Some yet-to-be-confirmed number of persons are feared dead and others injured following a stampede that occurred at the gate of the Obijackson Centre, in Okija, the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Saturday. The stampede occurred during the sharing of palliatives including rice, vegetable oil and money. It was gathered that victims were mostly women and children who …

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Amara Oyeka, on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), has revealed that the state monthly IGR increased from N2.2 million in 2023 to N5.2 billion in 2024. Oyeka disclosed this on Thursday during the presentation and validation of the research activity carried out in 21 major markets across the …

The innovative leadership of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State has earned the state the fourth position in the recent evaluation in BudgIT’s State of States 2024 Report in overall fiscal performance and sustainability. With the theme of the report, “Moving Primary Health Care Delivery from Sub-Optimality to Optimality,” BudgIT’s ranking reflects Anambra State’s exceptional performance in both fiscal …

The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) has declared the results of the state’s local government elections it conducted on Saturday with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) winning all the 21 local council chairmanship seats. The commission’s chairman, Genevieve Osakwe, announced the results in Awka late Sunday. According to Osakwe, APGA also won the councilorship positions in each local …

Young athletes took to the track on day four of the 2024 National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, with Team Ondo and Anambra producing the champions in the boys and girls 100 metres events, respectively. Team Ondo’s Olumide Ibikunle delivered a clutch performance in the boys final, coming through with a big performance to win the gold with a time …

Ahead of the 28 September local government election, the Anambra State House of Assembly has amended the State Electoral (Amendment No 3) Law 2024. The state House of Assembly passed the amendment during plenary in Awka, the state capital, on Thursday thereby becoming the third time state Electoral Law was amended this year in precisely the last one month. The …

Rampaging hoodlums have killed one person and abducted three others in Anambra State at the weekend. The dare-devils who carried the attacks at different parts of the state on Saturday at about 8 pm killed a petrol station attendant at St. Michael’s Secondary School junction, Nimo, Njikoka LGA of the State. The hoodlums had thereafter abducted and taken away the …

The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it has discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that six senior employees at the various local government areas …

The retired Commissioner of Police (CP) in Anambra State, Aderemi Adeoye has recounted how he fought the dreaded Niger Delta militants, the Book Haram terrorists in the North East and the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), insurgents in the South East and survived all of them without a scar. Speaking during his pullout ceremony at the Alex Ekwueme Square in …

Residents of Onitsha in Anambra State have commended the aggressive efforts of Governor Soludo’s administration towards infrastructural development in the state, especially road construction. Speaking over the recent fabricated and syndicated falsehood on a purported washed-off part of the 2.3 kilometres of Ochanja Road, a resident who has a shop owner near the affected spot being sensationalised by certain persons, …