THREE persons were feared dead and one injured when a four-storey building, nearing completion, collapsed at Oko in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State in the early hours of yesterday.

Three persons on Tuesday were killed following the collapse of a four-storey building still under construction in Okeani, Oko community in Anambra state.

The Coalition of Political Parties (COPP) has constituted a committee to interact with some gubernatorial aspirants in the Nov. 18 Anambra governorship elections and pick a consensus candidate. It said, one of the requirements for the next governor of the state is that the person must be able to integrate Anambra into the political grid of Nigeria.

Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has described the state as the “safest in Nigeria” in an address he presented at the 50th conference of the National Association of Law Teachers of Nigeria, held at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.

NO fewer than 130 communities in Anambra State have completed the first phase of the N20 million ‘choose-your-project’ scheme initiated by Governor Willie Obiano to enhance infrastructural development in all parts of the state.

The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has sealed some branches of Eko Commercial Bank in the state over alleged N2 billion tax default.

Chief Alex Onyido, the traditional ruler of Ogilisi, Idemili South Local Government in Anambra, has called for stringent measures to curtail the growing number of drinking joints in the state.

NNEWI —Determined to ensure that the electorates in Anambra State perform their civic responsibilities by participating in electing their leaders, the Anglican Diocese on the Niger (Anglican Communion), has embarked on sensitization of eligible voters in the state, to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter’s Registration, CVR, exercise, in order not to be disenfranchised.

UMUAHIA—IT was joy galore in the sleepy rural Nsirimo Amaise community of Umuahia South Council of Abia State as succour came their way following the commissioning of a motorized borehole to tackle their age long challenge over portable drinking water.

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Sam Okaula, has warned Biafra agitators against unlawful activities following the May 30 sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).