‘Traders alleged that the Commissioner is selling market leadership posts to highest bidders’ The former chairman of Ogbaru Relief, (Main) market, Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, Chief Victor Nwawuzie Akirika, warned weekend that no amount of blackmail to attract sympathy would deter Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, through his Commmerce and Industry Commissioner, Hon. Obinna
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‘The victim appears to be mentally unstable and has over the years been used by the child trafficking gang’ A 16 year old girl suspected to be victim of child trafficking has been rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Anambra State Command The victim, identified as Chioma Obi
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‘The truck driver was reversing to face one way when it collided with the bus’ One person lost his life on Friday while three others were rescued unhurt in a fatal road accident in Awka, Anambra State. The crash which occurred around 6am, along Awka-Onitsha expressway, involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a Mercedes Benz Truck
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“We’re ready to work with ICPC to bring about the desired behavioral change among the populace” Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye has lamented increasing level of corruption among the Nigerian citizenry. He solicited cooperation of traditional rulers, religious leaders and Civil Society Organizations in fighting the
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“The soldiers were moving in a Sienna bus when they were attacked by the hoodlums” Gunmen on Wednesday killed two soldiers and one unidentified civilian in Umunze, Orumba South local government area of the Anambra State. The incident happened around 2pm, opposite one of the new generation banks in the area. According to a source, the
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‘Promises to continually donate and update the library with current textbooks’ A Pharmacist, Emeka Okafor has donated five classroom blocks and a library to the Community Primary School, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Okafor said the block of classrooms and library wers his contribution to
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‘The protest by some tricycle riders was as a result of the leadership vacuum in the association.‘ The Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria (TOAN), on Tuesday sacked the Anambra state executive over protest against the payment of N15,000 tax which grounded commercial activities in the state. Chairman of the newly constituted 13-man caretaker committee, Mr
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‘Dog vaccination will be administered free of charge and will be carried out in the next five days across the local governments and communities in the state’ Anambra State government has advised owners of dogs in the State to take advantage of the ongoing free vaccination campaign to inoculate their animals to prevent bites related
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‘They alleged that the Commissioner perpetrated atrocities in different markets in the State’ A group of traders in Anambra State under the aegis of Anambra Elite Trader’s Forum has accused the Anambra State Commissioner for Commence and Industry, Dr. Obinna Ngonadi, of commercializing Caretaker Committee membership in the State. In the petition to Governor Chukwuma
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Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike has called for attitudinal change of healthcare workers to improve patient care and service delivery in the state’s health institutions. Obidike made the call on Monday in Awka, at a training session for Heads of state health facilities, themed – ‘Achieving Universal Health Coverage Through the Health
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Traders in Nnewi, Anambra State have raised the alarm over deplorable state of roads leading to Timber Market in Agbo Edo area of the industrial city. They said the road, constructed four years ago and serving Timber (Ogbor Osisi) Market Agbo Edo, Building Materials Market, Spare Parts Market, Nkwor Nnewi and others has collapsed. Speaking
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A commercial bus driver was on Sunday stabbed to death by a 25-year old man, Akpa Lebechukwu in Okija, along Onitsha/Owerri expressway of Anambra State. The deceased, a native of Enugu State was said to be on transit from Lagos to Imo state when he was attacked. Daily Vendor gathered that the deceased had parked
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A middle aged man identified as Ikechukwu, who was also popularly known as Ayaaya, who was killed by a lady suspected to be the lesbian partner of his wife has been buried in Onitsha, Anambra State. Sources said the man was buried with many members of his cult groups displaying their affection for him. “It
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Anambra state has banned the wearing of mini-length uniforms in schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma Udeh made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka. She condemned the growing trend of putting on mini-length uniforms in schools, saying it
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A Report On Improved Service Delivery In Anambra State Ministry Of Lands It’s been 5 months since Professor Chukwuma Soludo assumed office as the Governor of Anambra State. Since then, he had gone on to set in motion other machineries needed for productivity and the smooth running of his administration. From the appointment of Commissioners
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