A female pedestrian has been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. He said: “The crash involved an articulated Mercedes...
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Police Command in Anambra State has raided and destroyed a camp operated by suspected criminal gangs in the forest of Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government of the state. The raid came barely 24 hours after yet to be identified arsonists attacked a Police Divisional Headquarters in Neni, Anaocha...
Fire on Thursday midnight gutted a section of the Ọgbọ Osisi Market (plank market) at the Onitsha Head Bridge in Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained at the time of filing the report. Confirming...
Hoodlums, on Thursday, invaded the office of Anambra State Vigilante Group in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state and reportedly set a man suspected to be a member of the vigilante ablaze. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hoodlums, who were in...
Mr Emmanuel Ogboo, from Ossamala in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra, has decried the arrest and detention of his 17-year-old son, Chinedu Ogboo, since Feb. 16. Ogboo said on Sunday that, since the arrest, his son had been taken to Atani Division, Okpoko Division and later to...
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the collapsed of a five-storey building under construction at Basden Street in Fegge, the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday said details...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Police operatives in Abia State have rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in Aba. The state police spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Umuahia, said the operatives also arrested one Onyinyechi Okoro...
Former Tennis Star, Tania Okpala, who is undergoing rehabilitation from drug- related challenges, has returned to tennis courts. Okpala, who had joined City Sports Club on the sponsorship of Nonye Soludo, engaged in routine trainings as part of her rehabilitation process. Soludo, wife of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has paraded Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, an Anambra-based lawyer, who was recently apprehended for allegedly assaulting her 10-year-old househelp. Okafor, presented herself at the Police station after she had been declared wanted and a N2 million bounty placed on her for allegedly using red-hot...
A lone accident at Azia Junction, on Owerri-Ihiala Expressway in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, claimed the lives of a truck driver and his conductor. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency...
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down some unregistered sachet water production factories in Anambra. The companies were said to be producing water in unhealthy environment and operating without subjecting their processes to regulatory standards. Coordinator of NAFDAC in Anambra, Louis Mmadubuatta,...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Apostles Forum, Anambra Chapter, has commenced the distribution of membership forms to state and local government officers. National Coordinator of the Forum, Chief Anthony Nchekwube, said the target of the group was to enlist new 300,000 members into the party in six...
Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed a N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who reportedly brutalised her 11-year-old househelp. Operating under the auspices of Umuada Awgu Global Association (UAGA), the group also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to...
Police Command in Anambra has announced the arrest of two suspected cultists operating around Ihiala area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, identified the suspects as one Chitana Oha, male, 25 years, alias “Kill and Bury”, and Emmanuel Ifeanyi...
The House of Representatives has urged Ecological fund Project Office, to immediately deploy resources to address the gully erosion in Okofia Village, Otolo, in Nnewi local government area (LGA) of Anambra State. At its plenary in Abuja on Thursday, the House said necessary measures need to be taken...
The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from ‘a baby-making factory’ at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, told journalists after the raid that the baby factory where babies...
Tipper drivers in Onitsha, the commercial centre of Anambra, on Tuesday protested and blocked the expressway leading to and from Niger Bridge, over alleged extortion by agents of the state government. All efforts made by the military personnel stationed at the scene of the incident to dismantle...
Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah says he will take advantage of the rich diaspora community of Anambra and the media to put the state on the global map if the people make him governor in 2025. Ubah, who said this in Nnewi on Tuesday while addressing journalists, also took...
Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, member representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has expressed gratitude to the electorate for ensuring victory for the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the Feb. 3 rerun elections in parts of the state. Ubah made this commendation while reacting to the outcome...
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has dismissed as a smear campaign, the petition by members of Alpha Trust Investment Club (ATIC), accusing him of fraudulent diversion of N20 billion club’s asset. CP Adeoye was reacting to a petition by 33 members of the Club to...