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…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had arrested the prime suspect in the gru€some murd€r and behe@ding of a 69-year-old woman, Mrs. Obianuju Akubi, which occurred in Umuleri, Anambra East Local Government Area, in July 2024. According to a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a 62-year-old suspected informant of a secessionist group who allegedly spearheaded a major extortion syndicate operating in parts of Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the development…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested four suspected members of a criminal gang allegedly terrorizing residents of Aguleri and its environs with armed robbery and kidnapping, among other crimes. The suspects, all males between the ages of 22 and 40, were nabbed by officers attached to the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the Operation Udo Ga-Achị security outfit have reportedly dismantled another notorious camp of gunmen and other criminal elements terrorizing Anambra State with their notorious activities. The raid and camp clearance, which happened at the Achalla Camp in Awka North Local Government Area of the state, reportedly followed…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Enugwu-Agidi community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, over the weekend, erupted into turmoil as angry residents and village representatives staged a mass protest against their President-General, Hon. Chukwuebuka Onuorah, accusing him of land grabbing, high-handedness, intimidation, general abuse of office, and gross violation of the community’s constitution….
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than two separate buildings have collapsed in different cities of Anambra State within a space of 24 hours, with one person confirmed dead so far, while yet-to-be identified number of persons sustained different degrees of injuries. While the first incident occured early Wednesday morning in the quiet neighbourhood…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Okwuchukwu Ezimuo, aged 45, over the alleged killing of his relative during a family land dispute in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. This was contained in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the Command’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it had taken custody of a man, Samuel Ekezie (aged 38 years), from the 302 Artillery Regiment, Nigerian Army, Onitsha, after he allegedly staged his own kidnapping to extort money from his family. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed…
