwavering commitment" to the greater vision…

The Anambra Police Command has accepted full responsibility for the escape of two suspects detained in connection with the murder of the late Anambra lawmaker, Mr Justice Azuka. The command’s Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Onitsha. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the lawmaker was…

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anambra Command has commenced a special operation to check the proliferation of fake and unregistered number plates in the State . CC Joyce Alexander, Sector Commander of FRSC in Anambra who disclosed this in Awka on Thursday said the operation would be a continuous one. Alexander said non registered,…

A rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has asked the National Agency for Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to carefully sort out all erroneously seized and carted away drugs during the February 9, 2025, raid at Onitsha, Aba, and Lagos markets, particularly those manufactured by local pharmaceutical companies and…

The Anambra House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to reopen the Onitsha Drug Market closed on February 9. The lawmakers, who passed the resolution during the plenary session on Tuesday, said the closure of the market had put the livelihood of…

Ahead of the Anambra governorship poll, an aspirant, Chukwuma Umeoji, has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) against the imposition of a candidate under the guise of a consensus arrangement. Speaking to reporters shortly after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, he also called on…

A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Obiorah Okonkwo, has insisted that Governor Charles Soludo does not have the moral latitude to rely on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in securing his second term mandate at the November 8 poll. Speaking to reporters after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms at…

An aspirant in the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 8, 2025, Obiora Okonkwo, has submitted the expression of interest and nomination forms to qualify him to contest the April 5 primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okonkwo, who arrived at the national headquarters of the APC in Abuja, was received by…

Ahead of the November 7 Anambra State governorship poll, a leading aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sir Paul Chukwuma, has accused Governor Charles Soludo of playing up the issue of zoning as a strategy to retain his exalted seat Speaking to reporters shortly after submitting his expression of interest and…

The membership rank of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State has continued to swell as key and critical stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Anaocha Local Government Area of the state have dumped it for the ruling party, APGA. These stakeholders, led by a former presidential aide/campaign strategist,…

Independent research organisations under the auspices of Anambra Opinion Polls (AOP) have called on electorates to actively participate in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election through their votes to shape the future of the state. Director General of the Nigeria Democratic Research Institute (NDRI), Tabuko Kennedy, made this appeal in Abuja on behalf of the…

Former National Auditor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sir Paul Chukwuma, has thrown his hat into the race for the coveted seat of the governorship of Anambra State. The Director-General of the Chukwuma primary election campaign council, Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi, accompanied by scores of party faithful, procured the ₦50 million worth of expression of…