Traders in the popular Bridgehead Drug Market in Onitsha, Anambra State have asked the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to allow them to elect their leaders as against the existing caretaker committee imposed on them by the state government. In a statement in Onitsha, on Wednesday, the traders, under the aegis of ‘Concerned People of Ogbogu’ threatened legal action if …

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to throw his massive support behind the plans of the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi to introduce cutting-edge cement technology roads across the nation. This is as the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, backed Umahi to dump asphalt for concrete technology in road construction. The apex socio-political …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has issued certificates of recognition to four traditional rulers in the state. He gave the monarchs their certificates on Saturday in a private ceremony held at the government house in Awka. While issuing the certificates, he acknowledged that many unauthorized persons in various communities were usurping the positions of traditional rulers. He stated that …

The Anambra State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution asking Governor Chukwuma Soludo to build more Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps to enable flood victims in the riverine areas to be evacuated during flood. The Assembly added that the governor should urgently direct the state Ministry of Works to carry out palliative measures at the dilapidated portions of …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has called on the Federal Government to release the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. While flaging off the campaign of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Awka, the Anambra capital, on Saturday, Soludo said that Kanu is critical to the security conversation in the southeast, and …

Anambra State government will charge N10 million from a presidential candidate in the 2023 election in order to have place campaign poster. A Senatorial candidate will pay N7 million for the same purpose, while a House of Representatives candidate will be charged N5 million and a state Assembly candidate will pay N1 million. According to the time table of the …