•Gunmen Unknown gunmen today attacked a police checkpoint at Ormatta junction, Uruagu, Nnewi in Anambra State. A source informed The Frontier that the attack which took place this morning claimed the life of one policeman while his other colleagues on duty were seriously injured. A video obtained by The Frontier shows a bullet-ridden police ve...
•IGP Egbetokun Tricycle passengers in Anambra State, have called on the state police command to caution its men against incessant harassment, humiliation and extortion of passengers on major roads in the state. They alleged that the level of extortion by policemen, who mount endless roadblocks on roads in the state, particularly in the commerc...
•Scene of the accident Yesterday, five people lost their lives and six were injured in a multiple motor vehicle accident along Agulu-Agwubu Road in the Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the crash, which occurred around 9:55 a.m., involved a commercial Howo truck, a commercial TVS or tricycle with [&helli...
•NSCDC operatives The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State command, said it has deployed personnel across the state to protect critical national and state assets as part of efforts to prevent a breakdown of law and order. The Anambra State Commandant of NSCDC, Maku Olatunde, stated this in Awka, today while monitoring the [&...
•Governor Soludo No fewer than 400 ghost workers have been identified as receiving salaries in the Anambra State Local Government Civil Service Commission. It was gathered that out of the number, 59 are deceased, five are living abroad, and 40 are pensioners still drawing salaries, reports The Nation. Additionally, several individuals are invo...
•Former Governor Willie Obiano A former commercial bank staff, Mr Ugochukwu Otubelu, has revealed how he managed the security vote account under ex-Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra government. Otubelu, who said he is now a businessman, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja that he was with the bank between November 2, [&hell...
The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the claims that 21 soldiers were killed by gunmen in the state. There have been reports across social media since Tuesday saying that 21 soldiers who were on their way to Enugu State were rounded up and killed in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday evening. But while reacting […]
•Armed Fulani herdsmen For the past few weeks, social media and conventional media have been awash with news of criminal activities including kidnapping, rape and even murder in some communities within Anambra State. Some of the communities mentioned in this new trend of crime are Ukwulu in the Dunukifia Council area of the state, Nando, [&hel...
Nigeria Police, Anambra State Command, alongside operatives of other security agencies have combed a forest in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, in an attempt to dislodge criminals locally referred to as gunmen. A press release by the State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, which revealed this, said the incident happe...
•Soludo Governor Chukwuma Soludo has banned the extension of classes in all schools in Anambra State and directed all schools to dismiss by 2:30 pm. Soludo in what looks like a swift response to the observation of the Catholic Bishop of Awka, Rev Dr Paulinus Ezeokafor said the state government has adopted the United Nations […]
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