Anambra State
7 Mar
Concerns are mounting over the inability of prospective governorship candidates in the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State to procure the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) expression of interest and nomination forms for the election.
6 Mar
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has reported that an accident along the Idemili River near the Second Niger Bridge resulted in four fatalities on Tuesday. The sector Commander, Mrs Joyce Alexander confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday, in Awka, attributing the accident to speeding and loss of control, which led…
6 Mar
The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has apprehended a 25-year-old suspected scavenger for allegedly destroying public utilities in the state. The state Commandant of the corps, Olatunde Maku, disclosed the development on Thursday in Awka. Maku said that the suspect was apprehended at Silas Street, Fegge in Onitsha, on…
6 Mar
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has reported that an accident along the Idemili River near the Second Niger Bridge resulted in four fatalities on Tuesday. The sector commander, Mrs. Joyce Alexander, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday in Awka, attributing the accident to speeding and loss of control, which led…
6 Mar
News that the new security outfit known as Agunechemba has uncovered 32 graves in a hotel in insecurity-ravaged Anambra State might have raised the hope that the escalating criminal activities in the domain may soon be brought under control.
26 Feb
The demolition of a multi-million naira property along Silas Works Road, Onitsha, by the Onitsha South Local Council of Anambra State, has sparked a legal and public dispute between the council and the property owner, Uchenna Uzoeto.
25 Feb
The Isiagu Community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra, has stepped down the State Homeland Security Law to the grassroots to tackle insecurity in the area. Mr Nwabueze Nwokoye, interim President General (PG) Isiagu Community, made this known on Tuesday, during the inauguration of the 2025 Isiagu Community Summit The summit was tagged, “Making…
25 Feb
Political stakeholders in Anambra State have urged Edozie Madu to contest the November 8, 2025, Anambra governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressing confidence in his ability to address the state’s pressing security challenges. The appeal came after members of the Save Anambra Movement (SAM) took it upon themselves to…
25 Feb
Between 2000 and 2021 Anambra state had started sinking beneath the fabrics of a moral and immoral values in the guises of material acquisition, power and influence on the hinges of supernatural powers from shrines and purported households of God.
25 Feb
Community leaders in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Council of Anambra State, have commended Governor Charles Soludo for delivering the long-abandoned 16.5km Nza Ozubulu-Ukpor Road.
11 Feb
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has completed the construction of the 2.62-kilometre Bank Road in Nnewi, which links to St Mary’s Cathedral Church in Uruagu Nnewi.
7 Feb
In a bid to strengthen security and ensure the safety of its citizens, the Anambra State government on Tuesday, February 4, demolished three kidnappers’ dens located in Ndiezenwankwo Uruagu, Umumejiaku Uruagu, and Obiofia Nnewichi, all in Nnewi North Local Council.
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