Few hours after EKWEANAEDO’s investigative report about a four-storey building that shows dangerous crack signs of near collapse in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, the state government has officially sealed the building. EKWEANAEDO, on Tuesday, reported that one of the buildings in a 113-room popular hostel, known as Diamond Hostel, located near primary/secondary…
Few hours after EKWEANAEDO’s investigative report about a four-storey building that shows dangerous crack signs of near collapse in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, the state government has officially sealed the building. EKWEANAEDO, on Tuesday, reported that one of the buildings in a 113-room popular hostel, known as Diamond Hostel, located near primary/secondary…
No fewer than one thousand houses have been overtaken by flood in Anambra State, following the rising water level in different flood-prone communities in parts of the State. This is coming barely three months after the flag-off of the 2024 Flood Early Warning and Sensitization in the State, by the Director-General of the National Emergency…
Panic gripped residents on Tuesday in Awka, the capital city of Anambra State, as a popular student hostel, known as Diamond Hostel, developed alarming cracks, sparking fears of a possible collapse. The 113-room hostel, located off St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, UNIZIK Temp. Site, Awka, had been as a comfortable and affordable residence for…
No fewer than 34 persons have been convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, over internet fraud. Justice Evelyn Anyadike delivered the judgement recently, in Awka, during which she also spelt out the jail term for each of the convicts Confirming this in a statement made available to newsmen, the Economic…
A five-year-old girl, Adanna Ezike, has been declared missing after she was allowed by her mother to follow strangers in return for a plate of pepper soup. The father of the missing child, Mr. Nnamdi Ezike, confirmed this in an interview with Ekweanaedo on Monday, during which he also lamented that the incident has thrown…
Barely two months yet-to-be-identified gunmen kidnapped the Founder and Spiritual Director of the Children of Light Anointing Ministries, Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Prophet Onyebuchi Okocha (popularly known as Onyeze Jesus); another spiritual leader and Anglican priest in the state, Ven. David Arinze Ajaefobi, has been repeatedly kidnapped. According to reports,…
A self-acclaimed thief, identified as Sunday Chukwunweke, has given a revealing narrative about his life journey as a criminal. Mr. Chukwunweke, who said he hails from Okpoto in Ebonyi State but resident in Anambra State, made the confession in a video that has gone viral on social media where he was being interrogated by an…
The Anambra State Police Command has pledged relentless action to bring to apprehend and bring to justice, those responsible for the recent killings that occured at Ifite Awka, where no fewer than five people lost their lives and three others severely injured. Recall that the incident, which occurred on October 24, 2024, has drawn widespread…
The Founder, Walata Humanitarian Foundation and MD/CEO, Walata Consult, Hon. Stanley Nwabueze Okafor, has called on the government to create an enabling environment to attract investors and address the rising unemployment rate in the society. Hon. Okafor made the call in a keynote lecture at the conference of the Catholic Women Organisation (CWO), Osumenyi Denary,…
