Anambra
4 Oct
No fewer than 1.1 million children are being targeted in the forthcoming Anambra State 2024 integrated Measles Campaign to protect children and reduce the burden of the disease. Mrs Uju Onwuegbuzina, State Health Educator, Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency, gave the statistics at the Zonal Meeting ahead of the 2024 Integrated Measles Campaign.…
4 Oct
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has sworn-in 21 elected Local Government Chairmen and charged them to be hardworking and prioritise grassroots development during their tenure. READ ALSO:Erstwhile finance commissioner had no rift with Gov Soludo – media aide Speaking during the swearing-in at the Government House on Thursday in Awka, Soludo urged the…
30 Sep
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Anambra Chapter has rejected the outcome of the Saturday Local Government Council elections in the state. READ ALSO:PDP crisis deepens as N’Central caucus insists on replacing Damagum Chief Chigozie Igwe, the chairman of PDP in Anambra said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Awka…
25 Sep
The Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee of the Labour Party (LP) has declared its full support for Chief Ugochukwu Emeh and Okoli Akirika-led Anambra State Executive, endorsing their decision to abstain from the upcoming Anambra State Local Government elections. The election, scheduled for September 28, 2024, has been criticized for alleged violations of the…
23 Sep
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has vowed that the party would stop at nothing to retain the Ondo state governorship seat, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the November 11 poll. Ganduje also said the APC is already looking at the direction of adding the exalted seat of…
21 Sep
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has restated its commitment to sanitise and rid Nigerian markets of counterfeit and substandard products. Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, the Director-General and Chief Executive of the organisation, gave the assurance while declaring a one-day stakeholders workshop opened at the Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA) Hall in Onitsha on…
21 Sep
The Police Command in Anambra and the security Joint Task Force (JTF) have recovered three unexploded improvised explosives, two abandoned vehicles, some other dangerous materials from a camp raid in Ihiala. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday in Onitsha. According to him, following the security…
21 Sep
The Anambra Government has begun a four-month film production training for 1,000 youths, to enable them to harness opportunities in the creative industry. Speaking at the event, Don Onyenji, the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, said that the training would produce talents in the film industry. “We intended to use the creative industry to…
21 Sep
Mr. Don Onyenji, the Anambra Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, says the Obosi Smart City project will drive tourism development in the state. Onyenji who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Saturday, also said that the project would create massive job opportunities when completed. Recall that a private firm, Soulcity…
20 Sep
The energetic and lively Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State was filled with joy and celebration as the highly anticipated
18 Sep
The Labour Party in Anambra State has expressed implicit confidence in the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee set up to reposition the party. The Anambra chapter, led by Peter Okoye, in a 4-point resolution from its state executive committee meeting in Awka on Wednesday, "commends and appreciates the efforts of our amiable and indefatigable…
18 Sep
Team Anambra has maintained its dominance in athletics at the ongoing 8th National Youth Games in Asaba, winning gold medals in the 200m and 4x100m female events. READ ALSO:Minister commends talents excelling at National Youth Games Chigozie Nwankwo returned 24.71 seconds in the 200m female event to beat…
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