The Anambra State government says it is worried by the rate of fire incidents being recorded in different parts of the state, stating that these outbreaks are preventable if residents observe fire safety protocols in their vicinities. This is according to a press statement it released on Sunday in Awka and signed by the Commissioner for Special Duties, Honourable Beverly Ikpeazu-Nkemdiche following the fire incidents at Comprehensive Science and Technical College, Nawfia on Friday and...

The National Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, has lamented increasing roadblocks across the Southeast States. He said the proceeds from the roadblocks, which were mostly extortionate, were enough to construct the third Niger bridge in the region. Okeke-Ogene who spoke in Awka, Anambra State Capital, at the 2024 General Assembly of Association of Past Presidents General of Anambra State (APPAS) of the Association of Anambra State Town Union (ASATU) He regretted...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP has said it rescued 41 victims of human trafficking and arrested 18 suspected traffickers in Anambra State in 2023. The Public Relations Officer of the agency in the state, Mr Anthony Okafor, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Awka, said a total of twenty five human trafficking cases were reported to the agency in the year under review. According to him,...