The Anambra State Government has dismissed claims that it authorized the arrest of women not wearing bras and underwear in public. The clarification follows viral reports suggesting that a security outfit in the state had announced plans to detain women seen without undergarments. According to the reports, a town crier in Abagana, Njikoka Local ...

  The National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mrs. Bridget Ijeoma Edokwe, has been named the Anambra Media Person of the Year 2024 and will be honored at the prestigious AMTY Awards. Edokwe, a respected legal practitioner and media entrepreneur, is being recognized for her exceptional contributions to legal journalism and public ...

Human rights activist and social media influencer, Chude Nnamdi, has revealed that the kidnappers of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, withdrew N100 million from his bank account before murdering him. In a post on his verified social media page on Friday, February 7, 2025, Nnamdi claimed that the ...

  Tragedy has struck in Anambra State as the lifeless body of Hon. Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency One, has been discovered weeks after his abduction. Azuka was kidnapped on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunobamkpa Road, Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas celebrations. After spending six weeks in captivity, his ...

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has initiated legal action against Andy Uba, a former senator representing Anambra South, over allegations of a fraudulent scheme involving N400 million. Uba and two co-defendants, Crystal Uba and Benjamin Etu, face a two-count charge in a case filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal ...

A misunderstanding between a local vigilante group and police operatives in Anambra State led to a shootout on Wednesday, after both groups mistakenly identified each other as pro-Biafra gunmen. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. at Izuchukwu Junction along Nnobi-Nnewi Road in Nnewi North Local Government Area, near the hometown of the late Senator Ifeanyi ...

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the Anambra governorship election for November 8, 2025. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu announced this during a consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja on Thursday. Yakubu emphasized that, according to electoral law, the election notice must be published no later than 360 days before the ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra State has apprehended a man impersonating a civil defence officer, using the uniform to harass, extort, and defraud unsuspecting citizens. The suspect, Emmanuel Oche, 55, was paraded at the NSCDC command headquarters in Awka on Wednesday by the state commandant, Olatunde Maku. Maku warned the ...

The Anambra State Government has launched an operation against syndicates using children to beg for alms in Awka, the capital city. The operation was carried out by the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare Anambra State in collaboration with the Awka Capital Development Authority (ACTDA), where 16 children as well as adults were raided off ...

On Sunday, gunmen reportedly abducted a lawyer, Victor Ezeoke, along with two others, Arinze Egenti and Celestine Ezeike, in Nkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State. The incident took place between 7:30 and 8:00 AM at various locations within the community. The assailants swiftly carried out the kidnappings before fleeing the scenes. A video circulating ...

The Chief Whip of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Barrister Jude Ngobili, has praised Governor Chukwuma Soludo for launching the second phase of the “One Youth, Two Skills” initiative. Ngobili, who represents Ihiala Constituency One, expressed his approval during a recent statement in Awka. The initiative, which aims to empower over 8,000 youths across ...

In a tragic incident that has shocked the Okija community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, gunmen have killed a lawyer, Peter Awa who was the Secretary General of the Okija Progressive Union and another individual, Izuchukwu Igwenagha. The attack occurred around 9 PM on Sunday, May 19, 2024. Awa, who also served ...

  Anambra State is on the brink of making history as the first state in Nigeria to achieve full automation of its thirty-one High Courts and the Ministry of Justice. This groundbreaking announcement was made by Professor Sylvia Ifemeje, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Anambra State. Professor Ifemeje revealed this milestone during ...

    The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) of the Body of Benchers has issued a hefty penalty against a senior lawyer, Cyprian Obiora Ifeanyi Agwuna, Esq., for making derogatory remarks against an Anambra Chief Magistrate. In a direction dated February 20, 2024, the LPDC ordered Agwuna’s suspension from practicing law for a period of ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Anambra State-based legal practitioner, Mike Ikegbunam, before a Federal High Court in Enugu for his alleged involvement in a N77 million land scam. Ikegbunam, who was engaged by the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes, and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI) at Nnamdi Azikiwe ...

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has come under attack from the Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, over his statement against the church. Soludo had engaged the cleric in a war of words after the governor threatened to impose a fine on the Obimma family for ...