Nigeria, ranked 123rd globally in gender inequality – Women Affairs Minister

The Minister of Women Affairs, Barr Uju Kennedy Ohanenye has reiterated the need for appropriate measures and policies to be put in place to address the in-balance in gender equality in Nigeria which is responsible for the low economic status of Nigerian women in comparison with their male counterparts Ohanenye expressed concern over the fact that Nigeria is ranked 123rd globally based on the 2022 World Gender Gap report, and identified some of the issues...

Flood Sweeps Away 13-Year-Old Girl In Awka

Flood occasioned by heavy rainfall has swept away a 13-year-old girl in Awka, Anambra State capital. The girl, whose guardian operates a food stall along Ziks Avenue, Awka, was trying to rescue their wheelbarrow, which was being carried away by flood when she mistakenly missed her step and fell into a drainage. A source who witnessed the incident said the girl was immediately swept away by the fast-moving tide of the flood, and her body...

‘Touts must leave Onitsha’, Soludo assures Anambra residents

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra has vowed to eradicate the tout menace that has been haunting Onitsha and the State at large. The Governor stated this during the 2023 Ofala Festival of the Obi Onitsha, Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe. The festival was held at the Obi’s Palace, Onitsha, on Saturday. Governor Soludo congratulated Igwe Achebe for celebrating his 22nd Ofala Festival and wished him well in his reign on the throne. The Governor also thanked the...

Fake agent arrested for selling land to woman for burial of mother

A fake land agent, Mr Rapuluchukwu Kachi, has been arrested for selling land belonging to someone else to his sister, for the burial of their mother. Kachi who was paraded at the Zone 13 police command, after he was arrested, confessed to selling the land to a businesswoman, Mrs Ogechukwu Mbonu who is also his sister, who later buried her late mother on the land. Kachi who was paraded at the zonal command of the...

Soludo’s Wife Launches Sanitary Pad Banks In Over 400 Anambra Secondary Schools

Anambra Governor’s wife and founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Mrs Nonye Soludo has launched healthy living sanitary pad banks in over four hundred secondary schools in Anambra State where the healthy living school clubs are currently operating. The governor’s wife made the announcement when she hosted female secondary school students at the Governor’s Lodge, Awawbia at an event to mark this year’s International Day of the Girl Child. According to Mrs Soludo,...

Anambra Lawmaker Offers Varsity Scholarship To Five Indigent Students

The member representing Ayamelum Constituency at the Anambra state House of Assembly, Hon. Benard Udemezue has pledged to do his best to promote quality education and agriculture in the constituency. Udemezue made the pledge after offering scholarships to five students that scored highest marks in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Ayamelum. The lawmaker who described education as key to unlocking the future, also announced that the number of beneficiaries in the N200,000...

Police arrests 128 over insurgency, robbery, kidnapping, cultism in Anambra

….. Recover 119 arms and ammunition The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 128 suspects over their alleged involvement in various crimes across the state. Parading some of the suspects at the command’s Headquarters Amawbia, on Monday, shortly after updating the media on his three months achievement in office, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adeoye Aderemi, said, “Out of the 128 suspects, 30 were arrested for insurgency, 38 were arrested for cultism, armed robbery...

Anambra Community Launched War Against Drug Abuse

Nteje Community in Oyi Local Government Area has launched War Against Drug Abuse, WADA as they inaugurated a committee that will champion Zero tolerance to drug trafficking in the community. The President General of the community, Dr Nnamdi Iloduba said that the target is to rescue the community from the activities of drug peddlers. Dr Iloduba said that the society is losing good number of youths to drugs abuse as many have abandoned schooling and...

Anambra Joint Security Force Smash Insurgents Camp in Ogbunka

Rescues three Reverend Father Arrests Suspects Recovers Pump Action Guns, Nine Vehicles Police-led Forward Operating Base (FOB) comprising military and paramilitary Services based in Aguata and  supported by Police Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu yesterday, 6th October, 2023, stormed insurgents Camp at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area. Three abducted persons including a Reverend Father were rescued unhurt. Nine vehicles and three Pump Action Guns  were recovered. Three suspects were arrested. Also recovered were stolen...

Teacher’s day: Soludo doles out 1.524 billion to Anambra Mission school

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, presented cheques worth N1.524 billion to mission schools in the state as government support to improve quality of education and infrastructure. Governor Soludo presented the cheques to owners/operators of Anambra Mission Schools during a meeting held at Government Lodge, Amawbia. A total of 762 Anambra Mission Schools received N2,000,000 each from the government of Anambra State. Eight (8) schools returned to Salvation Army Schools received a total sum...

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