By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has condemned in strong terms the alleged assault on a female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, while also cautioning vigilante groups against acts of brutality and abuse of authority. This is coming in reaction to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was an entirely dramatic election day at Osumenyi and part of Ezinifite in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State over the weekend during the long long-awaited by-election for the Anambra South District, culminating in arrays of confrontations, climaxed by a specially invoked heavy downpour that forced a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In what many have described as a long-overdue step towards addressing decades of infrastructural neglect, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received hearty commendations from the Igbo Community Association (ICA), Abuja, for his recent approval to kick-start the construction of lite railway lines across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones. The Association, in a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have achieved another feat in the fight against cr!me in the state, following the arrest of another suspected s3xual abuser and the rescue of a 6-year-old child from traffickers. The feats were disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday by…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was moments of excitement, celebration, and deep appreciation as women of Enugwu-Otu Aguleri and Eziagulu-Otu (both in Anambra East Local Government Area) trooped out en masse to laud and endorse Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo for a second term, passing a vote of confidence on his transformative leadership in the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Emmanuel Nwachukwu (Ọnọdugo) has been declared the winner and returned as the Senator-elect of Anambra South in the August 16 senatorial by-election. APGA’s Nwachukwu was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Office at the Collation Center, Nnewi,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced the recovery of a fabricated AK-47 rifle as part of its ongoing manhunt for a murder suspect linked to a recent double killing in Awka South Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In what has been popularly condemned as one of the most heart-wrenching criminal acts and shows of moral depravity in recent times, suspected kidnappers in Anambra State have allegedly killed a young boy after he refused their demand to s3xually assault his own sister. The h0rrific incident, which has sparked off…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has intensified its clampdown on criminal elements in the state, with the latest operation leading to the arrest of six suspected cultists, including a 35-year-old woman, and the recovery of a firearm and illicit drugs. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu fwc, MNIPS, PhD, has reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to collaborating with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and other relevant agencies in the fight against counterfeit, substandard, and unwholesome products in the State. CP Orutugu made the…
