By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has ordered an accelerated and thorough investigation into the suspected murder of a 23-year-old female student whose lifeless body was discovered at her residence in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The directive was disclosed in a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has intensified efforts to strengthen security operations across the South-East geopolitical zone with a renewed emphasis on intelligence-led policing, technological innovation and stronger collaboration among security stakeholders. This formed the focus of an operational tour to Anambra State on Tuesday, where the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has cracked a three-month-old murder case involving the death of a 33-year-old woman in Oraifite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, with the arrest of two suspects allegedly linked to the gruesome crime. The breakthrough, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, followed months…
By Ijeoma John, Nnewi In what many supporters have described as another demonstration of leadership built on trust, gratitude, and keeping promises, frontline House of Representatives aspirant under the platform of the NDC for Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Amb. Ikebunwa Lotanna, today continued his ongoing Thank-You Tour with a special appreciation…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The apex umbrella body of Igbo youth organisations, the Igbo Youth Leaders and Stakeholders Assembly, has dissociated itself from the purported calls for the dissolution of the Board of the South East Development Commission (SEDC), insisting that no recognised Igbo youth platform has taken such a position or made such…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The implementation of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-backed African Cities Programme in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Monday, gathered significant momentum as officials of Acciona, the Spanish-based urban planning and infrastructure consulting firm engaged by the AfDB, arrived Awka and commenced a series of strategic stakeholder engagements aimed at laying…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) on Tuesday averted what could have been a major disaster in the Anambra State capital by evacuating occupants of a dangerously cracked two-storey building in Ifite Awka before pulling down the structure to prevent its imminent collapse. The timely intervention by the Authority is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has commenced a statewide enforcement exercise against the use of unregistered vehicles and concealed, defaced or altered number plates, warning motorists to comply with extant laws or risk appropriate sanctions. The development was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspected producers of adulterated alcoholic beverages and uncovered an illegal factory where counterfeit drinks and hazardous chemicals were allegedly being used to manufacture fake products for unsuspecting consumers. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga announced this in a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had taken four suspects into custody over two separate incidents that have recently sparked a chain of reactions across the state, involving the alleged murder and secret burial of a young woman and the brutal abuse of a 10-year-old boy who reportedly sustained…
