The Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered the immediate detention of some police officers in the state over the murder of an innocent civilian in Onitsha. According the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, in a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday, CP Itam ordered the immediate…
The Oba Divisional Police Headquarters and Oba Civic Center both in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State have been attacked by some heavily-armed yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The double attack was launched in the early hours of Tuesday, September 2, according to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP…
New yam festival, in Igbo land, is one of the oldest traditional and cultural festivities that portrays and promotes the Igbo identity in grand styles. As one of the biggest Igbo cultural festivities marked annually, the festival often comes in stages, beginning with its celebration at community level by traditional rulers of various towns, after…
Anambra State have qualified for Cricket, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events of the upcoming 8th edition of the National Youth Games (NYG) scheduled to hold at Asaba, Delta State from 9th to 19th September, 2024. Team Anambra who participated at the South East Zonal Elimination held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu have qualified to…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Anambra State Solid Minerals Development Company Limited, Prof. Charles Ofoegbu has debunked the rumours being spread in the state about the State Government’s ban of mining activities. He described it as unacceptable and a move to sabotage the good deeds of the governor. Prof. Ofoegbu made this remark…
Following the environmental pollution and degradation caused by unauthorised mining activities in Anambra State and the consequential damage to our roads, constructed with taxpayers’ money, mining was necessarily suspended. A special Committee on Mining Reform was subsequently set up by Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, CFR, Governor of Anambra State, to emplace the best standard of…
It was a historic and colorful moment of jubilation in Awka, as the Anambra State Chapter of the Immigration Officers Wives Association (IMMOWA) became officially inaugurated in the state. The Association, made up of the wives of officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has branches in different parts of the state and has been…
Some Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have launched another unsuccessful attack on Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Friday, in which he said the attack was launched in the early hours of Friday. He also disclosed that the…
A metal scrap dealer (popularly known as Iron Condemn), Mr. Chinonso Ezekiel Nwaebonyi has been arrested in Anambra State for defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old child in Awka, the capital city of the state. Aged 30, Mr. Nwaebonyi, who hails from Ebonyi State was said to have committed the crime no fewer than five times before…
The people of Mbanano in Enugwu-Agidi community, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State have called for the urgent intervention of the state government over the alleged invasion of their ancestral lands by group of notorious land grabbers. Mbanano, which is made up of four villages in Enugwu-Agidi, made the call in a press conference…
