The Anambra State Police Command has said its operatives alongside the state vigilante operatives on Thursday arrested nine suspects “actively involved” in the murder of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka. The arrest of the suspects was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in...
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The decomposing body of Hon. Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, has been found by a combined security team at the 2nd Niger Bridge. Azuka was reportedly abducted by gunmen on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, while traveling home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town,...
Anambra State Police Command has detained one Obinna Anene, the alleged principal suspect in the reported killing of a 74-year-old woman in Abagana Community in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Labour Party (LP) has approved April 5 for its governorship primary in Anambra. LP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Ifoh said that the National Secretary of...
Anambra Police Command has arrested a suspect, Joshua Simeon at Nkpor Central Motor Park in Idemili Local Government Area of the State over alleged child trafficking. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday and made available to...
Chairman of United Nigeria Air, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has declared his intention to contest the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra. Okonkwo declared his intention on Friday at a brief ceremony in his country home in Ire village in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area. The business mogul, who...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has cautioned developers against using substandard materials in the construction of buildings. Governor Soludo, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, gave the warning on Thursday, when he visited the site of a collapsed three-storey building under construction in Awka,...
The Police operatives at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters, Anambra, has arrested four suspects from Ifitedunu area of the state for allegedly burning a 74-year old woman to death. The four suspects included a 21 year old lady, Chinyere Ekwenugo who allegedly conspired with others to kill the woman in...
Anambra State Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Mr Don Onyenji, has said it is not true that the state government threatened to ban traditional worship. Onyenji made the statement at a stakeholders meeting organised in partnership with ASHOKA Africa, a non-profit organsation and social change agent, in Awka...
Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has vowed to ensure the prosecution of the man who allegedly set his wife ablaze in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state. Soludo, the founder of Healthy Living Initiative, told journalists on Thursday in Awka, that she would...
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the kidnap of Dr Cornelius Onuigbo, an urologist with Department of Surgery, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident to newsmen in Onitsha on Wednesday, said that Onuigbo was kidnapped...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has expressed grief on the loss of one of its officers, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II Aminu Sahabi Salisu who was killed in cold blood while on a legitimate duty on January 17, 2025 by a suspected internet...
The remains of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra, murdered on Dec. 26 has been laid to rest amid tears. He was buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral. Okonkwo,...
The victims that died in a stampede that occured during a Christmas rice distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, have on Friday, been buried. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Command in Anambra had confirmed 22 people dead in the stampede that...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two Catholic nuns along Ufuma Road, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the nuns were returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji. The spokesman of Anambra State...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– The All Progressives Congress (APC) Supporters Network in Anambra State has officially endorsed Hon. Azuka Okwuosa as their preferred candidate for the upcoming gubernatorial elections. This endorsement was made public by the spokesperson of the group, Ozomkpu Obi Nwankwo during a press conference held on...
The wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, on Wednesday welcomed the first baby of 2025 at the General Hospital, Nnobi, in Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Soludo presented gift items to the newborns and their families...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka– Anambra State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a yet-to-be-identified assailants who on Monday attacked security operatives and unarmed civilians in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Ikenga said...
An early morning fire on Wednesday , gutted some shops near the General Post Office at Ibokwu Street, by Old Market Road, Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inferno destroyed goods and property, including equipment worth millions of naira. Mrs...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Chukwuma Obi, who disguises as a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to issue kidnapping threat to unsuspecting residents. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on...