•Gunmen Some gunmen have abducted two Catholic reverend sisters along Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the victims were on their way back from their vocational association’s meeting at Ogboji community in Orumba North LGA, when they were kidnapped late on Tuesday. According to a statement ...
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, said the command arrested over 300 suspects involved in various crimes and criminalities such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and child trafficking. Other offences include public disturbances, attacks on unsuspecting members of the public, security personnel, government infrastruc...
•Chukwuma Soludo Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has announced a N10 million reward for anybody with useful information on each of the gunmen responsible for an attack during a burial ceremony in Ihiala. Soludo stated this during a condolence visit to the family of the late Bridget Onuchukwu yesterday in Umuike, Ubahuekwem in Ihiala ...
•Gunmen Anambra State is gripped by fear following two tragic incidents involving prominent clergymen. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has confirmed the murder of Rev. Fr. Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a Catholic priest and pharmacist, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Boxing Day, yesterday, December 26. The attack occurred between 7 p.m. and 8...
•The arrested suspect The Anambra State Police Command has said its operatives foiled a kidnap attempt and arrested a suspect, Chukwuma Obi, 32, for allegedly demanding a ransom of N1.2 million through abduction threats. In a press statement today, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, said the suspect, who hails from Umuagu Village in Igb...
•IGP Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has ordered a probe into the stampede at a food distribution event in Abuja and Anambra State. At least ten persons died and many others were injured during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in […]...
A lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Anambra State, was reportedly killed last night by suspected hoodlums near the popular Aroma junction in Awka, the state capital. The victim, said to be a native of Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of the state, was allegedly attacked by a car-snatching syndicate, reports The Nation. Accordin...
Gunmen have attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement today. Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police, said two security operatives sustained gunshot injuries in a gun duel and wer...
•APC national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ambitions of winning elections in Anambra State, asserting that the APC lacks the political structure needed to succeed in the state. APGA National Chairman, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, made this statement in...
•Gunmen Gunmen said to be numbering over six, driving in two Toyota Sienna vehicles on Tuesday, at about 5 pm, abducted three persons said to be returning home after the day’s business, around Traffic Light Junction Umudim Nnewi. Traffic Light Junction is a stone’s throw from Innoson Motorcycle Showroom, off Onitsha Okigwe Expressway, and the ...
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