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By Michael Ovat -Awka The Management of FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited has taken its public safety awareness campaign to markets, roadside trading points, transport loading areas and other locations where members of the public are regularly exposed to electrical hazards. The latest phase of the campaign covered Oyi and Anambra East Local Government Areas, as well as adjoining communities in Dunukofia Local Government Area, with particular attention to places where residential, commercial and transport activities are taking place within or dangerously close to electricity power line corridors. Led by the Head of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), FirstPower, Engr.…

By Michael Ovat The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra State Development and Investment Corporation (ADIC), Mr. Nwabunwanne Okonkwo, has said that the Anambra State Government is deliberate about positioning ADIC as a professionally managed, commercially viable and private sector driven institution capable of mobilising capital and unlocking the value of the State’s strategic assets and opportunities. Speaking at the Lighthouse office of ADIC in Awka, on Tuesday, Mr. Okonkwo said ADIC’s mandate goes beyond investment promotion, focusing on identifying bankable opportunities, structuring investments, mobilising capital and deploying resources into strategic projects and businesses that deliver both…

By Michael Ovat -Awka The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Anambra State Command has arrested three suspects for vandalizing properties and building structures belonging to the State government at Onitsha. The suspects according to SC Okadigbo Edwin Head, Media and Tactical Operations NSCDC Anambra State Command who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Tuesday, were apprehended on the 14th of September 2026, at about 15:48hrs, by operatives of the Corps in collaboration with Agunachemba Security Outfit in Onitsha South Local Government Area while vandalizing government property in the area. The arrested suspects include Mr. Oseloka Anyaorah…

By Michael Ovat -Awka Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has welcomed legitimate public scrutiny of his academic credentials, saying he has no objection to the release of his educational records. Obi made this known in a statement following reports circulating on social media about a legal action by an individual or group seeking Certified True Copies (CTCs) of his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, awarded by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), in 1984, as well as other records relating to his admission and studies. He said he had no objection to UNN making…

By Michael Ovat -Awka The people of Umuenu Quarters in Umuawulu Community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, have petitioned the Anambra State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, over the lingering activities of land invaders and land grabbers, threatening to dispossess them of their ancestral land, homes and farms. In the petition addressed to the attorney-general and commissioner for justice, the members of the community pleaded for urgent government’s intervention to forestall what they described as “persistent harassment” of its ancestral land by land grabbers suspected to be their neighbouring village, Enugwu Quarters in the…

By Michael Ovat -Awka The people of Umuenu Quarters in Umuawulu Community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, have petitioned the Anambra State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, over the lingering activities of land invaders and land grabbers, threatening to dispossess them of their ancestral land, homes and farms. In the petition addressed to the attorney-general and commissioner for justice, the members of the community pleaded for urgent government’s intervention to forestall what they described as “persistent harassment” of its ancestral land by land grabbers suspected to be their neighbouring village, Enugwu Quarters in the…

By Michael Ovat -Awka Nigeria First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has given N5m to beneficiaries of the Renewed Hope Initiative Agricultural Support Programme in Anambra State to support their businesses. The money was presented to the beneficiaries on behalf of the First Lady by the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo, at the Light House Awka. Mrs Soludo disclosed this in a statement issued by her media aide, Daniel Ezeigwe, on Monday. She said the donation followed the warm reception given to Tinubu by beneficiaries of last year’s RHI Agricultural Support Programme during her visit to…

By Michael Ovat -Awka As Pope Leo XIV celebrates his 71st birthday on Monday, September 14th, 2026, messages and expressions of good wishes have been arriving at the Vatican from around the world including Anambra State, Nigeria. The Wife of the Anambra State governor and the founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo, has also sent her congratulatory message conveying the greetings of her healthy initiative, the people of Anambra State and thanking the Pope for his service to humanity. The governor’s wife described Pope Leo’s emphasis on the Gospel as the fundamental priority of…

By Michael Ovat -Awka The Anambra State Police Command, has intensified efforts to apprehend a suspected criminal gang following the rescue of a 16-year-old boy, Favour Ayogu, who was allegedly abducted in Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu State and later abandoned near a security checkpoint in Onitsha. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, said the rescue followed improved strategic joint security operations conducted on the evening of 13 September 2026. “A joint patrol team operating at Ekene Junction along Oguta Road, Onitsha, intercepted the victim after…

By Michael Ovat -Awka The Anambra State Police Command has strongly condemned the alleged brutal abuse of a seven-year-old girl by her mother in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area, and has reaffirmed its resolve to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, the Command received a report in the evening of 13 September 2026 concerning alleged child abuse and severe bodily injuries involving Oluebube Ofoma, aged seven. “The prompt intervention of security personnel from the Ibollo section of…