The Anambra State Government has arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu, for using a 10-year-old girl to beg for alms, despite repeated warnings to desist from it. Ogechukwu, aged 27, from the Udi community in Enugu State, was caught at Oyeolisa Ogbunike area of Anambra State using a 10-year-old girl from Benue State for alms begging and other sundry offences. The …

The Anambra State Government has said that it has commenced the installation of clock-in devices in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously. At a meeting with administrators of public hospitals in Awka, the state capital at the weekend, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike observed that during some of his unannounced …

The Anambra State Government has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, an indigene of the state who made the highest score in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement on Tuesday in Awka, the capital, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh said that Nkechinyere scored 360 in the examination. Chuma-Udeh said that the student had …

Some of the girls recently rescued from a brothel by security operatives and officials of the Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare have claimed that they paid their ‘Madam’ N40,000 daily to remain in business. The sex slaves said they were forced to pay the money before they were given out to men to sleep with. The victims, …

The Anambra State Government has unveiled an electronic identification card scheme for civil servants and other government employees in the state. During the unveiling at the state secretariat conference hall in Awka, the state capital, on Friday, the Head of Service, Theodora Igwegbe said the programme – described as “the first of its kind in Nigeria” – would enable the …

The crisis rocking the national leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has permeated Anambra State as a new chairman, Hon. Peter Okoye has emerged in the state. Okoye, who held a meeting with the new executive of the party, said Hon. Ugochukwu Emeh has been removed. He said that Emeh was removed for being one of those who attended the …

A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju is dead. Mbadinuju was said to have died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday at the age of 78. Fondly called Odera, he was governor between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party A statement by his son, Mr Cheta Mbadinuju, said he passed away …

Gunmen attacked a police facility in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State early Saturday, killing three officers. “Anambra State Police Command have reinforced security in the Idemili North area of the state, following the attack on the Ogidi area command in the early hours of today 18/2/2023, where three police operatives paid the supreme price”, the spokesman …

No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed on Monday in a renewed communal crisis between Anaku and Omor communities in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State. The reason for the current crisis was yet to be ascertained as of press time but sources said there have been lingering crises between the two communities in the recent past. A …