The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has confirmed that the national grid collapse, has thrown its network into darkness. Spokesman of the DisCo, Godwin Idemudia, confirmed the development to our correspondent. LEADERSHIP reports that the collapse has caused outage in Read more…
Category: Environment
All illegal structures and shop extensions erected on the tarred roads along Bright Street and White House axis inside Onitsha Main Market have been removed by the Anambra State Government. The leader of the demolition task force, and provost of Read more…
The governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Dr Obinna Ngonadi, led a joint task force and building professionals to monitor various sections of the market on Friday. Ngonadi described the marked buildings as illegal Read more…
A group, Igbo Youths for Positive Change, has knocked a Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie, for criticising the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, over the demolition of some parts of the Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry, in Onitsha. Read more…
Anambra State Governor Prof Chukwuma Soludo has ordered that the member of the taskforce team who manhandled a cleric, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje, be withdrawn from the team and punished in line with the rules of public conduct. Read more…
The Anambra State Government says it commenced the demolition of illegally constructed buildings earlier marked for demolition in Onitsha on Thursday.Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists Read more…
The Federal Government (FG), on Wednesday, said the change in management of five electricity distribution companies was related to corporate governance. Affected DisCos are; Kano, Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. This is contained in a statement issued a d Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Hoodlums suspected to be cultists have launched an attack on the traditional ruler of Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Christopher Nnaegbune, and some of his subjects, vandalising some properties worth about N25 Read more…
Sporadic gunshots rented the air in Dutse-Baupuma area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday, as police officers engaged hoodlums, who were looting remnants of illegal structures being demolished by a Taskforce of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). Read more…
Russia is ready to fully meet the fertilizer demand of agricultural producers from friendly countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday after talks with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo. “We talked on issues of interest for the time being for Read more…
The controversial water resources bill has been reintroduced to the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by the Chairman of House Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli (APC, Katsina), was read the first time on Wednesday. The bill, which was Read more…
In view of the current security situation in Anambra, the Okija Community in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state has invoked all the deities in the community for the protection of the citizens as well as spiritually warfare Read more…