Anambara State

Updated: Stampede at Anambra rice giveaway leaves 12 dead, 32 injured

At least, 12 people lost their lives and 32 others were injured in Okija town in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra...

University community in shock as lecturer falls victim to gunmen’s bullets

Tragedy struck in Awka, Anambra State, on Monday night when Dr. Fabian Chinedu, a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, was shot dead by...

Just in: Again, Anambra sit-at-home claims four vigilance operatives, motorcyclist

Gunmen enforcing Monday’s sit-at-home order in Anambra State launched a deadly attack, killing five people and critically injuring Mr. Chimame Ezigbo, President-General of...

Anambra council chairman busted in Texas over alleged $3.3m romance scam, risks 20 years in jail

For allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam, Franklin Nwadialo, a newly elected chairman of Ogbaru Local Government in Anambra State, has been...

Flood sacks 4 Anambra council areas as Soludo activates 27 IDP camps

By Emmanuel Ndukuba, Awka Floods have devastated four local government areas in Anambra State, leaving numerous families homeless. Residents, who had believed flooding...

Gunmen kill six people near UNIZIK gate

A gang of suspected cultists has attacked the Ifite-Awka community near Nnamdi Azikiwe University’s (UNIZIK) Awka campus, resulting in at least six fatalities....

Gov. Soludo mulls floating Anambra Airlines

By Emmanuel Ndukuba, Awka Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State is strategically keying into the national policy on transportation as he considers floating...

Breaking: Abducted Anambra commissioner, wife, regain freedom

After a day in captivity, the captors released Patrick Mba, the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, and his wife. The commissioner and...

Anambra LG poll: APC, PDP, others reject Sept. 28 date, threaten legal action

By Emmanuel Ndukuba, Awka Major political parties, including the APC, PDP, LP, and YPP, may be up in arms against the Anambra State...

Just in: Gunmen abduct Anambra Commissioner, wife, aide fatally shot

Gunmen have kidnapped Mr. Patrick Aghamba, the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, and his wife. Tragically, Mr. A.B. Affiah, an aide accompanying...

Anambra Govt. Busts Baby Factory Operating As Hospital

The Anambra State Government has busted a baby factory, disguising itself as Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity. The hospital located at No....

Alleged ₦4bln fraud: Ex-Anambra governor, Obiano, arraigned, enters ‘not-guilty’ plea

“The judge said Obiano should enjoy bail on the administrative terms granted earlier by the EFCC” The immediate past governor of Anambra State,...

Former Anambra governor, Ezeife, dies at 86

A former Governor of Anambra State in the botched third republic, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. Aged 86, the elder statesman passed on...

I forged UTME result, 19-year- old Mmesoma confesses

At long last, 19-year- old Mmesoma Ejikeme, has admitted forging her UTME result which gave her 362 as the highest scorer in 2023...

One-time Anambra Governor, Chinwoke Mbadinuju, bids the world farewell

  A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a.k.a Odera is dead. He passed on peacefully at the age of 78...

Teenager killed, another in critical condition as hoodlums petrol bombed INEC office in Anambra

With 24 days to the general elections, another office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and a Police station have been attacked...