Browsing: Anambra

The Anambra State Commissioner for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Anthony Ifeanya, has stated that the ministry is ready to begin closely watching gas stations throughout the state. Ifeanya stated that the state government is starting the activity to catch any gas station that has tampered with their meters. […]

The Anambra State Government, in partnership with security forces, has apprehended eight suspects for allegedly demanding over N800,000 from some women in Awka. This was revealed in a statement on Wednesday by Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the Media Aide to the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, […]

The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the claims that 21 soldiers were killed by gunmen in the state. There have been reports across social media since Tuesday saying that 21 soldiers who were on their way to Enugu State were rounded up and killed in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday evening. But while reacting […]

Thousands of commuters and motorists in Anambra State were stranded on Wednesday following the shouting down of petrol stations across the state. PUNCH Online gathered that most petrol stations in the major cities of Awka, Onitsha, Nnewi, Umunze, Ekwulobia and other environs were dispensing fuel on Wednesday morning. From the Upper Iweka parks in Onitsha […]

The recent rise in the number of killings in Awka, the main city of Anambra State, and the surrounding areas has caused worry and concern for the people who live there. This situation has made it difficult for residents and businesses to carry out their activities. There have been killings in Awka since Easter Sunday, causing…

The Senator representing Anambra North, Tony Nwoye, has expressed shock over the level of infrastructural decay and non-availability of major books at the 58-year-old Onitsha Library. Nwoye expressed the shock when he paid an unscheduled visit to the library on Wednesday. The library was inaugurated in 1966 by the then Military Administrator of the defunct […]

The Anambra State Police Command says its Joint Security Force has destroyed the hideouts of some criminal elements in the state in its intensified manhunt for insurgents who recently attacked two police stations in the state. PUNCH Metro reported that unidentified assailants attempted to set ablaze the police divisional headquarters in Nneni, Anaocha Local Government […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disowned Wednesday’s Labour Party‘s national convention held in Anambra. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said this in Abuja on Thursday. Oyekanmi said that the conduct of the convention was not monitored by INEC, declining to state further why it was not monitored. The LP […]

Some unknown criminals invaded the office of the Anambra State Vigilante in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area. The criminals arrived in large numbers around 7am on Thursday and set fire to an unidentified middle-aged man who was in a vehicle belonging to the […]

Some unidentified hoodlums have attacked the office of the Anambra State Vigilante in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums, in large numbers, reportedly arrived at the premises around 7am on Thursday and set fire to an unidentified middle-aged man who was in a vehicle owned by the AVG operatives. […]