By Ovat Abeng Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State has granted amnesty to students who have overstayed in the University. The disclosure was made by the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Carol Arinze-Umobi on Friday, 3rd October, 2025 during the 238th meeting of the senate held at the Faculty of Social Sciences auditorium. Prof. Arinze-Umobi stated…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, acting on credible information, on 4th October 2025 stormed Aguleri and arrested the prime suspect, Obadigbo Emmanuel Anumudu, ‘M’, aged 46 years for beheading late Mrs. Obianuju Akubi, a 69 year old woman in Umuleri community in Anambra…
By Ovat Abeng As part of activities leading to the third edition of ‘The Pivot’ Conference, tagged, ‘Pivot Conference 3.0’, coming up on October 18, the organisers have hosted a fireside chat and media interaction aimed at building conversations, anticipation and engaging the media ahead of the main event. The session, held in Awka, on…
By Ovat Abeng The Igbo Socio-Cultural Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called for unconditional release of the incarcerated leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The Igbo nation made the call at 2025 Igbo day celebration held at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Monday and…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu, has arrested a suspected and alleged informant of a secessionist group, anchoring a major extortion network operating in parts of Ihiala Local Government Area of the State. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who…
By Ovat Abeng Candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), ahead of the November 8, 2025 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Sir Paul Chukwuma, has declared the urgent need for a fresh vision in the state. Chukwuma stated that Anambra deserves leadership that surpasses the current administration under Governor Charles Soludo. He argued that the…
By Ovat Abeng The Action Alliance (AA) candidate for the November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra State, Ozo Japhet Ezechukwu Nweke, has said that the state urgently requires a comprehensive overhaul in its leadership and governance structures to align with current global realities. Nweke who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Wednesday,…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu in the early hours of 24th September, 2025 acting on credible intelligence, stormed Aguleri and arrested four suspected members of a criminal gang allegedly involved in armed robbery and kidnapping in the area. The arrest was contained in…
By Ovat Abeng The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has expressed profound sadness and a deep sense of loss over the heartbreaking news of the tragic death of Miss Somtochukwu Christelle Maduagwu, a distinguished daughter of Anambra State, who was brutally killed during an armed robbery attack at her residence in the…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Government has dismissed as false, recent social media allegations linking the Governor’s wife, Mrs Nonye Soludo, to a purported N38 million contract scandal at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam. The denied information was contained in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Awka on Monday…
