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 Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc, MNIPS, PhD, has reaffirmed the Command’s commitment to maintaining peace and order across communities in the state through dialogue, collaboration, and proactive engagement with stakeholders. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has reaffirmed its commitment to upholding justice, protecting human rights, and deepening collaboration with legal professionals to enhance the administration of justice in the state. This was the highlight of a courtesy visit on Tuesday by members of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Awka Branch,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Pupils and staff of Ebenator Central School in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State were on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, filled with joy and gratitude as a distinguished philanthropist and community leader, Chief Ambassador Chinonso Nwanze, officially handed over newly renovated toilet facilities and a complete set of…
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 Arrangements have been concluded for the funeral rites of Late Chief Agunwa Anaekwe, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria’s 3rd National Assembly, who passed away earlier this year. According to an official statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the National Burial Committee, Distinguished Senator Osita Izunaso…
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 The Christian community in Nigeria and across Africa has been thrown into mourning following the passing of one of the continent’s most renowned preachers and evangelists, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, who joined the saints triumphant on October 6, 2025, at the age of 80. According to a statement issued by…
