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…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Enugu State Police Command has intensified its offensive against criminal elements across the state, recording major breakthroughs in a series of coordinated operations that led to the arrest of eight suspects and the recovery of eight stolen or snatched vehicles, alongside other incriminating exhibits. The Command announced these successes…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was an emotional moment of shock, disbelief, and outrage in Etiti Village, Igbo-ukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, as village youths stormed the compound of a dreaded native doctor and rescued his only son, who had allegedly been chained and locked inside a yam barn for over four…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded yet another major breakthrough in its sustained clampdown on vandals and criminal elements sabotaging public infrastructure, this time leading to the arrest of three suspects in Onitsha, recovery of stolen transformer parts and high-tension cables, and the death of another suspect in Obosi…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Youths of Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have paraded an aged man for killing for killing what they described as “sacred python” in the community, popularly known as Eke Idemili. The paraded man, whose identity is yet to be revealed, is said to hail from Abakaliki…
