As part of efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19, Anambra State government through the Covid-19 Protocol Enforcement Team has arrested and prosecuted more eighty persons for flouting Covid-19 safety protocols. The defaulters were picked from commercial buses, tricycles, road sides, various junctions and roundabouts within Awka and environs. The […]
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Hon. Nze Chukwuma Okoye paid a Courtesy visit to Anambra state new CP
Hon Nze Chukwuma Okoye, the member representing Awka south II constituency in the state house of Assembly, has paid a courtesy visit to the new Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Monday B. Kuryas in his office at the state force headquarters , in Amawbia. The visit , according […]
President Buhari Meets Newly Confirmed EFCC Chairman
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday has met with the newly confirmed Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. They met behind closed-door at the Statehouse in Abuja. The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, joined in the meeting minutes after it […]
Senate Committee Holds Investigative Hearing On Impact Of 5G On Nigerians
Senate Committee on Communications on Thursday held an investigative hearing on the present status of the 5G Network in Nigeria and its technological impact on citizens. In his contribution, the Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami, said indeed the Ministry conducted the first trial of 5G in Nigeria on 25th […]
Tears, Tributes As Crew Members Of Ill-Fated NAF Plane Are Buried
Family and friends of the seven officers who died in the Nigeria Air Force Plane (NAF) plane crash could not hold back their tears at the burial ceremony. The event which held on Thursday at the national military cemetery in Abuja saw an outpour of emotion from both the young […]
Europa League: Arsenal, Manchester United, Rangers qualify for Round of 16
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice including a late winner as Arsenal qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday with a 3-2 victory over Benfica in Greece, while Manchester United and Rangers cruised through to the next round. The Gabon striker put Arsenal ahead at the Karaiskakis stadium […]
UK Sanctions Myanmar Army Chief For Coup Role
Britain on Thursday slapped sanctions on six members of Myanmar’s military junta, including commander-in-chief General Min Aung Hlaing, for involvement in the recent coup. The UK government said the move was made because of their role in “overseeing human rights violations” since they seized power on February 1. The sanctions […]
NAU ASUU Awards Indigent students
It is not news that Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has been at loggerheads with government over unpaid salaries. However, in the midst of this unpleasant period for them where some academic staff are still owed four – twelve months salaries, ASUU , Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, yesterday put […]
Four Hawkers Crushed To Death In Onitsha
Four female hawkers were confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck on Upper Iweka Flyover in Onitsha, Anambra State. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident to News men in Awka, the state capital, said the accident occurred on […]
Fed. Poly Oko, inaugurates Women in Technical Education, Oko Chapter
The first female Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Dr. Francisca Nwafulugo, has inaugurated the Women In Technical Education (WITED) Oko Chapter. The Women in Technical Education (WITED) is a body set up in 1988 as an international project of Commonwealth Association of Polytechnic Rectors in Africa (CAPA) with the objective […]