By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State, CC Joyce Alexander, has reaffirmed her commitment to working closely with the media to enhance road safety awareness and improve service delivery. CC Alexander made the assertion on Thursday in Awka while addressing journalists at the Secretariat…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka After over 24 hours of silence, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, has finally released details of the fatal crash that occurred on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, along the Idemili River by the Second Niger Bridge, confirming that four people lost their lives while two others sustained injuries…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be better described as a tragedy occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, following the collapse of the popular Ụrasị River bridge at Umunuko Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Located along a federal road, the collapsed bridge, which had spanned beyond 40 years, is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Onitsha Traditional Council has refuted the claims that His Majesty, Nnaemeka Achebe, CFR, mni, Obi of Onitsha (Agbogidi), has been elected as the Chairman of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers (SECTR), clarifying that the leadership of the Council remains unchanged. The clarification follows the current recirculation of a…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A viral video has surfaced online, showing what many have described as an outrageous and shocking ordination ritual inside a church premises. The footage, which is currently trending on social media, shows an officiating bishop performing an unusual ‘tongue-to-tongue anointing’ on a bishop-elect, sparking outrage and condemnation among many who…
A dramatic twist has emerged in the impending suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a court has granted an interim order stopping the Ethics Committee from sitting on the matter. The development comes just as the Ethics Committee was preparing to convene and indefinitely suspend Senator Natasha. The interim court order has effectively halted the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Press Secretary to the Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, Mr. Christian Aburime, has described as mere rumour, the trending media reports alleging that the State’s Commissioner for Homeland Security, Mr. Chikodi Anara, has been sacked by the Governor. The refutal is coming amidst the speculations and the publications that…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons are feared dead in Anambra State, following the crash of a trailer with a 40-feet container. The crash reportedly occurred in the eventide of Tuesday at the popular Idemili Junction, with some victims, tricycles and a shuttle bus trapped under the trailer. This was corroborated by…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A commercial motorcycle rider identified as John Peter has been apprehended after he was caught in the act with another man’s pregnant wife in Enugwu-Agidi, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to a video currently trending on social media, Peter, who hails from Rivers State but resides in…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Prominent Pentecostal cleric, Dr. Jerry Nwachukwu, has challenged one Mathias Ejiofor Ezeaku, a native doctor, to supremacy contest in Anambra state. Dr. Nwachukwu, Senior Pastor of the Bible Base Miracle Assembly, Nkpor-Agu, said he was upset that Mathias Ezeaku, a native doctor, took to the social media to say that Jesus…
