By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a double breakthrough for local security operatives in Anambra State, popularly known as Agụnechemba and Udo Ga-Achị, as the gallant officers busted two major camps and hideouts of the notorious gunmen tormenting people of the State. The victorious operations, videos of which are currently trending on social media, reportedly…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The commercial city of Awka, Anambra State, has been thrown into mourning following the tragic death of a 17-year-old boy, identified as Master Chikamso Ejiofor, who was reportedly shot dead after exposing a theft syndicate operating in Eke Awka Market. According to reports gathered by this reporter, the late Chikamso,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Information reaching our report desk has it that some officials of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency (ARTMA), on Thursday, caused a fatal accident that resulted in the de@th of one person in Nnewi, in the process of discharging their function. Although the details of the incident are still sketchy, it…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Tragedy struck again in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday morning, when a trailer fell on a fully-loaded tricycle, killing two persons on the spot. The fatal crash, which occurred around 8:20 a.m. along the ever-busy Upper Iweka axis of the Owerri–Onitsha Road, involved a tricycle (Keke) and a trailer, both…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arraigned three men for engaging in acts of homosexuality described in law as unnatural offences, contrary to the provisions of the Criminal Code Act. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded yet another major breakthrough in its sustained fight against crime, as operatives attached to Nnobi Division under Ogidi Area Command, in collaboration with the Awka-Etiti Vigilante Group, arrested a notorious motorcycle robbery suspect and two receivers of stolen motorcycles in the early hours…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon. Ify Obinabo, has expressed disgust over the rising cases of fathers s£xually abusing their own daughters in the state, describing that as horrifying, unnatural, and completely unacceptable. Speaking in Awka, the Commissioner lamented that the majority of the rape cases…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Security operatives in Umudiana, Umueri, in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, have arrested five persons allegedly involved in the sale of dead and decaying animals that had been used for traditional sacrifices at the Omambala River to food vendors who use them to cook food sold to unsuspecting…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as tr@gedy struck in the industrial city of Nnewi, Anambra State, as two school children were electrocuted to de@th while taking refuge from a heavy downpour. The heartbreaking incident, which occurred over the weekend at the St. Peter’s Claver Junction, Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka An Anambra-based family has cried out for help, following the mysterious disappearance of their daughter, Mrs. Chidera Okenyi, and her two children, who have been missing since March 2022 after travelling with a man who claimed he wanted to marry her. According to the Okenyi family, Chidera, who hails from…
