Anambra won the toss and elected to field. At the end of the first innings, the Enugu team scored 78 runs, all out in 16.4 overs. Henry Okafor topped the batting scores with his 18 runs off 27 while Chinweze Chidubem contributed the second-highest total for the Enugu team with his 12 off 11 […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – A newborn baby girl was yesterday found hanging on a barbed wire of a fence of a students’ hostel in a tertiary institution in Anambra State. In what looked like a miracle, the baby was still alive at the time it was found and a medical doctor in charge of […]

By Dennis Agbo The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that zoning of Anambra State 2021 governorship ticket to any of the three senatorial zones of the state is not in its picture, at least for now. The party said that what it was more concerned about in the present is the zoning of the […]

A women group from Owerre-ezukalla and Umuchukwu communities in Orumba South Local Government Area in Anambra State  has endorsed the governorship ambition of Dr. Godwin Maduka ahead of the 2021 gubernatorial poll in the state.

By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka There is tension in Awka, the Anambra State capital following what had been described as the unrepentant behavior of some prominent indigenes of the town who have allegedly been balkanizing and selling lands in the two approved Aguaba and    Millennium City layouts. The affected area, which runs into hundreds […]

Anambra State government has launched the Open Government Partnership, OGP, aimed at fostering transparency and accountability in governance and budget implementation.

…demonstrate against attempted extension of market leadership tenure to two yrs By Nwabueze Okonkwo – Onitsha Barely four months after the October 16, 2019, widely-reported Ochanja Market fire incident near Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State, leader of the Ochanja Market Stakeholders Association, Chief Oliver Nwankwo has debunked the Ochanja Market inferno claim, alleging that […]

The Anambra Police Command has commenced search for the biological parents of a 10-year-old girl, who was abducted, allegedly sold for N800,000 but rescued from her foster parents. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Awka, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, said that the girl was rescued following intelligence […]

The Anambra State Government on Saturday, said plans were underway to commence the deployment of drug drone technology service delivery in hard-to-reach communities across the state.

A pastor, who is to perform a deliverance on a family in Anambra State, died in his sleep hours before the exercise. It was gathered that the pastor was invited to Anambra from Warri, Delta State. A member of the family, who pleaded anonymity, said that the development was a rude shock to everybody. He […]

By Vincent Ujumadu Hundreds of indigenes of Isulo in Orumba South local government area of Anambra States yesterday stormed the Government House in Awka and pleaded with Governor Willie Obiano not to issue a certificate of recognition to someone who, according to them,  was not fit to be their traditional ruler. The protesters, who were […]

The bill seeking to establish Anambra State Youth Development and Empowerment Commission, Implementation of Sustainable Youth Policy and other Related Matters 2019, has passed the second reading in the state House of Assembly.

*We did not kill anybody, detainees insist By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – THE Deputy President General of Ifite Ogwari Community in Ayamelum local government area of Anambra State, Chief Nwaora Ikeoala and the town’s chief security officer, Chief Michael Akamala have been detained at the Anambra State Police headquarters in Awka over the alleged killing […]

THE South-East will soon officially put in a place a regional security outfit to work with the conventional national security operatives for protection of lives and property in the zone.

The Anambra State Police Command has nabbed a young kidnapping gang that raped a teenage victim over N10m ransom. The teenager was reported to have been held in hostage for twenty-seven days and allegedly defiled severally by the suspects. Relating the details of the operation that led to their arrest, the PPRO Anambra State Police […]