By Izunna Okafor, Awka The social media space was agog during the week following the emergence of a Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage that exposed a well-organized and coordinated robbery operation in part of Awka, the Anambra State capital. The eye-opening incident, which reportedly occurred around the ever-busy Kwata Junction axis of the city, was captured…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of ten suspects in connection with an alleged case of arson and malicious damage to property in Awka, the state capital, while also refuting claims that the incident was linked to a land dispute involving Agbana Ifite community. The clarification was…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded another operational success in its fight against crime, following the rescue of a Nigerian citizen based in South Africa who was kidnapped in Enugu State. The victim, it was gathered, was rescued following a police-led joint security operation in Isulo, Orumba South Local…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Two suspected armed criminals have been gunned down, following a prolonged and fierce gun battle between operatives of the Anambra State Police Command and a notorious gang in the state. The two-hour gun battle, which happened in the early hours of Wednesday, January 14, occurred at the every-busy Enugwu-Agidi Junction…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested and taken into custody the notorious Agaba Awgbu masquerade involved in the unprovoked and violent attacks that recently disrupted public peace in Awgbu, Orumba North Local Government Area. The arrest is coming hours after earlier report by Ekweanaedo News on the violent activities…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a dramatic and chaotic scene in Awgbu, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, as the violent and notoriously stubborn masquerade from the community, Agaba Awgbu, attacked popular Nigerian musician, Nonso Innocent Onuzulike, popularly known as Onowu Ugonabọ, while he was performing live on stage at…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade has intensified its clampdown on environmental abuses across Anambra State with the arrest of thirteen persons over alleged illegal kaolin excavation activities in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, and Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. Reports have it that…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had arrested a 26-year-old male suspect, Anikpe Valentine Chibuike, over the murdêr of his girlfriend, Ogechukwu Mmadubugwu, a 35-year-old single mother, in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against child trafficking, following the arrest of a female suspect and the rescue of no fewer than thirty-three underage girls in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state. According to a press statement…
By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Eucharia Ozoemenam, a native of Ifite-Ogwari in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, who lives in Awka, has confessed that she deliberately and intentionally lied against Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Patrick Chukwuemeka Agbazue on her Facebook page. Ozoemenam who described the senior police officer who was in charge…
