Anambra state oil magnate, Chief Anthony Enukeme, popularly known as TONIMAS is dead. The Chief Executive of Tonimas Oil and gas group, who died Monday night, after a brief illness, clocked 75 last January. Enukeme had been the Chairman of traditional Prime Ministers in Anambra State for a long time. The deceased, a devout Roman
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Anambra State chapter of Sand Miners Association has called on the Managing Director of National Inland Water Ways Authority, NIWA Chief George Moughalu to intervene over alleged harassment, intimidation and extortion by the Agency’s taskforce. It called on the NIWA management to treat them as equal partners like their counterparts across the federation. Speaking through
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A 48-year old man, Mr Emmanuel Oduka has been electrocuted while connecting light from a cable belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in Awada, near Onitsha, Anambra state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed said the victim was confirmed dead by a medical doctor on duty where he was taken for treatment.
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Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu has urged families living in the state to engage in tree planting exercise as part of promoting healthy living. Professor Chukwulobelu made this plea during the tree planting exercise by the Anambra State Waste Management Agency, ASWAMA to mark the 2020 World 2020 World Environment Day
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A 106-year old man, Ichie Nwekeuche Okoye has enjoined youths in Anambra State to stop feuding over land, describing land as a type of god. He vowed to reconcile the feuding youths in his Nkwelle Awka community in the Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state, before his demise. Speaking weekend when some youths
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Authorities of the Ekwulobia General hospital in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state has decried low patronage being experienced in the facility occasioned by the deplorable condition of the road leading to the hospital. The Doctor in charge of the hospital, Dr. Arinze Ugochukwu who stated this yesterday while fielding questions from newsmen during
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Vehicular and Human movement was on Thursday halted for four hours, causing heavy traffic gridlock in Onitsha the commercial city of Anambra State and its environs. This followed the protest by tricycle operators who withdrew their services to the public and blocked all the entry and exit roads in the city. Thousands of commuters were
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A retired Anglican Bishop, Rt. Rev. Raphael Okafor has called on government at all levels to take the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for medical personnel seriously to ensure they carry out their duties unhindered and with sense of security. The cleric described as suicidal the treatment of Covid-19 patients by health workers without
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It was celebration galore in Ezioka village in Isuofia community in Aguata local Government Area of Anambra State following the distribution of food items to over two hundred households by a philanthropist and the President General of the community, Mr Jude Okeke. The items which included Onions, tubbers of yam, beans, cartons of Noddles and
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Two mentally challenged men have been rescued in Awka, Anambra State capital by a team led by the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue. The victims were rescued at Club street (formerly Abakaliki Street) and Aroma Bridge respectively during an operation within the streets of Awka, Amawbia and Enugu Agidi, in search
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A driver has been arrested by the Police for allegedly killing a 40-year old man whose identity is not yet known along Enugu Onitsha Road Ogidi, Anambra state. The suspect, identified as Onunkwo Obinna Ifeanyi, said to be heading to Awka from Onitsha reportedly knocked down the victim on the pedestrian lane following sudden loss
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It was wailing in Abba community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state following the demolition of perimeter fences round the residential buildings belonging to some prominent citizens of the area. Among the structures reduced to rubles, according to an eye-witness, included a perimeter fence covering a mansion owned by an Onitsha-based industrial giant
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Over 10 communities mght likely be cut off from Awka, the Anambra State Capital following a sinking bridge in the area. This is as people of the area had cried out to the state government to come to their rescue. The Obibia Bridge which links 10 communities at Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area, our
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An advocacy group under the aegis of Rule of Law and Anti-corruption (ROLAC) has unveiled a newly built and equipped family support unit in Ihiala police division, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra state. The DAILY VENDOR gathered that the building will serve as a place of interrogation of victims of rape, molestation, gender based
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The Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization, Processing and Export in Anambra state is to rehabilitate and engage over twenty tractors this farming season. This is part of efforts to ensure and sustain food sufficiency in Anambra State at post Covid-19 pandemic era. The Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke disclosed this during
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