By Izunna Okafor, Awka The family of young Anambra entrepreneur and fish dealer, Late Master Ifesinachi Martin Onyekesi (popularly known as Fish Magnet) has announced the burial arrangements for the only son, who was gruesomely assassinated by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the state. According to a burial poster released by the family and currently trending…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has joined the voices of condemnation against the brutalization and humiliation of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, by members of a local vigilante group known…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based human rights activist, Comrade Osita Obi, has launched a blistering criticism on the Catholic Diocese of Awka, accusing it of masterminding and lying about the unlawful invasion and destruction of his wife’s shop, alongside several others, on July 31, 2025. Comrade Obi spoke on Tuesday in Awka, the…
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…
