Tag Archives: Anambra

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo joined Anambra indigenes today, July 30, during its monthly sanitation.   The governor got his hands dirty as he used a shovel to pack dirt out of gutters.     On Facebook, he wrote: ‘We do not make excuses for things undone or wait for perfect …

An 11-year-old boy was on Sunday July 10, abducted at a Catholic church premise in Awka, Anambra State.   The kidnapping syndicate which comprised of an elderly man and a middle-aged man, stormed the church premise pretending to be looking for the parish catechist.   The kidnappers abducted the boy who …

Nworu had claimed in the post that suspected terrorists burnt a congregant, while three others fled into a nearby military barracks just as they were still holding others to ransom. “The post was not only false, but a complete mischievous scheme to cause tension in the state by inciting ethnic, …

A letter presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi wrote in 2007 rejecting lands allocated to him as Governor of Anambra state has gone viral online.    Rejecting the offer which came from Anambra State Housing Development Corporation, Peter Obi clearly stated that it is wrong for him to benefit from the …

A yet to be identified suspected vandal was electrocuted at Umuatuegwu in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.    The deceased was electrocuted in the early hours of Sunday, July, 3, while vandalising Umuezerimpi 500KVA Distribution Substation, property of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC).    The …

Anambra state government has confirmed that two suspected cases of monkeypox were recorded in some local governments in the South-East state.    Commissioner for Health Dr. Afam Obidike, who disclosed that some of the affected local governments are Anambra East, Onitsha and Oyi, further revealed that one of the cases has been …

The police in Anambra State have arrested a 30-year-old man who was allegedly caught raping a 75 year old woman in Nkwelle Awkuzu, in Oyi Local government of Anambra State, in the victim’s farmland.   Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the woman …

The Umueri community in Anambra East Local Government of Anambra, has suspended an 80-year-old Vincent Okoye from the royal cabinet for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl.   The monarch of the community,  Igwe Benneth Emeka, while addressing members of the All Nations Arise and Manifest Initiative at his palace on Saturday, …

The Anambra state police command on June 13 uncovered a hotel named Gally Gally in Nkpor where children between the ages of 14 and 17 are allegedly being used for sex slavery, prostitution, and baby factory.     A statement released by DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, spokesperson of the state police command, states …

Anambra State government has destroyed kidnappers’ den in Oba community, Idemmili South Local Government Area of the state.   The State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, in a statement by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said that the demolition took place on Friday, June 10, after security operatives had established that the …