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…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a prime suspect in connection with the murder of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. Confirmed in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the arrest reportedly followed…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a motel owner and two other suspects over alleged unlawful possession of a firearm and involvement in illicit drug activities in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The arrest, which led to the recovery of a pump-action gun, live cartridges…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead in a horrific petrol tanker explosion that rocked along the Ihiala axis of the Onitsha—Owerri Road in Anambra State, on Sunday. The incident, which occurred near the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in the area, was confirmed by the FRSC…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the President General of Ogidi Community, Chief Ikwuka Okoye, and one other person by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, describing the incident as tragic and unacceptable. The attack is coming barely eight months after unidentified gunmen brvtally mvrdered the President General of Aguleri Community…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a tragic scene on Thursday at the Idemili Bridge, Oba, in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, as a speeding truck reportedly lost control and crashed, resulting to the death of one task force personnel and leaving two others injured. The fatal crash, it was gathered,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had arrested a 29-year-old woman, Mrs. Edeh Osinachi, over the alleged physical abuse of a 17-year-old girl in Awka, the capital city of the state. The arrest, it was gathered, followed the timely intervention of school authorities and the State Ministry of Education….
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What was meant to be a moment of celebration and joyful preparations for a wedding ceremony has turned into a period of deep mourning and preparations for burial ceremony in Ekwulumili, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the sudden de@th of a 24-year-old lady, Miss Kosisochukwu Emmanuella…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A visibly agitated young man may face arrest soon following what has been described as his unwarranted outburst, vulgarity and media bullying against the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, over the recent temporary closure of the Onitsha Main Market as part of the state government’s renewed clampdown on the…
