By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had taken custody of a man, Samuel Ekezie (aged 38 years), from the 302 Artillery Regiment, Nigerian Army, Onitsha, after he allegedly staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his family. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers and recovered a tricycle just few hours after it was stolen from a commercial operator at Isuaniocha Bridge in Awka South Local Local Government Area of the state. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the State Police Public Relations Officer, , confirmed…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Anambra-born businessman and philanthropist, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has taken to his social media to celebrate what could be best described as the remarkable transformation of a once-struggling street hawker, Ekuma Jeremiah Iziogo (popularly known as Jerry) who has now become a university graduate of Law, under…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has sternly warned the residents of the state against engaging in trial by ordeal, describing the practice as illegal, inhuman, and punishable under Nigerian law. In a public advisory signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, and released on Monday, September 22,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As the November 8, 2025, Anambra Governorship Election draws closer, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Ndi Anambra to rally behind its candidate, Prince Nicholas Chukwujekwu Ukachukwu, MFR. The party made the call in a statement issued in Awka on Sunday, September 21, 2025, by an APC chieftain…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded yet another breakthrough in its ongoing fight against violent crimes, with the arrest of a suspected armed robber who has been on the Command’s wanted list. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Kingsley Eze, was apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS),…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A parallel traditional ruler of Nawfia in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo, has urged members of the public to disregard what he described as a “blatant lie and unsubstantiated claim” that his rival, Mr. Daniel Obelle, obtained a stay of execution from court to halt…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Comrade Don Onyenji, has reaffirmed Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s passion and commitment to developing the state’s creative industry. Onyenji made the declaration during a historic roundtable with creatives in the state, held at the Ministry’s Conference Hall at the Jerome Udorji…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has debunked a trending video circulating on social media which falsely claims that a senior police officer is aiding kidnapping and other violent crimes in the state. In a statement issued on Friday, September 19, 2025, by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Founder and Spiritual Director of Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, Evangelist Ebuka Obi, on Friday, officially opened a newly completed humanitarian-oriented centre in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area, amidst pomp and celebration. The new centre, known as the Seraphic Psychiatric Hospital and Old People’s Home, was built through the…
