Ex-Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has met with some Peoples Democratic Party aspirants for the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. The aspirants who hail from Anambra South Senatorial District, agreed that the position be zoned to their district. This was contained in a communique issued after the meeting. […]
Anambra
Obiano’s community demands the removal of two Monarchs
There is tension in Governor Willie Obiano’s five communities that make up Aguleri in Anambra East local government area, as they demand the removal of two traditional rulers for being part of the trip to Abuja. As a result, they marched round the area yesterday, protesting against the two monarchs […]
APC pleads with Obiano to reinstate suspended monarch
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra chapter, has pleaded with Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra to reinstate Traditional Ruler Peter Uyanwa of Ukwulu community of Dunukofia Council Area of the state, suspended late July. Uyanwa, who was suspended in July, was also Chairman of Anambra Central Traditional Rulers Council. Chief […]
Anambra women protest monarch’s harassment
Women of Oba-Ofemili in Awka North Local Government of Anambra State yesterday marched on the Government House in Awka to protest alleged harassment of their monarch, Ezekwesili Maduagwuna, by the police. They lamented the continued boundary crisis between them and Ibite Ollo in Ezeagu Local Government of Enugu State. Many […]
Anambra Cargo Airport: We’ve been turned to refugees, host community cries out
The people of Umueri in Anambra East local government area, the host community for the ongoing Anambra Cargo Airport project, have accused the state government of turning them into refugees by forcefully going beyond the 729606 hectares of land the community donated for the project. The development, they claimed yesterday, […]
Crisis erupts in Ogidi over death of youth leader
Ogidi Community, Idemili North Council area of Anambra State, is boiling following the death of a youth leader, Chike Okoye, while allegedly trying to evade police arrest. Policemen were said to have stormed Okoye’s Umueze Alor village, to arrest him and others, over a land issue between the community and the […]
Watch video of a dead man who refuses to go home from a morgue
A dead man refused to go home from a morgue for final interment in Ekwulobia, Anambra State. All ambulances that attempted to take him home knocked engine, not until a stronger force was used to send him home in a more or less disgraceful manner without the use of automobile. […]
COVID-19: Fake task force on the prowl in Anambra
Some Nigerians take advantage of any horrid situation to engage in all manner of sordid activities. So it is during the current Coronavirus pandemic where a fake COVID-19 task force harasses and extorts money from unsuspecting members of the public in Anambra State, x-rayed by EMMA ELEKWA. Since the beginning […]
Man,35, ‘Kills’ Only Child In Anambra State
Officers of the police Command in Anambra state have exhumed the corpse of a four-year-old boy who was allegedly killed and buried by his father in a shallow grave. This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed. According to him, the suspect, Christian Alisigwe, 35, who […]
Mentally challenged crushed to death in Onitsha
A mentally challenged man was on Friday crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver in Upper-Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased was reportedly knocked down around 7.40am by the driver of the vehicle who zoomed off immediately, leaving the lifeless body on the road. The Sector Public Education […]