By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, has reassured and reaffirmed his leadership’s commitment to proactive policing, airtight security and officers welfare in the State. The CP gave the reassurance on Thursday when he convened a high-level strategic meeting with senior officers of the Command, and…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The member representing Aguata Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Engr. Dom Okafor, has explained why he chose to empower his constituents with wheelbarrows, hoes, and cutlasses, an initiative that has recently sparked off a chain of reactions and counter-reactions on social media. Speaking in an exclusive telephone interview…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely 24 hours after they started trending, the wife of the Anambra State Governor and Founder of the Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo initiative, Dr. (Mrs.) Frances Nonye Soludo, has dismissed as false and mischievous the claims made by Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife, the APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, in her…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Security operatives at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, have arrested two suspected robbers who allegedly disguised themselves as scavengers to steal from the institution. This was contained in a statement issued by the School Management, in which it was revealed that the suspects, identified as Shehu Ibrahim and Sadiq Haruna,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade), Mr. Celestine Anere, has reacted to trending reports and videos alleging that operatives of the Brigade were responsible for the killing of four persons, including a pregnant woman, during a disturbance at Onitsha Main…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State APC Deputy Governorship Candidate, Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife (Iyom), PhD, CON, has launched a scathing attack on Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, questioning his competence and describing his style of governance as petty and insensitive. Ekwunife’s remarks came in response to Soludo’s recent campaign comments in which he reportedly…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The capital city of Anambra State, Awka, has officially established a sister city relationship with Carson City, California, United States, in a development expected to foster stronger cultural, economic, and governance ties between the two cities. According to a press statement issued over the weekend by the Managing Director and Chief…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled an illegal factory engaged in the production of fake and toxic drinks in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State. In a press statement issued on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the operation was carried…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has stepped up security measures across the State, particularly in Awka, following credible intelligence reports of a planned clash between rival cult groups. Confirming this in a press statement issued to newsmen on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, has expressed profound appreciation to stakeholders, community leaders, and partners for their unwavering support in enhancing security infrastructures and boosting operational efficiency of the Police across the state. CP Orutugu, in a statement issued by the Command’s…
