The Anambra State Government has placed a ban on the use of mobile phones by students in secondary schools across the state. Chairman of Post Primary Schools Service Commission in the state, Prof Nkechi Ikediugwu, made the announcement at the Anambra Schools’ Cultural Day celebration on Friday in Awka. Ikediugwu, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, …

The Anambra government has ordered all hotel owners and landlords in the state to request for a valid means identification from their guests and tenants. The directive comes few days after security operatives uncovered “over 30 graves and a shrine” at a hotel in Oba, Idemili south LGA of the state. A statement on Friday by the commissioner for information, …

Anambra State Government has commenced the conduct of Computer-Based Tests (CBT) for applicants for the 2023 teachers’ recruitment exercise. The state government had last year recruited 5,000 teachers into public schools in the state, before announcing additional recruitment of 3,000 more, this year. The tests are being conducted with the help of the Anambra State ICT Agency, headed by Mr …

The Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Ify Obinabo has sealed off the Arrow of God Community Children’s Home in Onitsha over allegations of illegal adoption and selling of children. Obinabo led security operatives to seal off the structure on Wednesday, after a report and documentary by Fisayo Soyombo made the rounds on social media and local …

The Anambra State government has faulted the position of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the way it has handled the development concerning the University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result presented by Mmesoma Ejikeme. In a statement on Wednesday, the state Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu said that investigation was still ongoing on what transpired about …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has banned Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, who is embroiled in the result controversy in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The candidate would not be allowed to write the examinations for three years, JAMB said on Monday. JAMB said it has also cancelled the controversial result that announced Ejikeme as the candidate with …