Anambra State

May 19, (THEWILL) – The upcoming November 8, 2025 Governorship Election in Anambra State gave a fresh jolt to the candidates on Saturday when the Independent National Electoral Commission’s, INEC, released the personal particulars of all 16 contestants. This followed...

April 06, (THEWILL) – Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary election in Anambra State, defeating his main challenger, Valentine Ozigbo, to clinch the party's ticket for the November poll. The primary, held on...

March 27, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives member representing Orumba North/Orumba South federal constituency of Anambra State, Clara Chinwe Nnabuife, has defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Clara announced her...

February 06, (THEWILL) – The abducted lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency 1, in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka, is dead. Azuka was abducted by gunmen on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunabankpa Road, Inland Town, in Onitsha....

December 27, (THEWILL) - The Catholic Priest of Nnewi Diocese, Anambra State, Rev. Fr Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, has been killed by unidentified gunmen. A statement signed on Friday, by Rv fr Rapheal Ezeogu, the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of...

December 17, (THEWILL) – A senior lecturer with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, Dr Fabian Osita Chinedu, has been killed by gunmen. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the deceased was shot...

November 09, (THEWILL) - The chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra state, Franklin Nwadialo, has been arrested in Texas, United States, over romance scams. The US department of justice said in a statement that the 40-year-old was...

October 17, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Saturday, November 8, 2025, as the date for the off-cycle governorship election in Anambra state. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the date at a meeting with...

September 01, (THEWILL) – The First Lady of Anambra State, Nonye Soludo, has been conferred with the traditional title of 'Mmili Gulu-Egu N’Isuofia' by Igwe (Colonel) Christopher Muoghalu (retd), the traditional ruler of Isuofia Community. She was conferred with...

August 18, (THEWILL) – The kidnapped Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife have regained freedom from their abductors. THEWILL reports that Aghamba and his wife were kidnapped on Friday, along the Edo-Kogi road while en...