By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one year after a fatal multiple crash that claimed several lives occured at the popular Idemili Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, another multiple crash has hit the ever-busy spot again, involving several persons. The latest crash, which occurred in the morning of Friday, July 18,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Igbo Community Association in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has expressed outrage over the recent comment credited to the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, in which he reportedly placed a ban on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, from entering Edo State without…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Solution Youth-Preneurs Support Group (SYPSG), a network of beneficiaries of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s 1Youth2Skills programme, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for heeding their call and extending the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State, which initially ended on Thursday, July 17. Recall that SYPSG…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The leadership of students in Nigeria, under the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Anambra State chapter, has called for the immediate removal of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), over what they described as gross incompetence and deliberate suppression of students in the ongoing Continuous Voter…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As part of his strategies to further strengthen the synergy between the Anambra State Police Command and members of the public, the State Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has addressed some security concerns in the state, and restated the commitment of the Police to ensuring the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Solution Youth-Preneurs Support Group (SYPSG), a network of beneficiaries of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s 1Youth2Skills programme, has concluded its eight-day monitoring tour across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State, covering wards and communities in support of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. The tour, which commenced…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has commended the residents of Nnewi South Local Government Area for their increasing commitment and collaborative support towards the Police and other security agencies operating in the area. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered a vehicle suspected to have been stolen, three years after it went missing. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday by the Public Education Officer of the Command, RC Margaret Onabe, the vehicle was recovered at…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it has recorded fresh operational breakthroughs in its ongoing onslaught against criminal elements and criminal activities in the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday, in which he said…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A combined team of security operatives in Anambra State has demobilized a suspected gunman during a fierce gun battle in the state, while also rescuing a kidnap victim from the hands of the abductors. The incident, according to a press statement by the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu…
