The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Echeng Echeng, on Friday paraded no fewer than 20 suspects arrested in connection with various crimes in the state. Among the suspects were three men, Nwobodo Obumneme, Malachi Uzorchukwu and Ifesinachi Ogechukwu, said to have been arrested in connection with the killing of an …
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TRADERS in Anambra State have threatened showdown with the Department of State Services and the state government over the arrest of two market chairmen in the state. The group said the two men were arrested by the personnel of the DSS during a meeting with all market chairmen in the …
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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has banned the factional king of Awka Kingdom, Chief Austin Ndigwe from parading himself as monarch. Soludo in a press release by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu, said the duly recognised monarch of Awka Kingdom is Obi Gibson Nwosu. There was …
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Energy, a resident of Umunya in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, was allegedly killed by some alleged killer-herders. The deceased and some other people, who have yet to be identified, were said to have been lured into a forest in Aguleri forest in the state on Thursday …
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Driver of a trailer with no registration number has crushed a motorcycle rider to death on the Ihiala-Owerri Expressway, Anambra State. The accident, which happened on Sunday opposite Basco Hotel late involved three persons but only the motorcyclist died. According to PUNCH, an eyewitness said the driver of the trailer, who …
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A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Nkiru Okoye, the wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was allegedly beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over disputed landed property in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect was said to have invaded the home of the victim, alongside …
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Saturday, joint security personnel operating in Anambra State killed two gunmen in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area. In the early hours of Saturday, criminals operating at Okija Junction and robbing motorists along the Onitsha-Owerri Expressway were reportedly heard firing firearms. The criminals, however, were confronted by police and Nigerian military agents acting …
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A man identified as Kosarachukwu Ugwuka has confessed before a shrine to have killed his elder brother with rat poison in Akala village in Ezinifite, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.Lagos: Robbers Push Lady From Car, Suspect Dies After Police Chase Kosarachukwu made the confession on Sunday, July …
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A 30-year-old man has been apprehended for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman in Anambra. Police in the state made this known in statement on Sunday, noting that the incident happened in Nkwelle Awkuzu, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, on farmland. According to the statement by the state police …
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Some pupils of public primary schools in Anambra State have reportedly rejected rightful advancement in their academic journey in order to escape the pangs of hunger. The Programme Manager of the National Homegrown School Feeding Scheme in Anambra State, Mrs Eriken Uzoamaka disclosed this in Awka on Thursday. She said …
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