Tag: Anambra
ABS creates awareness about sickle cell disorder
At least 200 persons on Saturday joined Anambra Broad Casting Station (ABS) “Walk to Life’’ in honour of sickle cell…
Obiano to FG: complete Zik Mausoleum
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has appealed to the Federal Government to complete Zik’s Mausoleum and Library Complex in Onitsha…
Man drags bank manager wife, her lover to Okija Shrine over property
Cyriacus Izuekwe The battle between a husband and his wife over property has taken a new dimension as the man…
Umeh vs. Ekwunife: Tribunal fixes Sept. 10 for adoption of addresses
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal for Anambra on Tuesday fixed Sept. 10 for adoption of addresses in the petition…
Town Union to construct N250m cultural centre in Anambra
The National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, Dr Jude Okolo, on Saturday said the body would spend N250…
Multiple auto-crash injures 7 people at Ihiala, Anambra
Sunday Ajayi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Anambra, confirmed that a ghastly accident involving five vehicles occurred on…
Divisions in Anambra APC as Okonkwo suspended
There is schism among members of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, as the newly sworn-in interim…
APC Wants INEC Dock APGA Candidate, Obiano, For Multiple Registration
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately commence the process of…
Stampede: Ngige campaign group faults Obi’s reaction
The Senator Chris Ngige Campaign Organisation has described as “unfortunate” Gov. Peter Obi’s reaction to the tragedy at the Holy…
Anambra 2013: Ngige Stands Taller Than The Rest
By Peter Claver Oparah The political ante in Anambra State is gradually inching to a climax with the fast approaching…
CBN extends cashless policy to Abuja, 5 more states
The cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which has been in force in Lagos since last year, has…
Achebe’s body arrives home state ahead of burial
The body of revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe arrived Wednesday in his home state in Nigeria, where hundreds of admirers…
Floating Bodies And Our Identification System
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni In what looked like prolific actor Kunle Afolayan’s water acrobatic display in the making of multiple award…
Gunmen Rob, Kill Car Dealer
Four armed men on Monday robbed and killed a middle-aged car dealer, Chief Emeka Ekwerendu, at Modebe Avenue Junction in…
In Pictures: Nigeria’s unprecedented flood disaster
President Goodluck Jonathan described the flooding of several Nigerian states a national disaster. He is dead right as some aerial…
MASSOB loses members to AIYO
No fewer than 1,000 members of MASSOB have deserted the association and joined another one, an official of the new…
Jonathan commissions Ojukwu gateway
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commissioned the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Gateway in Onitsha as part of his one-day official visit to…
How Best To Immortalise Kudirat Abiola
The Executive Director of Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, KIND, Amy Oyekunle, has said that that the best way Nigerians could…
Another police officer shot dead in Anambra
Unidentified gunmen have killed a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Emmanuel Ochiobi, attached to the Central Police Station, Onitsha…
Andy Uba wins Anambra Senate seat
INEC has declared Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Anambra South Senatorial Zone re-run…
Army Denies Killing MASSOB Members
The Nigerian Army has denied killing members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)…
SON Destroys Fake Spare Parts
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday in Nnewi, Anambra, destroyed imported fake motorcycle spare parts valued at more…
Youths On The Rampage In Anambra
One person was killed while two houses and four cars were burnt by angry youths of Aguleri in Anambra East…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Urges INEC To Issue Certificate Of Return To Ngige
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)to issue the party’s candidate for the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ngige: My Election Victory For Democracy
Anambra Central Senatorial District candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and one-time governor of Anambra State, South East…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Reactions Trail Plan For Anambra Central Senatorial Rerun
Reactions have started trailing the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to hold a rerun in some local…
Ngige Urged To Step Down For Incumbent, Okonkwo
The former governor of Anambra State Dr. Chris Ngige, the Senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has been called upon to…
Court: No Gov Polls In 5 States, Affected States: Kogi, Sokoto, Adamawa, Bayelsa And C/River
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Adamu Bello this afternoon, held that the governors…
Odeh Tips Flamingoes For Final
The Former Assistant Coach of the Super Falcons, Rolanson Odeh, has tipped Flamingoes of Nigeria and Germany to play in…
More Condemnation Trails Kidnap Of Journalists
Following the shocking kidnap of four journalists in the South East, Senator Annie Okonkwo of Anambra Central, has described the…