An officer of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has been gunned down in Anambra State by yet-to-be-identified internet fraudster (popularly known as Yahoo Boys). The incident, it was gathered, happened on Friday at Ifite Awka, the state capital, where, sources also revealed, the Boys also critically injured another officer of the anti-graft agency,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi; former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in Anambra State and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) of the Paul University Prof. Stella Okunna, among other elites from different parts of Nigeria stormed the Our Lady of Assumption…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as a heartbreaking and tragic incident has left the residents of Kabwareng village, Nandi South of Kenya in shock, as a man identified as Hannise Simani Juma reportedly committed suicide after gruesomely stabbing his wife, Winnie Akusuha, to death. The incident, which recently occured at the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of a car snatching syndicate terrorizing the residents and threatening the peace of the state. The criminal gang members, identified as Ifesinachi Okonwko (male, aged 22 years), Chisom Okafor (male, aged 20 years), and Oderah Ebenezer (male, aged 20…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Details have emerged of how a United Kingdom-based man, Mr. Ikechukwu Okeke, was recently kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Anambra State. The victim, who hails from Amaokpala community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the State, was said to have been whisked away by gunmen immediately he arrived his home…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Strategies towards entrenching an airtight security of lives and property in Anambra State and accelerating the livability and prosperity of the state, among others, topped the deliberations at the just-concluded one-day retreat of the members of the Anambra State Executive Council (ANSEC) and the Mayors of the 21 local governments areas…
Police have launched an intensive search as yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped two reverend sisters of Catholic church in Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen over the week. He said the incident occured in the evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2025,…
It was a moment of monumental cultural renaissance, deep-rooted tradition, and communal jubilation on Thursday, January 2, 2025, as the Traditional Ruler of Ebenator Ozulọgụ Ancient Kingdom in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, His Royal Highness Igwe Chinewubeze Edwin Ezejiburu, celebrated his first Ofala Festival. This historic event came 47 years after…
The Anambra State Police Command have said it had arrested no fewer than 300 suspects for different crimes, recovered 43 bombs and 40 stolen vehicles in different parts of the state between January 2024 and January 2025. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, disclosed this on Monday at the Police Command Headquarters…
The Anambra State government has reminded the residents of the state of the ban on burning of tyres, which has become a regular phenomenon during the yuletide, especially on 31st aDecember night, popularly called the Crossover Night. The warning was contained in a statement jointly signed by the State Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Felix Odimegwu,…
