By Ovat Abeng The First Lady of Anambra State and the founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Dr. Mrs. Nonye Soludo, has been selected as a recipient of the National Leadership Conference (NLC) 2026 Award in recognition of her contributions to social impact and community development. The award which comes under the category…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra State government has released what it termed the public debt records of the presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), ahead of the 2027 general election, Mr Peter Obi, while he was governor of Anambra State. In a press statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation, Dr…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has commenced enhanced security deployment to schools and strategic locations across the State as schools resume for the new academic session, in line with the Inspector-General of Police’s Safe School Initiative. The operation, according to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement in Awka on…
By Ovat Abeng The Management of FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited has taken its public safety awareness campaign to markets, roadside trading points, transport loading areas and other locations where members of the public are regularly exposed to electrical hazards. The latest phase of the campaign covered Oyi and Anambra East Local Government Areas, as…
By Ovat Abeng The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra State Development and Investment Corporation (ADIC), Mr. Nwabunwanne Okonkwo, has said that the Anambra State Government is deliberate about positioning ADIC as a professionally managed, commercially viable and private sector driven institution capable of mobilising capital and unlocking the value of the…
By Ovat Abeng Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has welcomed legitimate public scrutiny of his academic credentials, saying he has no objection to the release of his educational records. Obi made this known in a statement following reports circulating on social media about a legal action by an individual or…
By Ovat Abeng The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Anambra State Command has arrested three suspects for vandalizing properties and building structures belonging to the State government at Onitsha. The suspects according to SC Okadigbo Edwin Head, Media and Tactical Operations NSCDC Anambra State Command who disclosed this in a statement in Awka…
By Ovat Abeng The people of Umuenu Quarters in Umuawulu Community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, have petitioned the Anambra State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, over the lingering activities of land invaders and land grabbers, threatening to dispossess them of their ancestral land, homes and farms. In the…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command, has intensified efforts to apprehend a suspected criminal gang following the rescue of a 16-year-old boy, Favour Ayogu, who was allegedly abducted in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State and later abandoned near a security checkpoint in Onitsha. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu…
By Ovat Abeng The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka Branch, Anambra State, has suspended its withdrawal of services following the full payment of the outstanding August 2026 salary to all its members. The suspension takes effect immediately, Friday, September 11, 2026, five days after the branch commenced the industrial…
