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Mrs Soludo Will Need Your Support To Succeed — Mrs Obiano Urges Anambra Women

3Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Mrs Soludo Will Need Your Support To Succeed — Mrs Obiano Urges Anambra Women

The wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Dr (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano has asked women groups in the state to give the wife of the incoming governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo the right support to succeed. She stated this while interacting with members of Catholic Women's Organization, C.W.O., Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha, at her residence in Aguleri. Read Also: Mrs Soludo Has Shown Keen Desire To Work And I’m Sure She’ll Do Well … Dr (Mrs) Obiano Addressing the women, the governor's wife said that through the eight years of her husband's administration, she enjoyed massive support from Anambra women, always reaching out to them and vice versa to interact on how best to make the position of women in governance better. Nonye Soludo The governor's wife noted that such su...

Mrs Soludo Has Shown Keen Desire To Work And I’m Sure She’ll Do Well … Dr (Mrs) Obiano

29Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Mrs Soludo Has Shown Keen Desire To Work And I’m Sure She’ll Do Well … Dr (Mrs) Obiano

Wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Dr (Mrs) Ebelechukwu Obiano has said that having shown keen willingness to work, she is certain that the wife of Anambra governor-elect, Mrs Nonye Soludo would do an impressive job when her husband finally assumes office. Dr (Mrs) Obiano who stated this while speaking to the ABS in Awka, reassured that the incoming governor's wife shares a distinct social ideology and, has overtime, demonstrated her desire to add positive values to her husband's administration. Read Also: Women Involvement In My Husband’s Transition Committee Shows Equal Belief In All Genders … Mrs Soludo She said that Mrs Soludo is already at home with the social terrains of Anambra State, and with her fervent involvement in the last local government tour, is aware of what l...

Gunmen Attack: Soludo Safe, Anambra Police Confirm

1Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Attack: Soludo Safe, Anambra Police Confirm

Following the gunmen attack on the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Charles Soludo, the Anambra State police command has confirmed he is safe. Soludo was attacked by unknown gunmen during a rally he held in Isuofia community in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Gunmen invaded the venue, shooting sporadically into the air, and killing three of the security details of the ex-CBN governor. The state police boss, Monday Kuryas, in an interview with Channels TV, said Soludo is safe. He, however, disclosed that the state Commissioner for Public Utilities, Emeka Ezenwanne, was abducted by the gunmen. Kuryas said, ''The former CBN governor was holding a town hall meeting with the youths of his community called Isuofia in Aguata local govern...

Long Petrol Queues, Hiked Transport Fare Rock Awka as Petrol Price Increases

13Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Long Petrol Queues, Hiked Transport Fare Rock Awka as Petrol Price Increases

Petrol users in Awka have resorted to buying from few filling stations, including the NNPC Mega Station, after the price of the product rose yesterday's morning from one hundred and seventy-five naira to two hundred and twelve naira per litre. Consumers trooped to the major, and only functional NNPC outlet in the Anambra State capital forming a long queue waiting to buy at the normal price of one hundred and seventy-five naira per litre. Discomforting rumours swirled around social media on Wednesday of purported petroleum products' price increase by the federal government. The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Nigeria's petroleum price watchdog had posted about the price increase on its website, but was forced to shut down the post in the early hours of Friday and ...

Anambra Govt Appoints New CMD COOUTH Less Than 24-Hours After Death of CMD

11Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Anambra Govt Appoints New CMD COOUTH Less Than 24-Hours After Death of CMD

The Anambra State Government has announced the appointment of the former Commissioner for health and present Chairman of governing Council, Anambra State College of Health Technology Obosi, Dr. Josephat Akabuike, as the new Chief Medical Director, CMD, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka less than 24-hours after the death of the Chief Medical Director, Late Dr. Basil Nwankwo. The appointment was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to Anambra State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu on Wednesday. Late Dr. Basil Nwankwo allegedly died in the early hours of Wednesday from an ailment suspected to be heart-related. The statement added that the Executive Secretary of Anambra State Health Insurance Agency Dr. Simeon Onyemaechi has been ...

