Anambra Airport Successfully Receives its First Commercial Test Flight

Aviation-AirportsNewsNigeriaAnambra Airport Successfully Receives its First Commercial Test Flight

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)May 1, 2021

The Anambra Airport sited on a vast beautiful landscape at Umueri, a major infrastructure developed by the Governor Obiano administration has successfully received its first test flight. The Airport; a magnificent edifice with a 34. 5-meter tower and a 3.7 massive and solidly constructed runway, is considered one of the very best, more so ever undertaken by a state in Nigeria. A journey of about less than thirty minutes from Awka the state capital, the...

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Anambra CP Vows to Ensure that Justice Prevails Over the Murder of Citizen, by Police Officer

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsAnambra CP Vows to Ensure that Justice Prevails Over the Murder of Citizen, by Police Officer

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 21, 2021

The Anambra state Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas has vowed to ensure a detailed investigation into the alleged murder of Ugochukwu Onwuzulike, a native of Awkuzu in Oyi local government area of Anambra state, who was shot by a police officer yesterday at Awkuzu junction and was later pronounced dead by doctors. Late Ugochukwu Onwuzulike was yesterday, April 20th, shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified police officer around Awkuzu junction while he was riding...

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BREAKING: Gunmen Attacks Zone 13 Police Headquarters in Anambra State

Crime & SecurityNewsPoliceBREAKING: Gunmen Attacks Zone 13 Police Headquarters in Anambra State

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)April 19, 2021

Gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the Nigeria Police Force Zonal Headquarters in Ukpo, Dukunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra state. The attackers who gained entrance into the zonal headquarters were said to have invaded the premises of the complex, from behind where there is an adjoining bush. As of the time of filing this report, the Police Force has not made any formal statement about the attack and has also not spoken...

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Hon. Nonso Okafor Declares Intention to Contest Anambra Governorship Election

Anambra ElectionsNewsNigeriaHon. Nonso Okafor Declares Intention to Contest Anambra Governorship Election

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 28, 2021

The Member representing Nnewi North Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Nonso Okafor, who is well known as “Smart,” has declared his interest to contest the November 2021 Anambra state governorship election. Hon. Nonso Okafor was elected to Anambra State House of Assembly in 2019, amid intense rivalry and contentious electioneering that very easily qualify as the most controversial and heated House of Assembly election in Anambra state. Born into a humble background,...

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JobsLabourNewsNon-Teaching Staff Members of Anambra Schools and Colleges Protest over Retirement Age, Salary, As Anambra Lawyers Also Protest Against Insecurity in the State.

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 23, 20211

The non-teaching staff members of Anambra state schools and colleges have taken to the street to demand that government extends their age of retirement from 60 years to 65 years and from 35 years in service to 40 years in service, just as it was done for the teaching staff members of schools and colleges. The group also demanded the full implementation of the minimum wage, as well as payment of outstanding allowances and arias....

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Crime & SecurityLocal GovernmentNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Gunmen Run Amok, Kill Security Operatives and Cart Away With Their Weapons in Anambra

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 18, 2021

Unknown gunmen today killed some Navy officers around Awkuzu Junction, in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. While the number of Navy operatives killed has not been ascertained, weapons belonging to the murdered officers were taken by the gunmen, according to reports. This was exactly the case yet again at Okacha Junction in Idemili South local government of Anambra this evening when some police officers were killed and their weapons were taken by...

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CSP Haruna Bows out as Anambra Police Command PPRO, As DSP Ikenga Tochukwu Steps in

NewsPoliceCSP Haruna Bows out as Anambra Police Command PPRO, As DSP Ikenga Tochukwu Steps in

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 18, 2021

AWKA — Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer -PPRO, CSP Haruna Mohammed, has bowed out as the spokesman of the Anambra State Police Command, following his deployment as Officer in Charge –OC of Alternative  Dispute Resolution and Anti-piracy Unit, of the Nigeria Police Force. In his place, the Force has appointed DSP Ikenga Tochukwu. The new PPRO is a graduate of Psychology from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, to resume as the new...

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Anambra State House of Assembly Honours Ex Member, Proceeds on Recess

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra State House of Assembly Honours Ex Member, Proceeds on Recess

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 17, 2021

During its last sitting for the first quarter of this legislative year yesterday, the Anambra State House of Assembly announced that the Assembly will proceed on Easter recess. This is coming barely two months after the Christmas break, as it would be recalled that the Assembly had resumed sitting on the 19th day of January 2021. The House commenced its business for the day, with a valedictory session in honour of her former member who...

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Anambra Assembly Passes Riverine Development Commission Bill into Law

Housing & DevelopmentNewsNigeriaAnambra Assembly Passes Riverine Development Commission Bill into Law

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 9, 2021

Anambra State House of Assembly today passed the Riverine Areas Development Commission-RIVADEC, into law. A bill for a law to establish the Riverine Area Development Commission was submitted in the year 2020, by the Chief sponsor of the Bill, Hon. Somto Udeze representing Ogbaru II constituency, as a private member bill. With its passage today, the Anambra 7th Assembly has only passed two private member bills throughout its life span of almost two years. The...

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Anambra Youths Protests, Asks Governor Obiano to Sack Commissioner

NewsNigeriaAnambra Youths Protests, Asks Governor Obiano to Sack Commissioner

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 3, 2021

Anambra state youths under the auspices of the National Youth Council of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter, today protested against the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths, Prof. Theresa Obiekezie, and also pleaded with the governor of Anambra state to relieve her of her job. Prof. Obiekezie was formerly the Commissioner for Tertiary Education before she was redeployed to the Ministry of youths, following a minor reshuffle of his cabinet by governor Willie Obiano, less than a...

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