By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade), Mr. Celestine Anere, has reacted to trending reports and videos alleging that operatives of the Brigade were responsible for the killing of four persons, including a pregnant woman, during a disturbance at Onitsha Main…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife (Iyom), PhD, CON, has launched a scathing attack on Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, questioning his competence and describing his style of governance as petty and insensitive. Ekwunife’s remarks came in response to Soludo’s recent campaign comments in which he reportedly…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The capital city of Anambra State, Awka, has officially established a sister city relationship with Carson City, California, United States, in a development expected to foster stronger cultural, economic, and governance ties between the two cities. According to a press statement issued over the weekend by the Managing Director and Chief…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled an illegal factory engaged in the production of fake and toxic drinks in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State. In a press statement issued on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the operation was carried…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has stepped up security measures across the State, particularly in Awka, following credible intelligence reports of a planned clash between rival cult groups. Confirming this in a press statement issued to newsmen on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, has expressed profound appreciation to stakeholders, community leaders, and partners for their unwavering support in enhancing security infrastructures and boosting operational efficiency of the Police across the state. CP Orutugu, in a statement issued by the Command’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has continued to intensify its onslaught against criminal elements in the state, recording yet another success with the recovery of two suspected stolen vehicles in separate operations in Awka and Oba. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the Anambra State Fire Service on Friday, successfully put out a heavy fire outbreak that occurred at Okeb Filling Station, Amawbia, along the Amawbia Flyover axis of the ever-busy Enugu–Onitsha Expressway. This was contained in a statement issued over the weekend by the agency, in which it…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra South Senator-elect, Chief Emmanuel Chibuzor Nwachukwu (Onọdugo), has declared that his victory at the polls belongs to the people, stressing that every member of his constituency is a senator through his mandate. Chief Nwachukwu made this declaration on Thursday when a high-powered delegation from Ebenator community, led by the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The second-term re-election bid of the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo is fast becoming crystal clear, given the sustained massive support and endorsement coming from different corners, groups and many residents of the state, the latest of which has been received from residents and stakeholders of Awka Ward…
