Tag Archives: Anambra

“Thugs suspected to be agents of an Anambra-born business mogul (names withheld), have been fingered in the wanton destruction of the property belonging to an Onitsha –based company, Bontus Oil and Gas Ltd. Bontus Oil and Gas is currently working out an arrangement with Dangote Group to be its main agent in Onitsha and its environs.”- Vanguard Officials of Dangote Group ...

“INDIGENES of Anambra State residing in Kaduna have dragged the Anambra State government, the state Commissioner of Police and a private developer to court over the state government’s alleged revocation of over 200 plots of land allocated to them by the earstwhile governor of the state, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju in 2000. Hundreds of members of the group, under the aegis ...

Anambra State Governor, Dr. Willie Obiano yesterday revealed that about 111 roads designated for construction in the first quarter of this year would give a boost to the government’s agricultural, commercial and industrialization vision. New Telegraph reports that the governor made the statement during a mass at the Retreat Center, Okpuno, Awka South council of the state to mark the ...

 The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has started a Lassa fever enlightenment campaign in five local government areas in Anambra state, believed to be directly or indirectly affected by the disease. The enlightenment campaign which is in order to educate the people on how to avoid contracting the disease, is following the recent outbreak of Lassa fever that claimed three ...

Reports show that erosion has displaced over 500 residents, and destroyed 100 houses in Enugwu-Ukwu community, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Guardian reports that, when officials of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) visited the erosion site to ascertain the level of damage caused by erosion in the area, a community leader, Mr. Nwadinigwe Emmanuel, said ...

The feud between Nkwelle-Ezunaka Community and Ebenezer Anglican Church over the ownership of Oyolu Oze Primary School, Oyolu Oze, Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State worsened yesterday, with both parties making different demands on each other. Speaking after the general meeting of Nkelle-Ezunaka Community, the President-General, Elder Chris Eluemune, asked the Anglican Communion to immediately halt rebuilding ...