Anambra Govt Introduces Curfew to Curb the Spread of COVID-19, Among Other Measures

8Feb

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria, Safety

Anambra Govt Introduces Curfew to Curb the Spread of COVID-19, Among Other Measures

The Anambra State government has announced the introduction of curfew in the state, to help curb the spread of COVID-19 virus. The curfew which will last from 9 pm to 6 am daily, will start on Monday, 8th February, 2021 (today) until further notice. This was disclosed by The Secretary to the Anambra State government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, who told Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), that His Excellency, Governor Willie Obiano has directed that civil servants in the state, from grade level one to twelve should work from home until further notice, with immediate effect. Professor Chukwulobelu also announced other measures the state government is taking to help stop the spread of Covid-19 in the state. “The state government has activated and made operational mobile courts to t...

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

21Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Anambra Police Parade Two Teenagers, 12 Others for Illegal Revenue Collection, Armed Robbery

The Anambra State Police Command has paraded fourteen males suspects who are engaged in illegal revenue collection and armed robbery in different parts of Onitsha. The suspects who were paraded at the Police Area Command Headquarters, Onitsha, were arrested in separate raids by the command's patrol team. Among the fourteen suspects were two teenagers, who were arrested separately at Nkpor Junction and Awada Obosi while robbing people of their belongings with a make-shift gun at night. Twelve other suspects were apprehended at Upper Iweka axis and Owerri Road where they are collecting unauthorized revenues from traders and vehicle owners. The arrest of the illegal revenue collectors, according to the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Muhammed, who spoke on...

Anambra Chief Judge Grants Bail to Seven Prisoners, Discharges One

8Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Anambra Chief Judge Grants Bail to Seven Prisoners, Discharges One

The Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Onochie Anyachebelu has granted bail to seven and discharged one inmate of the Nnewi Correctional Centre. The bail grant is in continuation of the jail delivery tour across Anambra State embarked on by the Chief Judge to decongest holding centres in the state. Judicial pardon or granting of bail to inmates has become an annual judicial schedule in Anambra State. In granting the bails, particular interest is given to the aged inmates from sixty years and above, those who are severely sick, juvenile inmates, women, and those who have been in the prison for a long time, especially without trial. The released inmates were fifty-year-old Chukwuzuberu Onunkwo from Amichi in Nnewi South Local Government Area, who has been in for seven years, t...

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

7Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, News, Nigeria, Security

EndSARS: Anambra Police Commissioner Visits Vandalised Police Formations, Urges Officers to Remain Steadfast

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr John Abang has visited the different police offices destroyed by hooligans during the violent era of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country. CP Abang who went on the visits with high ranking members of the police force in Anambra State, urged the affected police officers not to play into the hands of the hoodlums by losing hope and to also know that their services to their host communities and the nation at large remain invaluable. The Police Commissioner stated that while ñary operational base would be immediately set up in affected Area Commands, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, stating that work must continue despite the recorded tragedies. He said that the force would remain committed to its security responsibi...

Protesting Youths Set Zik’s Statue Aflame in Onitsha, Anambra

25Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Environment, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Violence, Youths

Protesting Youths Set Zik’s Statue Aflame in Onitsha, Anambra

Enraged youths on Thursday set ablaze the statue of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, erected in Onitsha Anambra State. The perpetrators are suspected to be thugs who hijacked the peaceful #EndSARS protest which was initiated as a movement to end police brutality and bad governance in the country. The monument was erected some months ago by Anambra state governor, Willie Obiano at Dennis Memorial Grammar School roundabout in Onitsha to decorate the commercial hub of the state, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Victor Ononye, a kinsman of the first president of Nigeria while recounting the incident said, “What happened at the DMGS Roundabout, Onitsha, which I saw with my own eyes, evoked tears. “They decapitated the hand and went away with his title staff. That is the height of ingrati...