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18 Apr
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application by a former Anambra State Governor, Willie Maduabuchi Obiano which sought to quash the N4billion money laundering charges brought against him by the federal government. The Judge in a ruling delivered on Thursday faulted and rejected all grounds upon which…
13 Apr
The 27 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that chose to defect to the All Progressives Party (APC), have been advised to respectfully hang their gloves as members of the assembly, and pursue their new love in APC as ordinary members of the party.
12 Apr
Three more bodies have been recovered following the boat accident that claimed the life of well-known Nollywood actor Junior Pope Odonwodo, the Anambra State police disclosed. Junior Pope and three other actors lost their lives as their boat capsized in Anam River, Anambra State while returning from a filming location for the movie “Another Side…
12 Apr
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, has refuted reports that 19 persons were killed in the last Black Easter cult clashes in Awka, the State capital.     
4 Apr
Emmanuel Araka was 60 years old when Allison Madueke, then over 20 years his junior, a Navy Captain and military governor of Anambra State, terminated his judicial career in March 1985.
4 Apr
The blue print of Anambra state as a flagship subnational platform and livable homeland is a civil society development architecture designed by Soludo’s administration to encompass reforms of environmental, institutions, ministries, departments and agencies.
29 Mar
Traders in Ochange and landlords of the neighbourhood Fegge, the headquarters of Onitsha South Local Council Area of Anambra State have warned desperate politicians to stop discrediting the good work of the State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. The protest is a follow-up to a viral video that claimed that a portion of a road constructed…
26 Mar
Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo is not in pretense about his desire to retain his office during the next year’s governorship election in the state.
26 Mar
In 1975 Brigadier General Murtala Mohammed (November 8, 1938 – 13 February 1976); he was at that time a brigadier, approached Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, (December 16 1920 – 26 March 2005) to be the chairman of the 50-man Constitutional Drafting Committee.
19 Mar
When nature conspires with nurture to work a miracle for a people, there is ceaseless celebration because it does not happen every day. The late Professor Benjamin Obi Nwabueze who died on October 31, 2023 was one such gem whose gift as an Igbo man, Nigerian, bar man, and human being transcended both time and tenure.
18 Mar
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has revealed that he has yet to receive a salary for two years since assuming office as the Governor of Anambra State. Soludo made this disclosure on Sunday at an event to celebrate two years of his administration in Awka, the state capital. The governor said he decided to take this…
5 Mar
The trial of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on money laundering charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been adjourned till March 7.

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