The Anambra State Police Command has
waded into the differences between the Anambra State Correspondents Chapel and the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The aim is to resolve the issues at stake and to allow a smooth transition of leadership.
The intervention of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu aims to promote unity and stability within the bodies as all the parties have agreed to resolve their differences by allowing journalists to focus on their professional duties.
The CP sued for calm and sought further cooperation among the parties, especially some interested personalities even as the deliberations is ongoing.
* Governor Chukwuma Soludo through his attendance has support the Anambra State contingent and formally chair their medal push.
Soludo applauded the athletes for their dedication and encouraged them to uphold the spirit of excellence and sportsmanship throughout the festival.
Accompanying the governor at the event were the Chairman of the Anambra State Sports Development Commission, Hon. Patrick Estate Onyedum, and the Commissioner for Youth Development and Empowerment, Hon. Patrick Aghamba.
* The team of Medical Experts from USA, Spain, Sweden and Italy working with the Medical team of Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital DIOMH Oraifite successfully performed heart surgery on a 5-month-old, the Youngest Patient ever for Interventional Procedures.
Several Cardiovascular patients brought into Oraifite from parts of Anambra, South East and Nigeria in general have received wonderful medical reliefs with their lives transformed through successful Cardiovascular interventions.
The Federal Medical Directors were taken round the hospital’s intervention sessions which have Redefined Access to Quality Cardiac Care in Nigeria.
* The 8th ANSEC Meeting of 2025 was held at the new Anambra State Government House Mini City, marking the first-ever meeting held at the permanent location.
This historic milestone breaks the 34-year jinx of lacking a permanent Government House.
In a press release signed by Anambra Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, stated that during the meeting, the Council relived the successful presidential visit, commending Ndi Anambra for their warm hospitality, which left a lasting impression on the President and his entourage.
“The Council reviewed the Kaolin factory’s status report and determined that it’s ready for commercial production.
“Privatisation will follow the completion of the proof of concept to ensure profitable operation.
“The Council set in motion processes for the launch of the Awka Country Club, a component of the recently commissioned Solution Fun City.
“The Council prayed that decisions made at the new ANSEC chambers would promote welfare, unity, security, and prosperity for Ndi Anambra, Nigerians, and humanity.
* The Anambra State Police Command, acting on information received overtime on how miscreants, under the guise of celebrating the Imoka festival, engaged in criminal activities, become unruly, and make life unbearable for the good people of the State, especially residents and indigene of Awka, have intensified raid and discreet operations on some identified black spots in Awka and its environs.
This is aimed at ensuring a crime-free celebrations of the festival.
According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer Anambra State l Command, in a press release, Operatives attached to the Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) Awka sector in the late evening of the 19th of May, 2025 arrested one Nasiru Samaila ‘M’ aged 25 years.
“The Police Operatives also recovered one locally made Beretta pistol, one live ammunition, one knife, a large quantity of substance suspected to be hard drugs, in Awka.
“The suspect in a bid to escape started shooting indiscriminately, but was subdued by the Police team that fired him on his right leg. Unfortunately, one of the police operatives sustained a gunshot injury and has been taken to the hospital where he is currently responding to treatment.
“The Anambra State Police Command remains committed to enforcing the law and ensuring public safety’. Ikenga stated.
* Embattled President General (PG), Abba Community, Njikoka LGA, Anambra State, Mr Alexander Ekwuagana has ruled out possibilities of leaving office within seven days ultimatum issued to him by the people of Amabor, one of their four villages.
The community which is where the world’s celebrated Author, Chimamanda Adichie hails from, has three other villages such as Ire, Okpuloji and Ezi-Abba.
Ekwuagana, who is not from Amabor, was appointed as the community’s Caretaker PG sometimes in 2020 with purpose of conducting election for emergence of a substantive PG but had not been able to achieve that.
* A single mother of four, Uloaku Confidence Amarachukwu, has cried out for justice and public support, following a brutal attack by a male customer who assaulted her with a ringed punch to the eye after she asked him to pay for the food he ate at her shop in Kenyatta Market, Enugu.
The violent incident, she alarmed, has now left her at risk of total blindness in one eye.
Recounting her ordeal in a social media post, Amarachukwu, who hails from Nnewi, Anambra State, said the incident occurred on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Market, where she manages her small food vending business alongside her curtain sales to make ends meet.
* A bill for a law to provide for the establishment of the Anambra State Real Estate Agents and Developers Regulatory Agency and for other releted matters, have passed through second reading.
The bill sponsored by the member representing Nnewi South one Constituency, Hon. Nonso Atuchukwu was red for the second time at plenary on Tuesday.
Leading the debate, Hon. Atuchukwu emphasized that the bill seeks to sanitise and regulate the Real Estate industry in Anambra State.
* Another controversy has erupted at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) over the appointment of Prof. Umeobi as Acting Vice Chancellor (Ag VC). Dr. Chukwudi Ojiako a university don from the institution has called on the Minister of Education and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revisit the appointment, citing a potential breach of the university’s rules.
According to Dr. Ojiako, Prof. Umeobi’s reappointment would contravene the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Council’s rules, specifically the University Miscellaneous Act of 2003, which provides for a one-term tenure for Ag Vice Chancellors and substantive Vice Chancellors respectively.
Dr. Ojiako expressed surprise that the Chairman of the Council, a lawyer, would knowingly breach this rule, potentially opening the university up to unnecessary litigation and crisis.
He said that the previous tenure of Professor Umeobi served as Ag VC for about four months before the appointment of Dr. Odoh as substantive VC. Dr. Ojiako however argues that re-appointing Professor Umeobi for another six months would be against the rules, given her previous tenure.
