The incident sent panic to residents in the area and shop owners along the road as the shootings happened “suddenly and in a chaotic manner”. The deceased, said to be an inspector, was part of a patrol team conducting routine checks along the road when they intercepted a Toyota Sienna vehicle said to be driving […]
The Chairperson of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board,Vera Nwadinobi, disclosed this to newsmen in a midterm report of the implementation of the 2019 to 2021 UBE projects in the state. Nwadinobi noted that for Anambra to meet the requirements for accessing the 2022, 2023, and 2024 UBEC matching grants, it is necessary for […]
The defendant, Pascal Ofomata, was charged with rape and inflicting physical harm punishable under section 3,(1), 4 (1) respectively of the Violence against Persons Prohibition Law, and the offense of Sexual Abuse punishable under section 35 (2) of the Child’s Right Law of Anambra State. Ofomata, pleaded not guilty of the 3-count charge.In his extra […]
During the raid, the police arrested six suspects and also recovered one pump-action gun, two live cartridges, two cutlasses, one Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle, among others. The Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated in a press release that the operatives acting on intelligence-driven information, carried out the exercise on June […]
The hoodlums also destroyed five operational vehicles of the outfit and the security post. The incident occurred at the security post of the Agunechemba outfit in Umunze, Orumba South local government area on Thursday evening. Sources made it known that when the hoodlums stormed the area, they overpowered the security outfit, who, according to them, […]
The Anambra State Government has discovered a total of 35 graves in a popular hotel used for kidnapping and sundry crimes in Oba, Idemili South local government area of the state.
Disclosing this in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, noted that the team of security forces also included the Military, Civil Defence, and Anambra Vigilante operatives. He said the decisive action followed credible intelligence on the activities of the criminal gang in the area, coupled with information obtained during […]
It was gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday while the victim was driving home from a function. Sources in the area said the gunmen whisked their victim away after double-crossing his vehicle opposite Ezeani Primary School in the Alor community. “The suspected kidnappers shattered the windscreens of his car, smashed his head with […]
ANSIEC revealed this in a publication of final list of candidates in Awka, the state capital. According to ANSIEC, the political parties participating in the elections include Action Alliance, AA, Accord Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Labour Party, LP, New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, NNPP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Others are Zenith Labour Party, […]
The election is scheduled for September 28, 2024, and would be the first time in 11 years after the then-governor, Peter Obi, conducted it in the twilight of his administration. The party said it did not only withdraw but has also dragged Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC and House […]