By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its sustained clampdown on violent crimes, with the arrest of four suspected members of an armed robbery and kidnapping syndicate operating within the State and its environs. This was contained in a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Police…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested three suspects in separate cases of child def!lement across the state, including a barber who allegedly ass@ulted a 14-year-old girl who visited his shop for a haircut. According to a press release issued on Sunday by SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested two suspects in connection with a staged kidnap incident, recovering over ₦1.2 million ransom in the process. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Saturday, August 30, 2025, by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who noted that the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested five suspected members of a notorious armed robbery and kidnapping syndicate, including a confessed deserter soldier, while also recovering arms, ammunition, and charms from them. This was contained in a statement issued over the week by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based financial literacy coach and medical laboratory scientist, Coach Izu Godson Udemezue, has recounted a harrowing experience in the hands of street urchins at the Ekene Park axis of the Onitsha Down Flyover, while calling on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to urgently address the worsening insecurity around the area. Narrating…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has taken decisive disciplinary measures following the tragic death of Miss Isabella Chioma Ajana, a 100-level Law student of the University. Recall that Isabella’s death, which occured last month linked to Elmada Hostel’s controversial spare key policy, recently sparked off a chain of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested a Chinese national over alleged involvement in illegal mining activities within the state. According to a statement released by the Anambra State Police Command, the suspect, identified as Mu Hua Qiang, 45, a resident of Aguleri, was apprehended by personnel of the Operation…
By Our Correspondent An Anglican Clergyman, Ven. Dr. Ifeanyi Umeh has described the former Registrar of Awka Anglican Diocese as treacherous and fraudulent. Ven. Dr. Umeh was worried that someone who cheated the Church and deceived the Archbishop of the Province of the Niger, Most Reverend Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, is now playing the victim. In…
By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Awka The Anglican Diocese of Awka has cleared the Archbishop, His Grace, The Most Revd Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim, PhD, of allegations of financial impropriety after an emergency Diocesan Board. The Diocesan Board at its meeting dismissed claims of land-sale proceeds being diverted into the Archbishop’s private account. The Board, which…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In what has been described as another major breakthrough against illegal arms trafficking, the Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Akpan Godwin, for unlawful possession of over 1,000 rounds of live ammunition in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement issued…
