By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, on Sunday, arrested four persons over burning of a 74-year-old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana. The Spokesman of the Commanded, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday. According to him, the incident happened on Sunday in…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the Anambra State Police Command, over the weekend, arrested a member of a notorious cult group in the state. The 25-year-old suspect, Maduka Okoye, who hails from Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, was arrested as the officers attached to the Enugwu-Ukwu Anti-cult unit,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A tenant, identified as Chukwuneke Ebehu has reportedly stabbed his landlord into a critical condition in Anambra State over issues bordering on payment of electricity bill. The incident reportedly happened in Onitsha, while the suspect is said to hail from the Ezza part of Ebonyi State. According to the landlord, Mr….
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi), over the weekend, uncovered over 30 graves in a popular hotel in the state. The hotel, Golden Points Hotels and Suites, located in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, is…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than three Fulani herdsmen have been arrested in Anambra state over suspected kidnapping and other illegal activities. The suspects were arrested by the operatives of the newly-launched security outfit in the state, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi). According to a video currently trending on social media, the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after the burial of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a cleric with the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, who was gunned down by some unidentified hoodlums in Anambra State, a bereaved family of another victim of insecurity has announced the burial arrangements of their daughter, who was also killed by…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A member of a notorious gang has been apprehended by the operatives of the newly-launched security outfit in Anambra State, Agụnechemba (popularly known as Operation Udo Ga-Achi). The suspect, identified as Ekene Onyemekariri, who hails from Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended in one of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A newly-employed worker in a popular hotel in Awka, the capital city of Anambra state has allegedly fled with a whopping sum of money, amounting to about two hundred thousand naira (N200,000) of her employer after her first day at work. The Manager of the hotel, who simply identified himself as…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka There was an ear-rending shout of joy at the Godwin Ezeemo International Press Centre, Awka, on Friday, as Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, PhD, got re-elected as the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council. The keenly-contested election, which held at the Council’s Secretariat in Awka, the Anambra…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than 37 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in Anambra State by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday, in which the Commission also disclosed that the suspects were arrested in a sting operation…
