Vibration on Niger Bridge not a threat ― FG
Warns security operatives, revenue touts to stop encouraging gridlock on the bridge By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka FOLLOWING social media reports that the 55 year–old Niger Bridge linking Delta and Anambra states had become a security risk to motorists due to vibration on some sections of the bridge, the federal ministry of works assured yesterday […]
FRSC confirms 4 dead in Anambra auto crash
The Anambra State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Andrew Kumapayi, on Saturday confirmed the death of four people in an accident involving a tipper and commercial bus along Ogidi-Abatete road in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. He said the tipper, loaded with sand had a tyre […]
Anambra closes Awka market for violating COVID-19 protocols
ANAMBRA State government has shut the Eke Awka Market in the state capital following alleged widespread violations of protocols in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Knocks, kudos greet Anambra burial Law
By Our Reporters – Enugu Last week Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano signed into law, a bill by the State House of Assembly regulating burial expenses in the state. Before now, burial ceremony is one activity that is very expensive in Igbo land, particularly in Anambra State. In some instances, family members had to borrow […]
Six dead, six others injured in fatal motor accident in Anambra
By Chimaoni Nwaiwu ONITSHA — No fewer than six people on Tuesday lost their lives while six others sustained varying degrees of injury in a fatal motor accident at Upper-Iweka, Onitsha Anambra state. The accident which involved a fully loaded trailer, two commercial buses and six tricycles. Vanguard gathered that the trailer ran into some […]
As Ikpeazu tests positive for Covid-19, Anambra records 80 rape cases during lockdown
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has tested positive to coronavirus. A statement from the state Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi confirmed this.
Anambra records 80 rape cases during COVID-19 lockdown
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – NO fewer than 80 cases of rape have been recorded in parts of Anambra State since the lockdown of the country occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic. The worrisome figure was given at Isuaniocha in Awka North local government area of Anambra State by the director of child welfare services in the […]
IGP’s men arrest Anambra billionaire over illegal possession of gun
…Drag him to Abuja By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka Fresh facts have emerged on the arrest of an Anambra billionaire, Chief Pius Nweke, the chairman and chief executive of Best Aluminum Company Ltd in Onitsha by a special squad from the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Nweke’s community, Abba in Njikoka local […]
Police arrest Anambra billionaire over alleged illegal possession of gun
By Vincent Ujumadu – Awka FRESH facts have emerged on the arrest of an Anambra billionaire, Chief Pius Nweke, the chairman and chief executive of Best Aluminum Company Ltd in Onitsha by a special squad from the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Nweke’s community, Abba in Njikoka local government area had raised […]
Buhari should declare state of emergency on erosion in Anambra, says CLO
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has been told to declare a state of emergency on erosion in Anambra State. Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) made the call, urging the Federal Government to evolve measures towards tackling the erosion ravaging many communities in Anambra State. Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme, the CLO Chairman in the state, made the call on […]
Expensive burials over in Anambra, as Obiano assents to new law
THE era of expensive burial appears to be over in Anambra State as Governor Willie Obiano has assented to the new burial law, which came into effect in the state on May 14 this year.
