By Izunna Okafor, Awka The capital city of Anambra State, Awka, has officially established a sister city relationship with Carson City, California, United States, in a development expected to foster stronger cultural, economic, and governance ties between the two cities. According to a press statement issued over the weekend by the Managing Director and Chief…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled an illegal factory engaged in the production of fake and toxic drinks in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the State. In a press statement issued on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the operation was carried…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has stepped up security measures across the State, particularly in Awka, following credible intelligence reports of a planned clash between rival cult groups. Confirming this in a press statement issued to newsmen on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD, has expressed profound appreciation to stakeholders, community leaders, and partners for their unwavering support in enhancing security infrastructures and boosting operational efficiency of the Police across the state. CP Orutugu, in a statement issued by the Command’s…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has continued to intensify its onslaught against criminal elements in the state, recording yet another success with the recovery of two suspected stolen vehicles in separate operations in Awka and Oba. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The gallant officers of the Anambra State Fire Service on Friday, successfully put out a heavy fire outbreak that occurred at Okeb Filling Station, Amawbia, along the Amawbia Flyover axis of the ever-busy Enugu–Onitsha Expressway. This was contained in a statement issued over the weekend by the agency, in which it…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra South Senator-elect, Chief Emmanuel Chibuzor Nwachukwu (Onọdugo), has declared that his victory at the polls belongs to the people, stressing that every member of his constituency is a senator through his mandate. Chief Nwachukwu made this declaration on Thursday when a high-powered delegation from Ebenator community, led by the…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The second-term re-election bid of the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo is fast becoming crystal clear, given the sustained massive support and endorsement coming from different corners, groups and many residents of the state, the latest of which has been received from residents and stakeholders of Awka Ward…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In a major security breakthrough, the Anambra State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, has dislodged a suspected Eastern Security Network (ESN) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) militia camp in Aguluezechukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the Police Public…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Government has dismissed as false and mischievous, social media reports alleging that Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, through the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Community Affairs, Hon. Tonycollins Nwabunwanne, ordered traditional rulers and President-Generals in the state not to attend the burial of the stepmother of APC…
