Abia State is attracting increasing global recognition and development support due to the ongoing transformation under the leadership of Governor Alex Otti. Following these developments, the state has been selected as one of six beneficiaries of the $700 million Sustainable Urban, Rural Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (SURWASH) project funded by the World Bank. In…
From Nabob Ogbonna, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Government has lifted the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew imposed on the Amasiri community in Afikpo Local Government Area, three months after an attack on its neighbour, Okporojo in Edda Local Government Area. The curfew was introduced following a violent incident in January 2026, during which Amasiri…
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has approved the retention of key agency heads as part of his administration’s second-term continuity strategy. Those retained include Mr. Emeka Okonkwo (Konti) as Managing Director of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA), Mr. Osita Onuko as Managing Director of the Awka Capital Territory Development…
From Nabob Ogbonna, Abakaliki A group under the umbrella of the Neighbourhood Environment Watch (NEW) Foundation has officially enrolled over 200 indigent youths from Ebonyi State into its three-month “Skill to Scale” programme. The programme, which falls under the Uplift Programme of Africa Forward, is designed to empower young people with income-generating skills, enabling them…
The Anambra State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) is set to receive over 23 aspirants who have defected from the embattled African Democratic Congress (ADC). This development followed the recent Supreme Court judgment on the leadership crisis within the ADC, which has left many of its National and State Assembly aspirants uncertain about…
