By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has intensified its security preparations ahead of the November 8, 2025 governorship election, with the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc, MNIPS, PhD, directing all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, and Tactical Commanders to step up intelligence-driven operations and carry out coordinated raids across…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Authorities have confirmed the arrest of one Ozioma Okonkwo, a native of Imo State residing in Enugu, for allegedly def!ling his two biological daughters, aged two and five respectively. The suspect was apprehended, following a distress report from a concerned citizen who alerted authorities to the horrific act. According to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that its operatives, in a joint operation with the Agunechemba Vigilante operatives, successfully foiled an armed attack on Ezinifite Community in Nnewi South Local Government Area in the early hours of Monday, October 27. According to a press statement issued by the Police…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka What could be best described as a mild drama recently ensued in Awka, the Anambra State capital, as an elderly man, believed to be an Igbo red-cap chief, reportedly stormed an Access Bank branch and seized one of the bank’s signposts over alleged unlawful or unnecessary deductions from his account….
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A lucky young man has testified of how he would have been a dead person on his 2025 birthday if not for God’s divine intervention that saved him from his captors. The birthday man shared the testimony while recounting his harrowing experience in the hands of suspected Fulani herdsmen who…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As part of ongoing security operations aimed at guaranteeing a peaceful atmosphere before, during, and after the forthcoming Anambra Governorship Election, security operatives have arrested seven suspected cultists alleged to be undergoing initiation ahead of election-related violence. According to a press release by the Anambra State Police Command Public Relations…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it is 99 percent ready for the November 8, 2025 Anambra governorship election, with assurances that there will be no delay in the arrival of electoral materials at polling units across the state. The INEC National Commissioner supervising Anambra and Chairman…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka As part of efforts to strengthen democratic participation and ensure credible governorship election in Anambra State come November 8, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa), in collaboration with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room and with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ASPPB) has dissociated itself from the ongoing demolition exercise reportedly taking place at Omalima Layout, Onitsha, describing it as unauthorized and unrelated to the activities of the Board. In a public notice signed by its Managing Director, Barrister Chike Maduekwe, and made available to…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has intensified its peace-building and community engagement efforts ahead of the November 8, 2025 governorship election, with the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc mnips PhD, calling on religious leaders and societal influencers to champion messages of peace, patriotism, and lawful conduct across the…
