By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has raided and dislodged the secessionist group in the state following credible intelligence report. The Command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Awka. Ikenga said a Police-led Joint Security Force intercepted four members of...
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Police in Anambra State have condemned the killing of a vigilante commander and two others as well as the abduction of one person by unidentified gunmen in Nnewi Hotel on Monday. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ikechukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Onitsha,...
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday morning reportedly attacked Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat and torched four patrol vehicles belonging to a local vigilance group. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the hoodlums arrived at the council headquarters in large number in motorcycles and one vehicle and began to...
Fire has destroyed a soap factory and plastic dumping ground at Amanato Street, Ugwuagba Obosi in Idemili Northampton Local Government Area of Anambra. Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, Chief Fire Officer, Anambra Fire Service, confirmed this development to newsmen in Onitsha. According to Chiketa; the Anambra Fire Service received...
It was barely weeks ago when Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s term as Anambra State’s governor turned two. The government listed 100 noteworthy accomplishments that cut across all areas of growth, sound governance, and the provision of democratic dividends when it was celebrated on March 17 in Awka. No aspect...
A driver hit and killed a female pedestrian along Awka-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra on Friday night, according to the state Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Commander of the FRSC in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who told newsmen on Saturday in Awka, said that the...
The Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS), Anambra Command, has busted a kidnappers’ den in Anam forest, Anambra-West Local Government Area of the state. The NHFSS Deputy Commander-General, Technical Services, Dr John Metchie, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Metchie said that the operation,...
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr George Okoye, has urged stakeholders not to allow the party go into extinction in the country’s politics. Okoye, also a former member of the State Assembly, told journalists in Awka on Monday, that the leadership of PDP...
Melissa Jones, Mission Director, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Nigeria has said the newly launched Nigeria Plastic Solutions Initiative will create 10,000 jobs and generate $4.8 million in income. Jones made this known in her remarks at the launch of the Nigeria Plastic Solutions Activity, an...
The police command in Anambra has arrested 16 notorious cultists and declared 21 others wanted following intensified efforts to end the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the state capital. This is contained in a press release made available to journalists in Awka on Saturday by the...
The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested eight suspected unlicensed private security guards with four pump action guns. The state NSCDC Commandant, Mr Olatunde Maku, said this when he addressed newsmen on Friday in Awka, saying the suspects were arrested during...
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to immortalise late former Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife by renaming Government House, Awka, in his memory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ezeife, who governed Anambra from Jan. 2, 1992 to November 1993 on the platform of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops have repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala LGA of Anambra. The army authority in a post on its X Handle (formerly Twitter) on Friday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has recovered three more bodies from the boat mishap that occurred on Wednesday, in Anam community, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement in Awka on...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has banned the shooting of movies in riverine areas and also suspended film.producer, Adanma Luke following the death of actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo. The AGN president, Emeka Rollas, gave the directive in a statement on Thursday. The move...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has mourned the death of Nollywood actor, Pope Obumneme Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the vibrant actor died alongside with other crew members on Wednesday afternoon during a boat trip...
Nollywood actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo popularly called, Jnr Pope, is dead. It was gathered that the actor died on Wednesday afternoon during a boat trip for a film production. National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, confirmed to Channels Television that the remains of the...
The petty and lazy tactics of the opposition in Anambra State are characterised by the deception of the promise of a single term and propaganda. They are not adept at interpreting the time signs. They are merely fishing, setting off numerous fuses, which signify nothing in real sense....
The Anambra Government has warned residents, business owners, nightclubs, bars, among others to avoid engaging in noise pollution. It extended the warning to event centres, industries and religious organisations. Mr Celestine Anere, Managing Director, Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade), gave the warning on Sunday in Awka....
Anambra State Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo,, has said he would transform the state in four years if elected governor in 2025. Ozigbo said this at an interactive session with political office holders elected on the platform of the LP...