A 75-year old man, Mr Reuben Onwuegbunem have been banished from Orebe village, Amansea in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state over alleged violation of rules and regulations. The victim, a father of six, alleged that few elements were behind his banishment, saying his crime was his insistence on his inheritance which he
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A total of 3,704, 2019 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 National Youth Service Coors (NYSC) members in Anambra State on Thursday commenced collection of their discharge certificates during the passing out ceremony across the state. This is even as four corps members would have their service years extended to three years over various offences. The NYSC
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Anambra Ministry of Works has said that all road work projects will commence as soon as the COVID-19 Lockdown is over. The Commissioner for Works, Mr. Marcel Ifejiofor, revealed this during an interactive session with the Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Works in Awka. According to Ifejiofor work will commence in all the
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No fewer than 8,000 staff members of a Waste Management Company in Anambra State have lost their jobs following ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. This is coming as states locked down their boundaries to stop the spread of the disease. Managing Director, Redivivus Industries Ltd., Mr Emeka Ajekwu said the pandemic had adversely affected the operation of
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The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP John B. Abang has waded into the land dispute between Achalla and Urum communities in Awka North local government area of the state. He warned both parties to maintain peace and explore all the legal avenues to resolve their grievances without resorting to violence. In a statement
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An auxiliary nurse, Miss Chinwendu Okafor has debunked reports alleging she stole a baby and was attempting to sell it at Upper Iweka Onitsha, Anambra state. The video of a nurse carrying a new born baby at Upper Iweka Onitsha, the commercial city of the state had gone viral on social media. The video which
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An 18-year girl, Miss Udoka Adinibe has allegedly bathed her pregnant sister -in-law, Mrs. Osinachi Adinibe with hot water mixed with pepper following a sharp quarrel in Ifite Awka, Awka South local government area of Anambra state. The suspect was said to have sent the victim’s child on an errand, but was instructed not to
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The recent invasion of the resident of a middle aged woman by youths in Agulu, Anambra State over alleged fetish practice has landed the Sabbath Churches operating in the state into trouble. The actions of the woman allegedly caught making incantations inside a shrine prohibited to women in the area was said to have provoked
Read moreAnambra state Government has set up a COVID 19 Task Force in each of the twenty-one local government areas in the state for the second phase of community searching A statement released and signed by the Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment C. Don Adinuba, said that each Task Force will be headed
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Onitsha Ado COVID 19 response team has kicked off the distribution of stimulus package to over two thousand indigenes and non indigenes of the community as part of the relief measures to challenges caused by corona virus. The distribution which was done at Chuba Ikpeazu Memorial Stadium Onitsha in Onitsha North Council Area of Anambra
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An Onitsha based businessman, Ben Ubakaeze has placed a demand of N36millon to the management of Iyienu Mission Hospital, Ogidi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, as a condition to quitting the facility. Ubakaeze, an evangelist and Prayer Director, Chapel of Divine Compassion of the Hospital, but also ran a provision store
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Residents of Okpuno Nnewichi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State were thrown into mourning yesterday following the sudden death of two persons, a mother and her daughter in the area. The deceased, Mrs Patience Ugbana, 55 years and her daughter Miss Adaeze Ugbana,10years were reportedly electrocuted around 5pm in their shops located along Nnewi-Nnobi
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A mentally challenged woman and her two infants, a boy and a girl have been rescued by the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue. The victims were rescued at Ufuma junction, Orumba, North Local Government Area of the State,after two days frantic search across Orumba North and South following an
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The report coming from Anambra State indicates that a tanker laden with petrol has flipped over following a fatal crash with a Tipper at the Igbariam junction, along the Awka – Onitsha expressway in Anambra State. An eyewitness said the petrol tanker is fast spilling it’s content on the highway and into the gutter, while
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra state on Tuesday said it has seized 7034.80kg of illicit drugs in the first quarter of the year as against 430 last year. The Commander of the Agency in the state, Commander Mohammed Idris stated this in a chat with newsmen, said the agency also seized psychotropic
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