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By Michael Ovat A Nigerian mother of four children identified as Mrs. Oluchi Nworie, former (Uzor) have been declared missing. According to Facebook user, Comrade Emmanuel Uzor, the Abakaliki based mother was last seen on Thursday, 3rd September, 2026 when she left the house to attend a church programme in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capitol. He wrote; The person whose pictures appear overleaf is missing and general public is by this post appealed to assist her family with any useful information about her whereabouts. Mrs. Oluchi Nworie, former (Uzor) was last seen on Thursday, 3rd September, 2026 when she left…
By Michael Ovat, Awka The people of Ndiowu community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State are set for a major cultural celebration as the community prepares for the maiden Ofala Festival of its traditional ruler, His Royal Majesty, Igwe Ezediohanma of Ndiowu, Chief Sir Ben Chibuzo Okekeifi. The Ofala, which is scheduled for January 4, 2027, will take place at the Ndiowu Town Hall and is expected to attract Ndiowu indigenes from different parts of Nigeria and abroad, traditional rulers, government officials, friends of the community and other guests. The announcement was contained in a statement issued…
By Michael Ovat-Awka The Anambra State AIDS Control Agency (ANSACA), has unveiled it telehealth service, airmed at making the Agency’s service available to every Ndi-Anambra both at home and abroad. The Agency also unveiled it Newsletter, which is expected to document it activities, milestones and progress in coordinating the HIV response across the state. Speaking at the launch, held at Chyben Leisure Hotel in Awka, on Tuesday, the Executive Director of ANSACA, Dr Nkem Okeke, said Anambra State and Nigeria as a whole had reached a critical stage in its fight against HIV/AIDS and must adopt a new approach (Telehealth)…
By Michael Ovat-Awka The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), has commence it enforcement actions against non-compliant taxpayers in the state. The Executive Chairman of AIRS, Mr Ikeazor Okonkwo, FCA, FCTI, disclosed this while briefing Journalists at the AIRS headquarters in Awka on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026. Okonkwo said the efforcement exercise is to inform those who have failed to regulate their taxes in accordance with the Anambra tax laws. According to him, what we are about to do is a kind of sensitizing the taxepayers on the importance of regulating their taxes at when due and not in a…
By Michael Ovat -Awka The Special Adviser to governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State, on Youth Reformation, Dr Nelson Obinna Omenugha, has explained why the popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, widely known as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki, was granted remission from the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Amawbia by the governor. Omenugha said the freedom comes with the condition that Nwangwu transition into a new role as an Ambassador for Youth Reformation would channel his influence toward value reorientation and discouraging practices associated with unwholesome quick-wealth tendencies among the youth. Recall that Nwangwu, who was previously remanded and subsequently sentenced following…
By Michael Ovat -Awka The immediate past Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, AIG Ikioye Orutugu, has boosted that his era as the 35th Commissioner ended attacks on Police facilities in the state. He said he achieved that through a rubourst, cordial and peaceful relationship he professional established with the non-state actors (unknown gunmen) operating then in the state. He said he didn’t get any querry from the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, the Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo or any organization through out his stayed. He also boosted that in the future history of Anambra politics,…
By Michael Ovat-Awka The Anambra State branch of the Peace and Positive Living Awareness Centre (UN-PEPOLAC), on Monday, staged a peace walk to commemorate this year, 2026 International Day of Peace. The peace walk with the theme; “Invest in Peace for Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday,” that commences from aroma junction off Enugu-Onitsha expressway and terminated at the popular Eke-Awka market in Awka, has in attendance Peace Ambassadors, including: Prof. Echezona Ifejilika, Prof. Barr. Kenneth Nwuba, Bishop Prof. Chris Madu, High Chief Vincent Mgbike, Rev. Dr. Anthony Onuko, the State Coordinator, Pst. Anthony Uzor, among others. Addressing Journalists shortly after the exercise,…
By Michael Ovat-Awka Anambra Governor’s wife and the founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo, has congratulated Nigeria’s first lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on her 66th birthday. In a message released in Awka, on Monday, September 21st, 2026, by her media aide, Daniel Ezeigwe, Mrs Soludo described Senator Tinubu as one of the few women in Nigeria who have used their positions to touch humanity and answer the calls of benevolence. The message read, “Today, I celebrate a woman whose leadership continues to remind us that compassion can be a powerful force for change, Senator…
By Michael Ovat- Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it’s has arrested a 22-year-old lady, identified as Nwachukwu Chidubem Blessing, in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy, fraud and suspected self-kidnapping, following the payment of three million naira ransom by her family. The suspect according to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, was arrested by Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, following credible intelligence received in the course of an investigation into a reported kidnapping incident. The lady was reportedly abducted along the Onitsha–Asaba Expressway on…
By Michael Ovat- Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it’s seeking the assistance of members of the public in identifying and reuniting a four-year-old boy, who gave his name as Ifedimma Emmanuel, with his family. The child according to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, in a statement in Awka, on Sunday, was found wandering along Anatanaba Road, Okpoko, on the evening of 18th September 2026, by a joint security patrol comprising Police Operatives attached to Okpoko Police Division and members of the Okpoko Vigilante Group during an evening foot patrol. Ikenga said the child, who…