Peter Obi, former Anambra state governor Wednesday alleged that Nigeria has become a worse country in all sectors under president Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari as an aspirant in 2015 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress campaigned on…
Robbery suspects in army uniform escape from police custody (Punch)
There was tension on Thursday in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State following the escape of three suspected armed robbers, wearing army uniform, from police cell. The suspects, whose names were given as Olisa Dominic, Friday Nwali…
Ozubulu: Police nab 94-yr-old Ndekwulu priest, 5 others; declare 30 more wanted (Vanguard)
There is tension in Ozubulu, headquarters of Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the arrest of a 94-year-old chief priest of Ndekwulu and five youth leaders of the community by the Police. The chief priest, Anazo Ilomuanya, was arrested…
Francis Cardinal Arinze as a brand of Anambra – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The rebranding of Anambra State as being undertaken by Governor Willie Obiano has arguably the best vista in the personage of Francis Cardinal Arinze. Mr. C. Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, recently had a rewarding…
Ozubulu Church Massacre: “We were reciting ‘I believe in one God’ when huge sounds like volcanic eruption filled the church” (Vanguard)
August 6, 2017 remains green in Amakwa village, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State as it was a day worshippers at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in the community were traumatized following the invasion of the church by…
Anambra rules The World – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Anambra State has put Nigeria on top of the technology map of the world after a global contest. Five students of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge in…
Anambra represents Nigeria and Africa in World Pitch Competition – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Anambra State has scored yet another first in intellectual attainment. Six students of Regina Pacis Secondary School, Onitsha, have excelled in a global competition and are due for a trip to the United States to represent Nigeria and Africa at…
Prostitutes threaten to starve policemen of sex over incessant arrests (Punch)
Sex workers in Anambra State have threatened to starve policemen who patronise them over alleged harassment and arrest of their colleagues in major cities of the state. One of the sex workers, simply identified as Kaamsi, who claimed to be…
Anambra’s prompt salary payment despite FAAC controversy – Maxim Uzoatu
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has kept the promise of prompt payment of workers’ salaries on the 25th of every month when most states in the country have not paid their workers in the last two months due to…
Nollywood founder Chris Obi-Rapu hugs Anambra as movie hub – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was quite remarkable meeting with Chris Obi-Rapu, the director of the epoch-making movie Living in Bondage, in the office of Anambra State Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, in Awka. Obi-Rapu had come in from the…