Tag Archives: Anambra

Five gunmen and a police officer have been confirmed dead following a gun battle that took place on Sunday morning, February 19, at a police station in Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.   The Nation reported that a resident of the area said the hoodlums came …

Three police officers have been confirmed dead after hoodlums attacked the Anambra State Police Command in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, in the early hours of Saturday, February 18.   According to residents of the area, the hoodlums, who came in large numbers, stormed the police station, began shooting …

The Anambra State Police Command has called on the public especially residents of Abia, Akwa-Ibom, and Rivers State to help identify these children, for a possible reunion with their parents.    A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, gave the names of the minors as …

The police in Anambra State have killed one gunman during an attack on the Ogidi Police Station in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Monday, February 13.   The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this to journalists in …

The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Success James, to prison for offences of child labor, child exploitation, abduction of children and child stealing.     The convict was earlier apprehended at Onitsha and arraigned before the Chief …

Gunmen have killed a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State.   Prof. Anthony Eze of the Faculty of Education was shot dead in the early hours of Tuesday, February 7, 2023.    It was gathered that the assailants stormed the deceased’s residence in Awka with a Toyota …

An old facility used by the police and vigilante services in Abagana community in Njikoka Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State was on Friday night, January 3, attacked gunmen.    Channels Television reported that two vigilante operatives were killed during the attack which began by 9pm and lasted for …

A motor accident which occurred at Umuokpu, along Onitsha-Enugu expressway, Anambra state has left 42 people injured.    The accident which occurred around 11:30am on Tuesday, January 31, involved two vehicles, a tipper and bus with the inscription of a private school.   It was further gathered that fifteen men …

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning, February 1, attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area.    The gunmen who were armed with dangerous weapons including petrol bombs, also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential …

  A mobile phone plaza opposite Eke Awka Market in Anambra State capital, Awka, has been razed down by fire around 7.28pm on Tuesday, January 24.    The Nation reported that the fire which was caused by a power surge, destroyed mobile phones and other accessories worth millions of naira.   Eyewitnesses …