By Izunna Okafor, Awka A Catholic priest, Angelo Chidi Unegbu, has expressed his views following the recent demolition and burning of the shrine belonging to convicted Anambra native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Ọkụkọ Tiwara Akị. Recall that the Oba-born celebrity native doctor, Akwa Ọkụkọ was convicted on Friday, with destruction of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of four persons and injuries to nine others following a fatal road traffic crash involving four vehicles near Agulu Lake along the Nanka–Agulu Road. The Sector Commander, Corps Commander Bridget Asekhauno, confirmed this to newsmen over the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The long-detained popular Anambra native doctor, Mr. Chidozie Nwangwu (popularly known as Akwa Ọkụkọ Tiwara Akị) will be made an Ambassador of Youth Reorientation in months time upon completion of his jail term. This formed part of the conditions contained in a judgement delivered by Justice Jude Obiorah on Friday,…
By Our Correspondent Two persons accused of assaulting a staff member of FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. have been formally arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Nnewi, Anambra State. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Head of Communications of the Company, Mr. Izunna Okafor, who confirmed that the defendants were…
A suspected electricity vandal has been electrocuted in Awka, Anambra State, following an explosion at a transformer substation. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at Ogechukwu Street in Awka South Local Government Area. According to a statement from the Head of Communications of FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited (FPEDL),…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A 52-year-old suspect, Ndibe Jude Onyenwe, has allegedly confessed to receiving N500,000 to hire four gunmen for a deadly attack that reportedly left six persons with serious bullet injuries in Urum, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The disclosure by the suspect followed his arrest handover to the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the death of a suspected armed robber and alleged notorious cultist during a security operation in Awka, following what it described as an attempted escape and a violent confrontation involving other gang members. The development was disclosed in a statement issued to newsmen…
By Prince (Dr.) Chinedu Ikeanyi Enugwu-Agidi is under siege by Nigeria military men brought into our town by one Marc Benito Ozigbo, a native of Enugwu Ukwu and the proprietor of Green Gardens Limited. Ozigbo is using a team of uniformed, armed military men to intimidate the indigenes of Enugwu-Agidi. He has destroyed our…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced the arrest of four additional suspects over the gruesome murder of three Cameroonian nationals in the state, as operatives intensified manhunt for the alleged gang leader and other fleeing members of the criminal syndicate. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP…
By Our Correspondent Tension has gripped Urum Community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State following allegations that over 1,000 plots of the communal Ochiokwa land were illegally sold to a private developer for the establishment of what is now being promoted as “Heaven Estate,” without the knowledge or consent of the…
