Browsing: Anambra State

At least six people were feared dead when armed men believed to be members of rival cult groups reportedly attacked certain areas in Awka, the capital of Anambra State on Sunday. The attacks were reported to have taken place in Okpuno area, around Eke Awka, and Obinagu. There was also a similar incident near […]

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, have arrested three suspected oil thieves operating in the state. The state Commandant of NSCDC, Olatunde Maku, during the parade of the suspects, on Friday, vowed to step up the fight against “crude oil theft, illegal oil bunkering and petroleum products black market […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital has sentenced Chinonso Chinaemelu, 27-year-old, and Okoye Christian, 20-year-old to one-year imprisonment respectively for vandalising a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc. This development was made known by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on Thursday. […]

The Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Ifeanyi Okeoma, has insisted that the collapsed Ochanja Road, Woliwo, Onitsha, is still under construction. Okeoma, who visited the part of the road reportedly washed away by heavy rainfall on Tuesday, said the contractor was applying the last bit of asphalt on the paver when it started raining, […]

The Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, said Anambra State is not making the progress it is expected to make because it is not connected to the central government. Ganduje, the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma and other APC leaders are currently attending the APC South-East Colloquium taking place in Nnewi, Anambra […]

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, revealed that he initially refused to construct a road in Okpoko community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state due to the fact that the House of Representatives member representing the area, Noble Igwe, belonged to the opposition party. Soludo said that when the house member complained about the poor state […]

The Anambra State Police Command said it has began search to “hunt down” gunmen who carried out the Thursday attack on the office of the Anambra State Vigilante Service in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state . In a press statement on Sunday, the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the […]

Some unknown individuals might be stuck after a five-floor building being constructed collapsed on Basden Street, Fegge, in the business city of Onitsha, Anambra State. The building was supposed to be used for business once finished, but it fell early on Sunday while some of the construction workers were […]

A middle-aged man simply identified as Onuora, is now in police custody at the Inland Town Police Division in Onitsha, for allegedly raping a schoolgirl in the Onitsha area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the suspect was arrested at the Ado Girls Secondary School, Onitsha by security operatives, who have been trailing him. […]