By Izunna Okafor, Awka Grief has enveloped the university community of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, following the sudden death of a promising young student who reportedly slumped and died while playing football in the school. The deceased, identified as Tochi Martins Attah, popularly known as “T-funds,” was a 300-level student of the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one of the notorious suspects linked to the gruesome attack at Total and Tipper Junctions in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area, which resulted in multiple deaths and abductions. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Chukwujekwu Micheal Okoye, popularly known as Bus-Stop, was apprehended…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced decisive security measures aimed at averting cult-related violence and maintaining law and order across the state, particularly in student-dominated areas. This followed intelligence reports indicating plans by the Neo-Black Movement of Africa to stage cult initiations and supremacy battles, which could lead to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Barely one week after a viral video surfaced online showing operatives of the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA, popularly known as Ndị Akaodo) brutalizing some men with pestles, the agency has again come under fire as its operatives reportedly launched another destructive attack in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What has been widely described as horrifying incident struck in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State on the evening of June 30, 2025, as yet-to-be-identified gunmen stormed a gathering and opened fire indiscriminately, leaving at least ten people dead and several others injured. According to a statement…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Management of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka, has dismissed as false, baseless, and gross misrepresentation of facts, the reports circulating on social media alleging that body parts of a corpse deposited in the hospital’s mortuary were missing. The clarification came in response to a viral video…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded yet another significant breakthrough in its relentless fight against economic and cyber-related crimes, with the arrest of two suspected fraudsters who allegedly masterminded the diversion and illegal conversion of cement shipments across four states of the federation. According to a press statement issued…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A commercial shuttle bus driver operating in Anambra State has gallantry apprehended a member of a ‘One Chance’ robbery syndicate during operation inside his shuttle bus. The driver, identified as Obinna Ekeze from Awkuzu community, shuttles between Onitsha and Awka, and was on his final trip for the day before the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command, attached to the Uli Divisional Headquarters, Anambra State, have arrested a 24-year-old man, Muanaenye Chekwube Victor, over his alleged involvement in the kidnap of his own friend, a crime which saw the victim’s family pay a ransom equivalent to five million, three…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has announced the arrest of ten suspects in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of a kidnapped farmer and royal chief whose lifeless body was recovered last week at Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. According to a press statement…
