Salary Deductions Stir Controversy in Anambra Over Monday Sit-at-Home PUBLIC servants in Anambra State have raised concerns over what they describe as irregular and excessive deductions from their February salaries following the state government’s enforcement of a pro-rata payment policy targeting absenteeism on Mondays. The deductions are part of the government’s strategy to discourage compliance […]
Government Moves Against Non-Compliance THE Anambra State Government has sealed the popular Nkwo-Ogbe Market in Ihiala Local Government Area over traders’ refusal to open for business on Mondays, in defiance of the state’s directive aimed at ending the sit-at-home practice. Confirming the development to journalists on Monday, Chairman of Ihiala Local Government Council, Mr. Anayochukwu […]
IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Lifted, but Residents Stay Home Pending Kanu’s Release THE South-East region witnessed continued inactivity on Monday as schools, offices, and major markets remained largely closed despite the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) announcing the end of the long-standing sit-at-home order. IPOB’s Media Secretary, Emma Powerful, stated that the directive, first implemented five years […]
Anambra State Cracks Down on Low Attendance THE Anambra State Government has suspended the headteachers of nine state-owned schools for two weeks after a Monday assessment revealed extremely low pupil turnout. The decision underscores the government’s determination to enforce full academic engagement despite ongoing sit-at-home orders in parts of the state. The suspension was announced […]
By DIANA CHUKWUKA THE Managing Director of the Anambra State Waste Management Agency (ASWAMA), Chief Mike Ozoemena, says the state is intensifying efforts to become one of the three cleanest states in Nigeria. Speaking in Awka, he highlighted the agency’s achievements in the past year and the shift to a decentralised waste […]
By IKE UZOR-NZUBECHI ANAMBRA State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo on Tuesday presented a ₦757 billion proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, reflecting a 24.1% increase from 2025 and signaling a push for faster development and project delivery. Tagged “Changing Gears 3.0: Solution Continues,” the budget sets recurrent expenditure at ₦162.6 billion and […]
By IFEOMA IZUCHUKWU TRAGEDY and frustration have gripped the Anambra State House of Assembly as workers begin an indefinite strike over poor pay and lack of allowances. The strike follows the death of Tochukwu Ezekobe of the Publications Department, who reportedly succumbed to pressure over an unpaid loan. She is one of three assembly staff […]
By IKE UZOR-NZUBECHI TENSION flared on Sunday when soldiers at a checkpoint along Onitsha Road allegedly opened fire on police officers returning from election duty in Anambra State. Reports indicate the officers were coming back from the just-concluded governorship poll when an argument broke out between them and soldiers at the checkpoint. One officer was […]
By Glory Ugoba THE Chairman of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III, has advised Nigerian youths to avoid drug abuse, cultism, and other criminal activities, warning that such behaviors endanger their future and undermine national development. The monarch gave the advice during the Obiora/Iwaji Youth Carnival 2025, held at his palace […]
BY GLORY UGOBA Four former operatives of the disbanded Operation Udo Ga-achi security outfit appeared before the Children, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly assaulting a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member. The defendants — Emmanuel Samson (29), Jude Obasi (43), Ndudirim Michael (28), and Nweke Ezinwanne (27) — […]