Tag Archives: Anambra

Six members of a family have drowned in Nzam community in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State.   The deceased were getting ready to leave their home for a safer place when the floodwater surged into their house and they all drowned   A video shared online shows …

30 persons are reportedly missing after a boat carrying 85 passengers capsized in Umunnankwo community of Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State on Friday, Octoner 7.   Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that the boat took off from Onukwu Bridge and was heading for Nkwo market and Ogbakuba; both in Ogbaru …

Member representing Nnewi South and Nnewi North of Anambra State at the National Assembly, Hon.Chris Emeka Azubogu, has recalled how his driver was killed on the same day he assumed duty.   Unknown gunmen attacked the lawmaker’s motorcade on Septemebr 30, 2021, at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of …

Anambra State Government has banned the activities of transport unions and also sacked touts from motor parks in the state. In a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu on Thursday September 29, it was stated that only government-accredited agents are entitled to now collect tolls at …

Oseloka Obaze, the Secretary to the State Government during the administration of Peter Obi in Anambra state, has reacted to former Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole claim of him (Obi) not fighting insecurity in Anambra state.    Recall that while addressing APC youths on Sunday September 18, Oshiomhole had …

A man identified as Akpa Lebechukwu from Enugu State has been arrested for macheting a commercial bus driver to death at Okija Junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State today September 18.   A statement released by DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, spokesperson of the state police command, says the driver …

A 40-year-old man, Ikechukwu Onuma, who was killed by his wife’s alleged lesbian lover, has been laid in Onitsha, Anambra State.   The deceased was stabbed to death by the suspect after he allegedly caught her and his wife, Nkemdili, in bed on August 9, 2022.    Another version of the story also had it …

Unknown gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah at Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state on Sunday September 11, leaving an unspecified number of his aides dead.   The gunmen opened fire on the convoy this evening. The police operatives in the convoy responded to the …

Three students of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam Campus, were recently found dead in their lodge on Wednesday, September 7.   According to reports, the deceased students identified as Obidiaso Chidera, a 200-level political science student, Mercy, a pharmacy student, and Emmanuella, a Business Administration student, were found dead in Goodluck …

Madam Amarachi  Okechi, the 45-year-old widow who was tied and flogged mercilessly by youths in Umueghu in Amaegbuato Nkpa Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State has cried out for justice.   In an interview with Vanguard, the mother of ten said her accuser, Mrs Patience Obinna, also a widow, …