By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has moved to prosecute five suspects over a series of reported sexual and child abuse cases recorded across the state within the month of April, including that of a father accused of repeatedly violating his daughter over a period of years. The Command said it…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on violent crime, with the arrest of a suspected notorious cultist and kidnapper who confessed to multiple killings and abductions within the state. This was made known in a press statement issued on Wednesday by the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects over the gruesome killing of three members of the same family in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, in what has been described as a fatal fallout of a family dispute. This was disclosed in…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was a moment of warmth, camaraderie, and cheerful celebration on Tuesday as the Head of the Billing Department, FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company Limited, Chinenye Anyikwa, marked her birthday with a delightful mini party amidst fanfare. The intimate celebration drew the presence of top-ranking staff of the company, colleagues from…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The ongoing reconstitution of the Anambra State Executive Council has gathered a fresh momentum as Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo transmitted another batch of commissioner nominees to the Anambra State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Tuesday May 5 by Franklin…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In furtherance to the reconstitution of the State Executive Council for his second term, the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has approved the appointment of Managing Directors for key government agencies, retaining familiar names, as his administration consolidates for a new phase of governance. The development, which were…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anglican Church of Nigeria has taken disciplinary action against one of its clerics in Anambra State, Reverend Ifunanya Maduka, over what it described as involvement in “arranged and manipulated prophecies” presented as genuine manifestations of God. In a strongly-worded letter issued by the Diocese on the Niger and signed by…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka No fewer than six persons have been reported de@d in another avoidable road traffic crash that happened in Anambra State. The aççident, which involved a fully-loaded tricycle (Keke Napep) and a commercial Sienna bus with, happened at over the weekend, near the Goodness and Mercy Motor Park, Onitsha, along the…
By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Awka The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State Council, will partner Malaria Eradication and Safe Health Initiative, MESHI, to promote sexual and reproductive health rights and communicable diseases, SRHR/CD, in Anambra State and among university students. Chairman of the NUJ Anambra State Council, Comrade Odogwu Emeka Odogwu PhD, announced…
By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Awka Global chairman of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Alumni Association, NAUAA, converge 2.0 planning committee, Prof Evaristus Afiadigwe is begging for support from all alumni members to complete the Alumni Center inside Unizik. Prof. Afiadigwe who addressed the media in Awka used the opportunity to request all branches to…
