Anambra State

October 10, (THEWILL) - The driver of the boat that capsized at Ogbaru, in Anambra on Friday, Desmond Amugo, said he had 48 passengers on board and not 85 passengers as reported. Amugo, while briefing government officials on the circumstances that...

October 8, (THEWILL) - At least 30 people have been declared missing after a boat carrying about 85 people capsized in Umunnankwo community, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Although some accounts said that 76 people were yet to...

September 29, (THEWILL) – Armed soldiers on Thursday, invaded Umunze community, in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The military men, upon arrival, shot in the air at the Nkwo Market area, while ordering the traders to close their...

September 29, (THEWILL) – At least four army officers and a civilian have been reported killed, following an attack in Umunze community, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Sources said some unidentified gunmen stormed the area around 1pm...

September 21, (THEWILL) – Former Governor of Anambra State and Chairman of Igbo Elders Consultative Forum (IECF), Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), unfit to be president of Nigeria. Ezeife,...

September 18, (THEWILL) – The last has not been heard of the crisis rocking Awka, capital of Anambra State. It started five years ago when Obi Gibson Nwosu was accused by some kingmakers of violating the Traditional Rulers Amended Constitution...

September 18, (THEWILL) – The Anambra State Government has banned the wearing of mini-length uniforms in schools across the state. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma Udeh, disclosed this during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission...

September 14, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has described as “barbaric and condemnable”, the armed shooting in Anambra State of the convoy of Ifeanyi Ubah, the senator representing Anambra South District. The President, in a statement issued by his Senior...

September 12, (THEWILL) – The Senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, has confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during Sunday attack on his convoy. THEWILL reported that the convoy of...

August 24, (THEWILL) - The member representing Awka South Constituency 1 in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Nnamdi Okafor, has died in South Africa. THEWILL reports that Okafor, who is the Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly,...