A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, has been announced dead. Mbadinuju was said to have died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday, at the age of 78 Mbadinuju, who was fondly called “Odera”, was the Anambra governor between 1999 and 2003 under the platform of …
Read More »
There will be supplementary elections in Anambra West and Anambra East Federal Constituency as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has detected over-voting in two polling units. The Returning Officer, Dr Ugochukwu Okafor, made the declaration on Monday at Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra. He said that …
Read More »
Police in Anambra State killed one gunman during an attack on Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The state police command’s public relations officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this to journalists in a press release. He said: “Today 13/2/2023, by 2:15 am, police operatives …
Read More »
THE agelong war between Anaku and Omor communities in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State, yesterday, evening reared its head again as no fewer than five persons were feared killed. The reason for the current crisis is yet to be ascertained, but Newsextra24 gathered that it may be in connection …
Read More »
Barely three weeks to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it’s in Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra state was on Tuesday morning attacked and set ablaze by unknown gunmen. Among the items lost to the inferno are 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, 256 election …
Read More »
Police in Anambra State have arrested nine persons who were found vandalising electricity installations and equipment. The men were arrested in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area, after they had destroyed an electric mast, with the aid of heavy equipment. The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga in a …
Read More »
Gunmen have killed four persons on Nzomiwu Street in Eziani community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the community on Tuesday and started shooting into the air, thereby killing the victims – three males and a female, who was said to be pregnant. …
Read More »
A young man known as Izuchukwu Charles Igweka has been murdered in Anambra State. Izuchukwu was killed at a location within Ukpor Town in Nnewi South Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Thursday, January 5, according to mourners on social media. The deceased was preparing for his traditional wedding …
Read More »
One person died and eight others injured in an accident that occured at Ukpo Junction, along the Onitsha-Nteje-Awka Expressway. The road crash involving two vehicles, a commercial Toyota/Hiace bus with Registration number JRV 616 XA and another commercial Toyota/Hiace bus with registration number JJJ 179 XS, occurred late on …
Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over the reported kidnapping of five newborn babies in Anambra, directing that the rising crime rate in the areas be reduced without any delay. The reported kidnapping occurred at Stanley Hospital, Nkpologwu in the state. The kidnappers were said to have picked the babies …
Read More »
