A devastating fire broke out early Friday morning on Ifejika Street near Main Market, Sokoto Road, Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying a warehouse and a two-storey residential building filled with textiles and durable goods. The blaze, which began around 6:20 a.m., raged for nearly six hours before state firefighters brought it under control, leaving traders and…

  A non-sectional political group, Anambra Equity Movement (A.N.E.M), has unveiled an innovative initiative to mobilise voters in Anambra State to support a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party, or any other political party other than the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the November…

The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, has remanded a 15-year old teenager for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl. The teenager is facing a one-count charge bordering on rape. He however pleaded not guilty to the charge, saying that the act was consensual. Earlier the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Chinyere Okechukwu, told the…

A commercial two-storey building on Iweka Road, near Ochanja Main Market in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra, was gutted by fire on Tuesday evening. The Fire Chief of the Anambra Fire Service, Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. According to him, the fire service…

The Anambra State Police Command has rescued Reverend Father Stephen Echezona, who was abducted by gunmen at a petrol station in Ichida, Anaocha Local Government Area. The assailants, operating in a white Lexus SUV without a plate number, seized the priest in his Toyota Highlander after abandoning their vehicle during a gun battle with security…

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has said the call for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is in no way connected to the security of the Southeast. The governor urged the public to view both issues separately and not lump them together while calling for Kanu's…

Secondary school principals and teachers in Anambra State have been authorised to confiscate mobile phones brought to school by students. This is to curb distractions and enhance academic performance. Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu, Chairman, Post Primary Schools Service Commission, Anambra State, gave the directive in her address at the Anambra Schools’ Cultural Day celebration on Friday…

As the Anambra State governorship election approaches, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is confident of securing victory. Party chieftain Hon. Obidike Chukwuebuka has assured that the APC candidate will complete the four-year zoning formula, which favors the Anambra South Senatorial District. However, the APC has publicly distanced itself from any zoning arrangement. The party’s Publicity…

Anambra has been named among the beneficiary states of the Nigeria Climate Adaptation Erosion and Watershed Project (NEWMAP) intervention, aimed at addressing erosion and land degradation in the country. Mr. Anda Ayuba-Yalaks, National Project Coordinator of NEWMAP, alongside the Federal Project Management Unit, disclosed this at the end of a three-day assessment tour of five…

Anti-Kidnapping, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse and Drug Abuse Initiative (AKH-TRACADA), a Non Governmental organisation (NGO) has called on Anambra government to take immediate action to rehabilitate children of juvenile offences. The Executive Director and Founder of the NGO, Mr. Belonwu Ezeanyaeche, made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Ezeanyaeche, who was reacting…

Dr. Law Mefor, Commissioner for Information in Anambra says Gov. Chukwuma Soludo is winning the war against insecurity with the recently enacted Homeland Security Law. Mefor, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday said the rate of kidnapping and compliance with sit-at-home order by non-state…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra State 2025 Gubernatorial Election Screening Committee, chaired by the former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, has cleared all seven aspirants to contest in the upcoming Anambra Governorship Primary Election slated for Saturday, April 5, 2025. The aspirants cleared by the Committee are Sir Paul Chukwuma; High Chief…