Update on COVID-19 shows that Nigeria, yesterday, recorded 869 new cases of Coronavirus. According to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria now stand at 149,369. Out of this figure, 125,722 has been discharged while 17,866 deaths have also been […]
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Farmers in old Eastern Region of Nigeria under the umbrella of Eastern Farmers Association, demand nine billion naira compensation from federal government for damages caused by herdsmen
Farmers in the old Eastern Region of Nigeria, under the umbrella of Eastern Farmers Association (EFA) have lamented the federal government neglect over the loses incurred as a result of the destruction of their crops and farmland by herdsmen. EFA in a petition to federal government, therefore, is demanding financial […]
Anambra State Police Command is investigating circumstances surrounding intra-communal crisis in Ogwuikpele, Ogbaru Council Area, leading to destruction of lives and property
Anambra State Police Command says on Friday, last week, at about 11:19pm, the Transition Committee Chairman of Ogbaru Council Area of Anambra State, Honourable Arinzechukwu Awogu, brought a report thatthere was intra-communal crisis in Ogwuikpele Community over a levy from an oil exploring company in the Community. A release issued […]
Valentine Ozigbo Congratulates Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as DG WTO
A PDP Stalwart and a gubernatorial aspirant in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has joined other well meaning citizens of the world to congratulate the renowned Nigerian economist, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her appointment as Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr Okonjo-Iweala has served […]
Anambra COVID -19 Task Force Arrests, Prosecute Over 100 Persons For Violating Preventive Protocols
Anambra State Government, through the state COVID-19 Protocols Taskforce, has arrested and prosecuted over one hundred persons over noncompliance with COVID-19 safety laws in Awka and environs. The exercise was in line with the efforts of the Anambra State Government to curtail the spread of coronavirus. The team, which commenced […]
Nigerian Youths Urged to Shun Acts that can tarnish the Image of the Country
Nigerian youths have been advised to shun greed, hooliganism and other crimes that can tarnish the image of the Country. An Onitsha Based Evangelist, Prophet Ikenna Ofodile, gave the advice when he received in audience, executive members of Anambra State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, who paid […]
Anambra State Traditional Rulers express readiness to partner the State Community and Social Development Agency in alleviating poverty in their communities
A three-day Sensitization workshop for traditional rulers and Town Unions Presidents-General in Anambra State on Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG CARES) organised by the State Community and Social Development Agency in implementing Nigeria CARES program for positive results, has ended in Awka. The workshop organised separately for […]
Camellia Group Agrees To Settle Claims
A UK company, Camellia Group, has agreed to settle legal claims from a number of Kenyan and Malawian women over gross human rights abuses and rape allegations. According to reports, the firm’s guards have been accused of committing atrocities ranging from killings, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based […]
Igbo Leader Calls For Scrapping Of Keeping Dead Bodies in Mortuary
A spiritual leader, Chief Rommy Ezeonwuka has called against the celebration of corpses by Ndi Igbo. He also warned against keeping corpses in Mortuary as these acts are capable of escalating Covid-19 pandemic. He also said that withholding dead bodies from being buried immediately is naturally harmful to the human […]
Incoming WTO head Ngozi Okojo-Iweala warns ‘vaccine nationalism’ could slow pandemic recovery
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade Organization’s incoming chief on Monday warned against “vaccine nationalism’ that would slow progress in ending the COVID-19 pandemic. She also said the trend could erode economic growth for all countries which will include the rich and poor. In an interview immediately after her appointment, Okonjo-Iweala […]