Chukwuma Ojukwu, (a.k.a. Agujiugo) first son to the former traditional ruler of Awka-Etiti, late Igwe Akum Ojukwu, has been assassinated by yet to be identified assailants. He was killed in his residence at Awka-Etiti community by unidentified armed men who stormed his residence in a bus The deceased who purportedly sustained machete cuts had reportedly
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Chairman of Okpuno Umuogali Oba community, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Chief Christian Ogoegbunam Igwilo, has accused the police of invading and arresting his subjects, 29 youths, based on frame up charges. Recall that in the early hours of Tuesday, a combined team of police and local vigilante group, stormed the said community
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No fewer than 55 young entrepreneurs and entertainers in Anambra State have received the sum of N2.7million from the GSS Group of Companies in support of their various businesses. Making the presentation on Friday in Awka, the firm’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arc Chukwudi Ezenwa, said the gesture was informed by the untold hardships
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Forty-five traffic offenders were prosecuted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mobile Court at Nteje, along Awka-Nteje-Onitsha express way. Ag. Sector Public Education Officer, Kamal Musa, who disclosed this in a statement, said the exercise was part of the enforcement strategies put in place by the Corps to check the excesses of motorists plying
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Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano on Thursday said he will deliver three legacy projects to the people of the State in 2021. The projects are the Anambra Airport at Umueri, the International Conference Center ICC in Awka, and the Capital City Stadium in Awka. The State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don
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The Anambra State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development Partner, Mark Okoye, has said the state has 433, 166 individuals and 99, 463 households on its list of poverty-stricken residents. Delivering a keynote address yesterday at a stakeholders’ forum to share the state’s Social Register (SSR) data with Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in
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Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said on Sunday that many passengers were burnt beyond recognition when their vehicle went into flames on the Ihiala/Onitsha road in Anambra State. Kumapayi said that they were yet to know the actual number of people that died in the accident
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The people of Oba in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State , on Saturday, protested sand mining at the Anambra Airport site . They called on the Minister of State for Environment , Sharon Ikeazor, to intervene to save them from erosion problems resulting from the mining activities . The regent of
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Awka, Sept. 5, 2020 (MOI) Anambra State House of Assembly has kicked against the passage of National Water Resources Bill, 2020 which has passed through second reading on the floor of the National Assembly. The lawmakers had called for a public hearing to be conducted on the National Water Resources Bill, 2020, before its final
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Fire explosion was on Friday averted in Awka, Anambra state when a fully loaded diesel tanker fell along the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. The accident which occurred around 10am involved a Mercedes Benz truck with the driver and two passengers on board. It was gathered that the truck heading to Enugu from Onitsha axis fell down at
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Primary and secondary schools teachers in Imo State have threatened to go on strike following the failure of the state government to pay them for six months. The development has cast doubt on the planned reopening of schools in the state.The Federal Government had ordered the closure of all schools following a rise in coronavirus
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A Non Governmental Organization, NGO, Igede Charitable Organization, Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, has funded the evacuation of abandoned corpses of indigenes back to Nigeria for befitting burial. The corpses were said to have been abandoned by their bereaved families in Ojoto, over lack of fund to bring them back home for burial.
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Member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Board of Trustees, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka, was on Saturday dismissed governorship aspirants from Anambra North and Anambra Central senatorial zones, who are strongly warming up to contest, to succeed the incumbent governor, Dr Willie Obiano, as individuals engaged in a futile exercise. Chief Ezeonwuka who made this
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Music maestro Chief Chukwuemeka Edward Maduka, (Morocco Maduka), has described as false, frivolous and a figment of the imagination of the opposition, that Governor Willie Obiano gave him the money he used to build his hotel. Morotel Hotel is located at Iyiagu estate Awka, Anambra state capital. He alleged that the speculation emanated from musicians
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Land dispute between two villages in Oba Community, Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra State, that has lasted for over twenty years now, took a drastic turn with the destruction of over fifty residential buildings and seventy fences, belonging to the people of Ezelle Mbana, Oba village and their tenants. The land dispute that is
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