Tag Archives: Anambra

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has said it would withdraw the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) result of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for parading a fake score. A statement released by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday July 2, says Mmesoma scored 249 in …

Anambra State Government has commenced the installation of clock-in devices in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously.   Dr Afam Obidike, the Commissioner for Health disclosed this during a meeting with administrators of public hospitals in Awka, the state’s capital.    …

Two persons were allegedly gunned down during a clash between rival cult groups in Awka, the Anambra State capital.    It was gathered that the attack occurred at about 11:AM on Friday, June 30, 2023, around Ukwuoji Bus Stop, along Zik’s Avenue in Awka.   The reason for the attack …

Police operatives from Ogidi Division, Anambra State, have arrested the Ojoto community vigilante commander and two others for the kidnap and murder of a tricycle operator, Christian Oluchukwu Onah.     Onah, from Ovoko community, Igbo-Eze South LGA, Enugu State but residing in Oba, Idemili South LGA, Anambra State, was …

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a notorious child trafficker and owner of a brother in Oba, Idemili Local Government Area of the state, who uses underage girls as s3x workers.      LIB reported that Oba youths and vigilantes raided the brothel on Friday morning, June 23, 2023 …

Youths in Oba in Idemili South Council Area of Anambra State on Friday morning, June 23, stormed a brothel where underaged girls work as sex workers.   It was gathered that the brothel is run by a woman identified as “Madam Ukwu Venze”.    It was further gathered that the …

The Anambra State Government in collaboration with the State Police Command, rescued about 12 females including three underaged girls from a brothel in Awka.     The raid was carried out at Happiness Guest Inn in Amawbia, on Monday, June 19, 2023, after a tip off from a whistleblower.   …

A witness of Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of  PDP in the February 25 presidential election, Ndubuisi Nwobu, on Wednesday June 7, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, that the Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, rigged Atiku out in the presidential election in Anambra state.     While giving …

Gunmen have kidnapped a priest of the Nnewi Catholic Diocese, in Anambra State, Rev Fr Stanislaus Mbamara.   The young priest was kidnapped on Friday evening, June 2, 2023, while driving from Awka, the state capital, to Nnewi, where he serves.   The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi confirmed the development …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested members of a syndicate involved in the illicit importation and trafficking of lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, a drug which is 100 times stronger than Tramadol and capable of causing mass casualty among the youth population being targeted by the …