Tag: Anambra
Obiano Swears In 21 LG Transition Committee Chairmen
Gov Willie Obiano on Wednesday swore in 21 Local Government Transition Committee nominees shortly after they were confirmed by the…
FRSC Impounds 60 vehicles In Anambra
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) impounded 60 vehicles during a two-day special patrol in Anambra last week, Mr Sunday…
Anambra Gubernatorial Election: Soludo’s No Vacancy Verdict Undemocratic
Some governorship aspirants in Anambra have described Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s comment that there is “no vacancy in the Anambra Government…
Small Businesses Get N2bn Loan
The Anambra State Government has provided N2 billion loan to small businesses in the past two years.
Anambra Guber: NCP Urges INEC To Commence Voter Re-validation
The National Conscience Party (NCP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence voter revalidation ahead of the…
Anambra governorship candidates to pay N9m for posters
The Anambra State government’s Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) yesterday said governorship aspirants in the state would pay N9m each…
13 aspirants to contest in Anambra guber poll
No fewer than 13 aspirants including Prof. Charles Soludo, have indicated interest to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra…
Anambra, FMBN provide houses for civil servants
The Anambra government on Monday said it was collaborating with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) to complete its…
Road accident claims 5 lives in Anambra – FRSC
Five passengers of an Onitsha bound commercial vehicle on Friday lost their lives when the Toyota Previa vehicle they were…
FG flags off school feeding programme in Anambra
*FG releases N53m to serve meals to 76, 690 pupils *3.4m pupils to be fed across 17 states The National…
2.5m children for de-worming in Anambra
The Anambra Government is to de-worm over 2.5 million preschool and school age children from Dec. 7 to Dec. 9,…
Anambra Govt. hits 210,000mt target in rice production
e The Commissioner for Agriculture in Anambra, Mr Afam Mbanefo, said on Monday that the state has reached its target…
Woman sells unborn child in Anambra
29-year-old Miss Chidimma Okorie from Amasiri, Ebonyi State, yesterday, stunned people at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command…
Man marries wife’s corpse in Anambra
Cyriacus Izuekwe A man has married the corpse of his late wife following his inability to perform her traditional rites…
Banks, hotels, schools sealed over tax evasion
The Anambra State Government in eastern Nigeria has sealed off at least 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi…
Okowa, others storm Alor, as Ngige buries dad
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta state Governor, accompanied by a team of prominent Deltans, Friday attended the burial of…
Fire sacks 80 students from hostel in Anambra
At least 80 students have been displaced from their boarding house accommodation at the Don Bosco Secondary School and Youth…
Pastor collapses after losing community election
Cyriacus Izuekwe Tradegy was averted on Tuesday after a popular pastor slumped and became unconscious after he lost an election…
100 roasted in Anambra gas explosion
At least 100 people have been burnt to death in Nnewi, an industrial town in Anambra State, following a gas…
Bizman dies after losing N36m to partner
Cyriacus Izuekwe An Onitsha businessman, Ikechukwu Ezeanyagu, has died in his room after he allegedly lost N36m to his business…
Catholic priest slumps, dies during church service
Cyriacus Izuekwe Catholic faithful in Umuchu town in Aguata local government of Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, have been thrown into…
Bishop urges FG to fix bad roads
The Anglican Bishop of Niger, Chiedozie Nwokolo, has urged the Federal Government to repair bad roads across the country to…
APGA rejects tribunal judgments in Anambra
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Anambra chapter, has rejected the election petitions tribunal judgments involving their candidates in the…
Industrialist decries exorbitant taxes, levies
An industrialist, Dr Godwin Maduka has called on Anambra government to support indigenous investors in the state by reducing the…
APC chieftain to Buhari: Make Kogi 11th oil-producing state
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and leader of Kogi Concerned Citizens (KCC), Chief Sumaila Adamu Jadams has…
Trailer kills 25 at village market in Anambra
Cyriacus Izuekwe A truck driver lost control of the vehicle after its brake failed and killed many people on Sunday…
FRSC appeals to security agents to stop escorting over-loaded vehicles
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appealed to security agents to stop escorting over-loaded vehicles, saying the practice is…
Anambra suspends pilgrimage sponsorship
The Anambra Government says it currently lacks the financial resources to sponsor intending pilgrims from the state to the holy…
I came to Lagos to steal- convicted SUV snatcher confesses
Cyriacus Izuekwe A convicted car snatcher, Somadina Enyiobi has confessed that he left his village in Oraifite in Anambra State…
FRSC takes ‘Ember’ month campaign to Anambra
The FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Sunday Ajayi, has said that nearly 2,000 regular and special marshals of the…