By Ovat Abeng Some traders at the popular Onitsha Drug market, (Ogbo-Ogwu), Anambra State, under the umbrella bodies of Concerned/Genuine Members of Ogbo-Ogwu Market and Justice for Ogbo-Ogwu, Traders, have dismissed a report circulating that another round of fake drugs worth over N265millon has been discovered and ceremoniously hand over to the National Agency for…
By Ovat Abeng Wife of the Anambra State Governor and the Founder of Healthy Living With Nonye Soludo Initiative, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has distributed various gift items to thousands of orphanage and abandoned children to celebrate the 2025 Christmas. The distribution/pre-christmas party celebration took place at the Light House Banquet hall Awka, on Monday. Speaking…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested five fake suspected vigilante operatives in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday. According to Ikenga, the arrest is in furtherance of the ongoing investigations on a case of Criminal Conspiracy…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Government has constituted a caretaker committee for Emodi Shoe Dealers Association (ESDA) of Ochanja Market, Onitsha. The caretaker committee members are: Mr. Sunday C. Ezumezu – Chairman, Mr. Ikechukwu Egwim – Vice Chairman, Mr. Joseph Udeogu – Secretary, Sunday Nwuzor – Fin. Sec, Chinedu Aniagwu – Treasurer, Anayo Umeh –…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State government has announced that its budget for 2024 financial year has achieved a remarkable 70 percent performance rate. The State Auditor-General, Akosa Okocha, made the disclosure on Friday, at the Audit Forum and Citizens Accountability Dialogue on 2024 State Financial Statements. He said the state performed creditably well in 2024…
By Ovat Abeng The Traditional Ruler of Nawfia community in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, His Royal Highness Igwe Ogochukwu Daniel Obelle, has dismissed a publication making the rounds that the town is currently faced with increased gunmen attacks. The Monarch who spoke with Journalists at his palace, on Saturday, said the publication …
By Ovat Abeng Nawfia community in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State, has announced the suspension of one of the major Igbo cultural festival, “Igu Aro until further notice over increase gunmen attacks. This, according to a statement was to forestall further loss of lives as “perpetrators of these evil acts are still devising…
By Ovat Abeng The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, on Friday, led key stakeholders, officers and men of the Command and concerned members of the public on a walk and advocacy campaign against cultism and other social vices in Awka. While addressing participants during the exercise, the CP read the riot…
By Ovat Abeng The Management of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Universit, Anambra State in collaboration with Nigerian Economic Society (NES) and other relevant stakeholders, on Thursday held a stakeholders meeting to brainstormed on how the State 2026 budget of N757.9 Billion will reflect the lives of the people. The event held at the Nigerian Medical…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Commissioner, of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, said the state command under his watch has achieved a noticeable reduction in incidents of violent crime, cult-related activities, armed robbery and kidnapping in most parts of the State. Orutugu disclosed this while briefing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Amawbia Awka on…