Browsing: Anambra State

A video currently circulating on social media depicts a man using kegs to top up a water fountain at Ochanja roundabout in Onitsha, Anambra State The fountain was reportedly built in March when Governor Charles Soludo converted it from a garbage dump site. Sharing the video on X.com on Monday, Chude Nnamdi, […]

The government of Anambra State has closed hotels and other business buildings because of concerns about the environment and because they did not obey court orders. Celestine Anere, who leads the OCHA Brigade, said that they closed the hotels and leisure centers because they were not following the environmental laws in the state.

The Sand Miners at the bank of River Niger in Onitsha, Anambra State, criticized the authorities of Onitsha South Local Government over demolishing their buildings and mining equipment allegedly under the state government's orders. The Onitsha South LGA authorities demolished the miners’ installations and carried out dredging in February.

The Founder of Oga-Ndi-Oga Foundation and Solidarity Movement, Chief Godwin Agbasimalo, detailed the roles played by the two suspects—Chukwudi Odimegwu and Maxwell Nwokolo—in the kidnapping of the Labour Party governorship candidate in the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, Mr Obiora Agbasimalo. The LP governorship […]

The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has given the job of Dr Justina Anyadiegwu as the new leader of Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, Anambra State. Anyadiegwu takes over from Dr Ifeyinwa Osegbo and leads the 48-year-old institution. A press release from Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, stated that Anyadiegwu brings to her […]

The morgue at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku-Awka, Anambra State, has reportedly been filled up. As a result, the institution said it would commence the evacuation, disposal, and mass burial of corpses abandoned at its facility since 2014. The Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Henrietta Agbai, disclosed this in a statement […]

The Anambra State Government, with the help of the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, saved Chidiebere Otenyi, a victim of domestic abuse living in Ezinifite in Aguata Local Government Area. Martha Umenweke, the offender who is in her late 60s, has been captured and given to the police for more questioning and legal action […]

A video that became popular online has shown a 60-year-old man, known as Mr. Kenneth, being tortured to death by unknown men during a dispute over a property in Nza Ozubulu, Anambra State. As stated in a post by police reform advocate, Harrison Gwamnishu, on X, Kenneth had sold a water tank in the family house to resolve some family […]

Girls of St. John Vianney Science College, Igbariam, Anambra State, have used their virtual reality project to win the National Girls in ICT Competition 2024, claiming the national championship title on Wednesday. The National Girls in ICT Competition, organised by the Federal Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, is a technology innovation competition for […]

The number of deaths from conflicts between rival cult groups continues to increase, as individuals believed to be cult members killed a middle-aged person at the UNIZIK temporary site junction in Awka, Anambra State capital. Details about the killing were still unclear, but it was reported that the man known as […]