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) — […]