By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State owned security outfit, Special Anti-Touting Squad (SASA), says it has arrested the General Overseer of Jesus Is Ontop Ministry Amichi, in Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state, Evangelist Dozie Favour Ezani for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl, Miss Precious Okafor in his residence. The SASA…
By Ovat Abeng Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has indicated plans for significant reforms within the Anambra State civil service following an inspection visit to the State Secretariat, where he assessed employee conduct, punctuality, and overall dedication to duty. The visit, which covered multiple ministries and departments, was aimed at evaluating the current work culture and…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Awka, have uncovered an eight-month-old case of a reported missing person with the arrest of a 35-year-old suspect, Chukwudalu Ezeani, ‘male‘, in connection with the murder of his cousin, late Chinedu Ezeani ‘m’, aged 52 years. According to the State Police Public Relations…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Anambra State Police Command, on 18th March 2026, arraigned two suspects in connection with the murder of one late Ikechukwu Simon Nwite and the subsequent theft of his funds. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has sworn in his first set of fourteen key political appointees days after taking the oath of office for his second tenure. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Exco Chamber, Light House Awka, on Wednesday, 26th March, 2026. Among the appointees sworn in were the…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Women Leader of the City Boy Movement, Ifeatu Adaora Soludo, has engaged local government women coordinators of the group and their deputies across the 21 local government areas of the state as part of efforts to strengthen grassroots mobilisation ahead of the 2027 general elections. During the meeting, Adaora…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Electricity Regulatory Commission (ASERC), has decries high cases of over billing by the newly established FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited operating in the state. The ASERC executive director, Consumers Affairs, Engr Nosike Emmanuel, raised the alarm at a one-day interactive engagement with Anambra electricity consumers, held at the Kings…
By Ovat Abeng The wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has said the Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment are free in public health facilities and many private hospitals in Nigeria. She stated this in a press statement released on Tuesday to mark the 2026 World Tuberculosis Day. According to her, tuberculosis remains a major…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Government has promised to refund all the over deducted salaries of workers who didn’t go to work on January and February Mondays as a result of the Monday”s Sit-at-home order initiated by the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), to press home the release of it leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu…
By Ovat Abeng An inter-council dispute has erupted in Anambra State following the alleged unilateral renaming of Limca Road (Old Enugu–Onitsha Road) by the Idemili Local Government Area, an action strongly condemned by the Onitsha North Local Government Council as illegal and unconstitutional. In an official public notice dated March 20, 2026, the Mayor of…
