Tag: Awka
Anambra unveils iconic national tourism tower
The 40-metre-high structure was completed in six months with commitment and expertise.
EFCC opens up on killing of its operative in Awka, fumes over ‘callous’ narratives
The anti-graft agency in a statement by its spokesperson on Sunday evening also insisted that Salihu was on a legitimate…
43 jailed after pleading guilty to internet fraud in Awka
The suspects were arrested in Abakaliki and Awka following credible intelligence linking them to online criminal activities. Upon arrest, investigations…
34 people gunned down by cultists in Awka, Anambra lawmaker laments
Mbachu, representing Awka South I in the Anambra House of Assembly, said the killings were carried out from Easter Sunday…
Internet fraud: 31 suspects jailed in Enugu, Awka
All the convicts forfeited their mobile phones recovered from them to the Federal Government.
Massive harvest as EFCC nabs 42 suspected internet fraudsters
Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 42 suspected internet fraudsters in…
Awka, Onitsha residents lament hike in rents
Residents of Awka, Anambra capital, and Onitsha, the commercial hub, have expressed worries over the astronomical hike in rents.
Fire destroys smart card readers at INEC office in Anambra
Barely four days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, fire on Tuesday gutted two containers housing Smart Card Readers…
Two killed, 6 injured in petrol tanker fire in Awka
No fewer than two persons were confirmed dead and six others injured, when a tanker bearing petrol fell at Amawbia…
Mentally ill widow re-unites with family after 38 years
Joy among the residents of Umudioka Community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra knew no bound on that…
SON shuts companies marketing fake tyres
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed premises of some tyre marketing companies in Awka and Onitsha in Anambra…
Court of Appeal sits in Awka after 3 decades
The Court of Appeal will for the first time in more than three decades sit in Awka for a week…
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…
Petrol scarcity resurfaces in Awka
Scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), has resurfaced in Awka as its price has gone up to between N110 and…
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…
Man sends wife without womb away after shocking confession
Cyriacus izuekwe It was a sad end between a couple simply identified as Ogene and Rita (surnames withheld) after Rita…
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…
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…
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…
27,000 pass UNIZIK post JAMB tests
Mr Chijioke Umudum, the Coordinator of Management, Information, Communication and Technology units, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, said that 26,587 candidates…
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…
St Lauren Popping Moments Debuts On Air
Radio listeners across the country are in for a great time as St. Lauren Sparkling Fruit Wine, in line with…