Tag: Anambra
One killed as Anambra police, kidnappers engage in shootout
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have rescued a kidnap victim after an exchange of gunfire with the fleeing abductors at Umuota Village,...
Anambra cult war: Police move against sponsors, assemble evidence
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderemi Adeoye has moved to stop the rise in cult related killings in Awka, the State capital.
Awka has...
Ebonyi gov’t condemns video portraying indigenes as criminals in Anambra
...Says Ebonyi people are law abiding, hardworking
The Ebonyi State government, on Friday, debunked a viral video portraying its citizens as criminals and miscreants in...
Couple arrested for starving five-year-old daughter in Anambra
A 47-year-old father, Mr Michael Wosu, and his 23-year-old wife, Blessing, residing at Adazi-Ani in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, are in...
Transformer vandal dies of electrocution in Anambra
An unidentified man was, yesterday, electrocuted while allegedly attempting to vandalise a transformer in Amawbia community in Awka South Local Council of Anambra State.
An...
Father, two sons die in Anambra building collapse
A three-storey building with a penthouse still under construction has collapsed in Egbu Umuenem, the Otolo Nnewi community, in the Nnewi North Local Government...
Anambra police nab robbers operating on 2nd Niger Bridge
The police in Anambra State have arrested two robbers who operate on the 2nd Niger Bridge.
The Bridge has recently been noticed to be a...
Newborn rescued from pit toilet after three days in Anambra
A newborn has been rescued from a pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area of the State three days after birth.
According to...
Flood sweeps two children away in Anambra
Two children have reportedly died in flood incidents that occurred at different locations at Nkwele Awka in the Awka South Local Government of Anambra...
Two women arrested for taking widow’s children into custody in Anambra
Two women identified as Felicia Nwosu and Chinenye Nwosu, from Ndiowu, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State have been brought before the...