Anambra
Anambra Gov’t calls Peter Obi a liar over highest tax payer claim
The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) has publicly refuted a claim by former Governor Peter Obi that SABMiller Breweries is the highest taxpayer in the state. In a statement released to clarify the matter on Thursday, the AIRS presented data showing that the brewery is, in fact, the sixth-highest corporate taxpayer. The clarification came […]
Pregnant Woman Found Hanging From Tree In Anambra Community
A pregnant woman, identified as Nwafor Onyinye, has been found dead, hanging from a cashew tree along the Uke/Ideani road in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Police in a statement issued on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, described the incident as a suspected case […]
Ezenwafor Emerges PDP Gov’ship Candidate For 2025 Anambra Guber Poll
An Abuja-based real estate developer, Chief Jude Ezenwafor, has emerged the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming November 8, 2025 Anambra State governorship election. Leader of the PDP national committee mandated to conduct the party’s governorship primary election in the State, Col. Chijioke Onwubuya (rtd), declared Ezenwafor winner in the governorship […]
Soludo, Muoghalu Emerge APGA, LP Candidates For 2025 Anambra Guber Poll
Incumbent governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has emerged candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the forthcoming November 8, 2025 governorship election in the State. Also, a former managing director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Muoghalu, has secured the ticket of the Labour Party ( LP) for […]
Labour Party clears Muoghalu, Nwosu for Anambra governorship primaries
The two Labour Party aspirants for Anambra governorship election, George Muoghalu and John Nwosu, have been screened and confirmed for the party’s primaries slated for April 5. The party’s national publicity secretary, Obiora Ifoh, made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The screening committee, led by its chairman and deputy minority […]
Soludo presents N607bn 2025 budget proposal to Anambra Assembly
Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has presented a budget estimate of N607 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. The governor, while presenting the budget estimate tagged ‘Changing Gears 2.0’, said while politicians are focusing on politics, his government is busy executing projects. The governor was obviously referring to […]
Anambra gov approves N70,000 minimum wage
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has announced the immediate payment of the new minimum wage of N70,000 for workers in the state. The governor stated that the least paid worker in Anambra State will go home with nothing less than N70,000, even as, it could be more ranging between N78,000 to N84,000, depending […]
INEC announces date for 2025 Anambra governorship election
INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at a regular consultative meeting of the commission with political parties in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Yakubu said that the announcement was in line with Section 28(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, which required the commission to issue the notice for election not later than 360 days before the […]
Soludo Signs Anambra LG Law, Rejects Absolute Autonomy
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says granting full autonomy to Nigeria’s 774 local government areas (LGAs) could lead to “humongous chaos”. Soludo stated this on Tuesday at the Governor’s Lodge in Awka, the state capital after he signed the Anambra State Local Government Administration Law 2024, passed by the State House of Assembly last Thursday. […]
29 children receive free open heart surgeries in Anambra
No fewer than 29 children received free open heart surgeries as 1,000 patients from across Anambra State have received free treatment of various ailments provided by 82 foreign doctors during a medical mission in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government of the state. The doctors, from the United States, Sweden, and Canada, worked under the VOOM Foundation […]