No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead in two recent incidents that ensued between some armed hoodlums and joint security operatives in Anambra State, comprising the police and members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group. The incidents, it was gathered, involved a gun duel that badgered between the joint security force and some…
In furtherance of its onslaught against crimes in Anambra State, the operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a couple who specializes in issuing kidnap and assassination threats to people with intention to extort the person. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed in a statement issued to…
A suspected notorious kidnapper, identified as Ifechukwu Ibesimako has been arrested by the operatives of the Anambra State Police Command. The suspect, aged 19 years old, who hails from Aboji Village Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday by the operatives attached to Oba…
The joint security operatives in Anambra State, under the umbrella of Anambra Joint Security Forces have launched manhunt for the possible rescue of three persons at Innoson Motorcycle Showroom, along the Owerri Road, in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the victims were abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The…
No fewer than one person have been arrested for enforcing sit-at-home order in Anambra State. The suspects, according to a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, were apprehended at Nkwelle-Ezunaka, 3-3 Area during a Police-led anti-sit-home joint patrol with the operatives of the…
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has reiterated the call for the profiling of the members of local vigilante operatives for effective community policing. CP Itam made the call following the recent arrest of an armed man, who claimed to be a member of the vigilante operatives. Disclosing this in a…
Police operatives in Anambra State has intervened in a clash between hoodlums and some officers of the Anambra Vigilante Group (A.V.G.). The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Monday. According to him, the incident happened on Sunday afternoon along the Amesi—Uga Road in Aguata Local…
The Anambra State Police Command has recounted how a notorious kidnapper in the state ended up while planning for an operation with his gang members. The narrative was contained in s statement issued to newsmen over the weekend by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, in which he also revealed…
Nigerian writer and journalist, Izunna Okafor has been awarded the Outstanding Journalist of the Year in the 2024 Anambra Media Excellence Awards (AMEA) Okafor received the award on Friday at the 6th edition of AMEA, which held in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Powered by the Association of Digital Media Core Advocates (ADMCA) and hosted…
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the setting ablaze of some revenue collectors by some angry youths in Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident, which reportedly happened on Friday, was said to have occured around the Old Market Road along Venn Road by Egerton Bus Stop in the commercial city of Onitsha….
