The Nigeria Union of Journalists Anambra state Coubcil has commended the efforts and achievements of the State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye in making the State safer. The pen pushers gave the commendation on Thursday, April 4, during their Confress held at the council secretariat in Awka. Tagged “Finishing Strong”, the event, which had…
No fewer than nine persons have been involved in accidents at different locations within a space of twenty-four hours, in Anambra State. While the accidents are three in number, one of them is said to be fatal, while the others are not. The first in the list of the crash was said to have occured…
Criminal elements in Anambra State have suffered disastrous defeats as Joint Security Force in the State took the fights to their camps in different parts of the State. The gunmen, this time, also lost their high calibre ammunitions and their major strongholds to the joint security force. Announcing this in a press statement made available…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Uncommon shouts of joy rent the air at the St. Francis Catholic Church Parish, Umuezeagu, Nnewi, in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra over the week, as the congregation trooped out en masse to receive and embrace a brand new fully-furnished ultra modern church building singlehandedly built for them by…
Easter celebration turned bloody as suspected cultists reportedly gunned down yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons in Anambra State. The incident was said to have happened at Opposite Dike Park, around the Eke Awka Market, in Awka, the State capital, where the rampaging cultists reportedly stormed in their numbers. According to sources, the incident happened in the…
Emeka Rollas, the National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), has shed light on the circumstances surrounding the late comic actor John Okafor, better known as Mr. Ibu, and his inability to seek medical treatment abroad before his passing. According to Rollas, Mr. Ibu faced rejection from hospitals in both the United States…
Some yet-to-be-identified armed hoodlums have been resisted from exerting mayhem on a police formation in Anambra State and against the officers of the Command attached to the station. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, disclosed this while reacting to the foiled invasion of Neni Divisional Police Headquarters, in Anaocha Local Government Area…
The Management of the Anambra State Library Board has received the donation of eight thousand (8,000) books of different genres from a US-based medical doctor, Dr. Eugene Nwosu The official handover of the donated books, which held at the hometown of the donor in Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of the State, was grace…
Rev. Emmanuel Emenike, has thrown his weight behind Chief Barth Nwibe, a businessman and oil magnate, for the position governor of Anambra, come 2025. Emenike, an Anambra-based Clergyman said in Awka on Tuesday that the Anambra Government House was yearning for change and should be occupied by someone who shared the common vision of all…
A major danger and would-have-been disastrous fire outbreak has been averted in Anambra State, as officers of the State Fire Service intervened on the accident scene of a fallen tanker laden with petrol. The incident happened around an Ihiala Army Checkpoint, off the Abott Boys Secondary School, Ihiala, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the…
