The federal government has said that there will no longer be provisions for budgetary allocation to professional bodies and councils from the 2024 national budget. In a communiqué dated 26 June 2023, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning noted that the institutions would become fully self-funded on 31 December 2026. The communiqué, signed by the director-general of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, said the decision was in line with the...
A woman and her husband have been arrested for attempting to bribe Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, with two million naira to enable the woman continue running facilities where underaged girls are being forced into sex slavery. The suspect, Mrs Ekpereamaka Okonkwor, who hails from Otolo Nnewi, operated as “Madam Padded” while in Nnewi, and later relocated to Oba, where she operated as “Ukwu Venza”. While at Nnewi, the...
A teenage girl in Anambra has abandoned her newborn baby in a hospital and fled, immediately after delivery. e girl was alleged to have left the baby in the hospital, prompting the owner of the hospital to take the baby to the Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo. Obinabo has become popular for her role in ensuring the welfare of women and children, including protecting the rights of vulnerable people. Chidinma...
Twelve female sex workers rescued in a brothel, Happiness Guest Inn, Amawbia, Awka LGA of Anambra State have confessed that they made between N10,000 and N40,000 daily from their clients. The victims, between the ages of 15 to 25 years said they were mandated to return the sum of N10,000 to N15,000 each night and N40,000 on Sundays, while each man they slept with paid them N1,000 and above. Narrating their ordeal, the victims said...
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday rescued nine female sex workers in a brothel in Awka, the state’s capital. The victims, within the age bracket of 15 to 23 years were rescued during a raid of the facility following a tip off. A statement from the spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Tochi Ikenga, revealed that rhe ladies were lured from Ebonyi, Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers States on the assurances of being offered...
The resident priest at the Christ Holy Church International Asaba 2 district, Rev. Pastor Alexander Muo, has called on Christian men across the world to submit themselves totally to the will and directives of God. He said this while giving his sermon at the Christ Holy Church International Umuonaje-Asaba, on the occasion of the 2023 Father’s Day celebration, held on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Preaching on the 2023 Father’s Day theme: “Men of Destiny”, the...
Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has arrested the coordinator of Moniepoint in-charge of Anambra, Mr. Ndubuisi Anadi over alleged diversion of taxes paid by members of the public and removal of the state government payment system. The Executive Director of AIRS in charge of Operations and Other Revenues, Dr. Christian Madubuko disclosed this in Awka after the arrest. He also revealed that Moniepoint service may be banned in the state. The state government had...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of 22 internet fraudsters before Justice F. Riman of the Federal High Court, Akwa, Anambra State. They were convicted on June 13, 2023, on a one count separate charge bordering Impersonation. The convicts are Emos Ozoemena Orjiobasi, Onodugo Oji, Chukwudi Usulor, Victor Ifesinachi Ozonwanji, Arinze Daniel Ani, Ogbodo Chinedu Johnbosco, Okonkwo Francis Chukwuebuka, Emmanuel Tochukwu Ezuma, Tochukwu Collins Ojiochie, David Charles Ani,...
No fewer than 50 percent of Nigerian children are engaged in child labour, the Anambra State Government has said. The state disclosed this in a public lecture titled: “The Danger of Child Labour”,organised by the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare in collaboration with Beecharity Outlook Foundation ( NGO) to mark the 2023 World Day Against Child Labour. The lecture was organised for Women leaders of various communities in the state and the...
The member representing Ogbaru Constituency Two at Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze has emerged the Speaker of the Eight Assembly. His emergence followed the proclamation of the eighth Assembly by Governor Chukwuma Soludo and it’s inauguration at the House of Assembly Complex, Awka. After an election and call for nomination that a member-elect occupy the position of Speaker of the State House of Assembly, the member representing Ogbaru Constituency Two, Somtochukwu...
