Anambra
Anambra traders maintain sit-at-home despite Soludo’s order
Commercial and economic activities were paralysed on Monday across major markets in the commercial cities of Onitsha, Nnewi, Obosi, and Ekwulobia in Anambra State. Also, there was a low turnout of traders, as most shops in major markets such as Onitsha Main Market, Ochanja Market, Nkpor Motor Parts Market, Electrical Market, and Mgbuka Market, remained […]
JTF uncovers illegal alcohol factory in Anambra
A joint task force of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade and the Presidential Task Force Against Economic Sabotage and Oil Vandalism has uncovered a syndicate engaged in production and sales of counterfeit alcoholic drinks in Onitsha, Anambra. Briefing newsmen in Onitsha, on Friday, Mr Celestine Anere, Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, said that […]
EFCC arrests 44 suspected internet fraudsters Enugu, Anambra
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 44 individuals suspected of internet fraud in various locations across Enugu and Anambra States. Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson, disclosed this information in a statement released on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the arrests took place on 28 and […]
27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa, Niger, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina, Kaduna, Cross River and Yobe. However, […]
Policemen accused of phone theft arrested in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command said it has identified the officers allegedly fingered in a viral video of telephone theft in a community in Otuocha Local Government Area of the state. In a video that circulated on social media on Wednesday, a resident of the area narrated how police officers from the Otuocha Police Division […]
Police ban ‘7/7 cult celebration’ in Anambra, warn hotels, bars, others
The Anambra State Police Command has declared as illegal, the proposed 7/7 cult day celebrating be cautious about such gatherings and their likes in their facilities as there will be consequences if found wanting. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesman for the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, insisted that such events or any […]
427 ghost workers uncovered in Anambra
The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it has discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that six senior employees at […]
Anambra building collapse: Two die, others hospitalised
Two yet-to-be-identified persons have been confirmed dead in the two-storey building collapse that occurred at the Ekeoyibo market, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday. It had reported that the two-storey building still under construction, housing traders and shop owners suddenly collapsed at about noon on Thursday, initially trapping some […]
21 LGAs in 10 states, Federal Capital Territory submerged in flood — FG
ABUJA – THE Federal Government said yesterday no fewer than 21 local government areas in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been submerged by flood as a result of torrential rainfall in the past few days. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utserv, who disclosed this, along the Minister […]
Retired Anambra teacher arrested for sexually molesting boys
A retired teacher, Mr Ike Okoye, resident of Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area has been apprehended by the Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in collaboration with operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra for allegedly molesting and engaging in same-sex activities with young boys in the community. The suspect […]