Anambra Police Rescue Four Siblings from Kidnappers

In a swift and decisive operation, the Anambra State Police Command has successfully rescued four children of the same family from the clutches of kidnappers. The daring rescue operation took place in the early hours of Saturday, 16th December, 2023, near Urum, approximately 25 kilometres away from their home in Achalla village, Enugwu Agidi. According to Information provided by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, the incident occurred on the...

One Dies, 20 Escape Death In Anambra Road Accident

One passenger was on Sunday evening confirmed death and twenty others escaped in a road accident in Anambra. According to the Public Relations Officer of the State Ministry of Health, Mr Chukwudi Nwuba, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka, on Monday, the victims were rescued following the swift response from the State Emergency Ambulance Service System 112. He said the accident that involved a Diana Truck and a commercial bus occurred at about...

Road Accident: Anambra Records 35 Death From January –November

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has disclosed that a total of 35 persons lost their lives while 270 were injured in 97 road crashes in Anambra State between January and November this year. Sector Commander, CC Adeoye Irelewuyi, who made the disclosure during a media forum sit-out with the command, said 820 persons were involved in the crashes, with 25 of them being fatal. He said the statistics showed significant improvement and reduction when...

We’ll make Tinubu our hero if he releases Kanu – Igbo youths

A youth based Igbo interest group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has said that it would name President Bola Tinubu as its hero if he releases leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu. The group in a press release signed by its President General, Goodluck Ibem read: “President Tinubu has before now been an advocate of the rule law and respect for court orders which informed his decision to...

NSCDC arrest armoured cable vandals in Anambra

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command has arrested a syndicate of four persons who specialize in vandalising armoured cables and other electrical installations in and around Awka metropolis. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, DSC Okadigbo Edwin, said the suspects were paraded at the Command’s Headquarters Awka on Friday. According to the statement, “Mr. Edwin Osuala said the arrest followed credible information received from a concerned citizen...

NSCDC officials brutalise Anambra based journalist

A budding journalist based in Anambra, Izunna Okafor is presently receiving treatment in the hospital following injuries inflicted on him by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Awka. Over 10 officers, who reportedly descended on the journalist reportedly, accused the media of being the problem of Nigeria. Okafor, formally with the now defunct National Light Newspapers and presently affiliated with several online platforms was coming back from Nnewi Saturday night ,...

Soludo suspends school principal for violating Anambra free education policy

The Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha, Dr. Fidelia Ogili has been asked to step down as the principal of the school for going against the mandate of Governor Chukwuma Soludo on free and compulsory Education for JSS students of the school. This is contained in a release signed by the Chairman Post Primary Schools Service Commission, PPSSC Awka, Professor Nkechi Ikediugwu. According to the release it was gathered that on a PTA meeting...

Anambra State Ranks 5th In HIV Prevalence Rate In Nigeria – Health Commissioner

The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, says the state is the fifth highest in HIV prevalence rate in Nigeria, and highest in the Southeast region. Dr. Obidike stated this in Awka during a press briefing in commemoration of World Aids Day. Briefing the media, the Commissioner, who noted that HIV is one of the issues of public health importance, revealed that it is estimated that ninety-eight thousand, nine hundred and sixty Ndi...

Protesters seek Anambra govt’s intervention as two killed in communal clash

Protesters from Enugwu Nsugbe community, Anambra East Local Government Area in Anambra State, have called on the state government for intervention following a communal clash with a neighbouring Nneyi Umueri community which claimed lives of two young persons. Our Reporter learnt that the two communities which shared boundaries have fallen apart over a perennial land dispute that has been going on for more than a decade. The recent clashled to the death of two youths;...

NNPCL: Nigeria will be net exporter of petrol in 2024; no more importation

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, expects to cease the importation of refined petroleum products by December 2024. The oil firm is also working towards making Nigeria a net exporter of refined petroleum products by the same deadline. “We will no longer be talking about fuel importation by the end of 2024. I am very optimistic that this will crystallize,” the Group Chief Officer of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari said on Thursday at a...

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