The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, says the state is the fifth highest in HIV prevalence rate in Nigeria, and highest in the Southeast region. Dr. Obidike stated this in Awka during a press briefing in commemoration of World Aids Day. Briefing the media, the Commissioner, who noted that HIV is one of the issues of public health importance, revealed that it is estimated that ninety-eight thousand, nine hundred and sixty Ndi...

Protesters from Enugwu Nsugbe community, Anambra East Local Government Area in Anambra State, have called on the state government for intervention following a communal clash with a neighbouring Nneyi Umueri community which claimed lives of two young persons. Our Reporter learnt that the two communities which shared boundaries have fallen apart over a perennial land dispute that has been going on for more than a decade. The recent clashled to the death of two youths;...

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has presented the state’s 2024 budget proposal of Four hundred and ten billion, one hundred and thirty-two million, two hundred and twenty-four thousand, two hundred and seventy-two naira to the State Assembly. Governor Soludo made the presentation at the State Assembly Complex in Awka. Ninety-six billion, two hundred and one million, nine hundred and thirty-six thousand, seven hundred and forty-six naira (₦96, 201, 936, 746) that is 23% of...