By Anastasia Mbabie and Handel Patrick (Staff Reporters) The Anambra State Police Operatives have arrested a 34 years old man, Mr. Onwele Anayofor allegedly killing a three years old child. Anambra State Police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this to the journalist said the incident happened at Hillview Estate, Nkwelle -Ezunaka, near Onitsha. Ikenga said: “Today 16/6/2022 police operatives arrested one Mr. Onwele Anayo ‘M’ aged 34years on the murder of Divine Eze...
By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra State Council, has decried the bad condition of roads in the state and urged the state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to do quick and repair them. The pen pushers stated this in a communique endorsed by its state chairman, Dr. Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, and made available to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Thursday. Stating that roads in the...
By Handel Patrick and Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporters) Police operatives in Anambra have rescued 35 girls from a baby factory in the Nkpor area of the southeast state. A statement by the spokesman of the Anambra Police Command Ikenga Tochukwu said the girls were rescued during a raid in a hotel. “Following a rigorous analysis of crime trends and pattern, the Command operatives on 13th June 2022, working on information burst a hotel named Gally...
By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) The major road into the Awkuzu community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra was barricaded this morning, as flood from yesterday’s heavy downpour blocked a section of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The flood, which destroyed property running into millions of naira, most of which belong to artisans, also trapped Police officers at Nigeria Police Force, Anambra State CID Annex, Awkuzu. On arriving at the scene, individual efforts were being...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) describes the COVID-19 pandemic as a defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge faced since World War II. The UN agency argues that since COVID-19’s emergence in Asia in 2019, the virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica. It says the pandemic is in fact much more than a health crisis taking into consideration its unprecedented socio-economic impact. Stressing every one of the countries...
OWERRI — The All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo Chapter, has commended a judgement of the Supreme Court affirming Mr. MacDonald Ebere as the rightful chairman of the party in the state. In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Cajetan Duke, on Tuesday in Owerri, the party described the judgment as a “landmark victory”. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ruling followed a majority judgment of the apex court,...
African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed 150 million dollars to First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., under it’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. According to the statement, the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, Prof. Benedict Oramah, said the disbursement was further proof of the relevance of the programme in helping...
Advocacy to vote for individual candidates without considering their party affiliation will not change the current system; rather, it may yield a disruptive and regressive governance environment —Anthony Obi Ogbo The current governance system in Nigeria has reached the brink of structural catastrophe. The entire leadership system is wrecked beyond recognition, and the victims of the ineffectual and callous leaders are those who cheered and voted for them. There are clear indications that a radical...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) AWKA — Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Peter Umeadi, has picked his vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. In a release made available to the media in Awka, Anambra State capital by his campaign organisation on Sunday, the former Chief Judge announced his running mate as Abdullahi Muhammed Koli from Bauchi State. According to the release Koli is a frontline labour union activist and...
YOLA — The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three local hunters for aiding kidnapping in Girei and Fufore Local Governments in the state. According to a statement by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sulaan Nguroje, said the suspects: Auwal Mohammed (28), Isa Umaru (40), and Rabiu Mohammed (19) have been terrorising residents of Girei, Pariya and Daware villages in Girei and Fufore local government areas. He said the police had recovered one motorcycle,...
