Tag: Anambra State
Obi offers reward for clues on floating bodies
Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Anambra, Peter Obi, has offered a N5million reward for clues on the corpses found…
Bag snatchers on holidays in Onitsha market
Bag snatchers notorious for plying their acts in Nigeria’s busy market of Onitsha, in the eastern state of Anambra, appeared…
Nigeria arrests Colombian drug chemist
Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s anti-drug agency has arrested a Columbian drug kingpin and uncovered three production factories for a prohibited drug…
Ogbemudia Loses Daughter-In-Law To Cancer
The house of two-time governor of the defunct Midwest and Bendel states, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia was yesterday thrown into mourning…
Gunmen raid female hostel of Nigerian varsity
Gunmen on Wednesday raided the female hostel of Paul University, Awka in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria and dispossessed the students…
Ghanaian arrested with cocaine at Nigeria’s border
Simon Ateba The Seme Border Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 28-year old Ghanaian…
Eastern Nigeria demands more states, more seats
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, said on Saturday that the grassroots debate on the constitution…
Disabled beggar donates ”widow’s mite” to flood victims
A middle aged Nigerian beggar, identified as Simon Ozoemena, has stunned government officials in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, by making…
Jonathan inspects flood ravaged home state by air
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in his home state of Bayelsa to inspect flood ravaged areas. He could not…
Flood shuts down Orient Petroleum
Mr Nnaemeka Nwawka, the Managing Director of Orient Petroleum Resources in Aguleri-Otu, Anambra State, on Tuesday said that the premises…
Flood sacked woman gives birth to triplets
A flood-displaced Nigerian woman, Mrs Ojiugo Ifeadigo, has had her tears wiped with the birth of a set of triplets…
Flood warning for 3 Nigerian states
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday predicted that the ongoing flood, affecting some parts of Kogi State is…
‘I Want D’Tigers’ Action’
For Somtochukwu Mbah, a 15 years old SS2 student of Corona Secondary School, Agbara, Lagos, playing for Nigeria’s national men’s…
Rep Tasks FG on Help for Anambra Flood Victims
Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, who is representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency , Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, has described…
3 feared dead in water tank at Amesi, Anambra
The Obinato Community in Amesi, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra, was on Tuesday thrown into mourning, following the death…
Orient refinery for completion next year
The management of Orient Petroleum Resources Plc (OPR), said its refinery, which would be sited at Nsugbe-Umuleri in Anambra, would…
Anambra set to join oil producing states
The Anambra state government, in eastern Nigeria, has completed its Orient Petroleum Resources Plc drilling lines and support equipment for…
Tears, As P-Square Bury Mom
Friends and family members of music stars, Paul and Peter Okoye, popularly known as P-Square, shed tears uncontrollably this morning…
Traditional ruler abducted by armed men
Some gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Robert Chukwudilim Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo community in Dunukofia Local Government Area of…
Governor Obi pledges N1b aid to returned schools
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state has pledged to disburse N1billion to the schools returned to their original church owners.…
Anambra House screens commissioners today
The Anambra House of Assembly has received the list of 12 commissioner-designates from Governor Peter Obi of Anambra. According to…
2 Nabbed For Murder Of Cop
Two of the hoodlums who clubbed a police officer, Mr. Nwachi Kings, to death in Onitsha, Anambra State, have been…
Cable Vandal Electrocuted
A yet to be identified suspected cable vandal has been electrocuted at Umugama Village, Umuchu Community in Aguata Local Government…
Popular Lagos Pastor Kidnapped
The police have deepened their search for a Lagos pastor who was abducted some few days ago while returning from…
INEC fixes date for Anambra Senate rerun
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed 20 March for the re-run election into Anambara South Senatorial district. Mr…
Ojukwu Buried In Nnewi
The month-long funeral of departed Igbo leader and Biafra symbol, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu came to a momentous close this afternoon as…
Olympics: Nigeria Can Win Medals In London —Nwobodo
Despite late preparation, former Minister of Sports, Jim Nwobodo, has expressed confidence in Team Nigeria to win medals at the…
EFCC Arraigns College Bursar Over N252.9M Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked a College of Education bursar at an Anambra State High Court…
Anambra Indigenes Plan Protest
Worried by the epileptic power supply being experienced in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, indigenes have vowed to storm the…
Awka Residents Decry Bad Roads
Residents of Awka and its environs in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, have decried the poor state of roads in…