About 30 vehicles, 20 buildings and other properties worth millions of naira were on Tuesday destroyed by irate youths in Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State, over election crisis in the community. Trouble reportedly started when the landlords Association (non indigenes) in the area carried out election of their leaders which did
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Anambra State Command said it has rescued a 23-year-old woman and her four underaged children from a suspected human trafficker. The Public Relations Officer, Okafor Anthony in a statement, said the male suspect, from Benin Republic had falsely assumed a Nigerian identity to lure
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Residents of Nodu Community in Awka South local government area of Anambra State are still in shock over the death of three students of Tansian International College, Nodu. The deceased were said to have been struck by lightning while playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted preparatory to a football tournament. Six
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No fewer than 20 women of Ogwuaniocha community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state have protested alleged abduction of their husbands and killing of their sons by a militant group called Pillar Youths. The protesters said the suspected group have declared their oppositions wanted alleging that members of the group were in the
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Anambra State government on Friday said its newly inaugurated Special Anti-Touting Squad Anambra (SASA) was not involved in the mob action that claimed lives of two brothers in Onitsha, commercial city of the state. Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, in a statement, described reports linking government to the jungle justice as calumnious, baseless and
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Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad, SASA, has arrested 632 suspected touts in various parts of the state few weeks of its inauguration. Director of Operations of the Squad, Mr. Solomon Onwuemene in a chat with newsmen, said the suspects were arrested during a raid in Onitsha North and South, Ogbaru and Idemili North Local Government Areas
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing Worldwide has charged relevant security agencies to work in synergy to fish out those behind the killings of over 50 bodies recently discovered at Lokpanta cattle market, Umunneochi, Abia State. National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Chika Art Adiele, in a statement, said the group was launching a fact finding mission into the
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Two brothers from same parents were on Wednesday lynched and set ablaze by angry mob for extorting and robbing tricycle and commercial bus drivers in Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased, simply identified as Omuma and Sunday, were said to be carrying out the act around Haruna/Bida junction, near Oniitsha main market, despite recent launch of
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Over twenty sex workers have been rescued in a brothel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra state. The girls, between the ages of 15 and 25 were rescued during a raid by team from Ministry of Women Affairs in collaboration with State Police Command following tip off from a whistleblower. Narrating their
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Angry residents of Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday pelted stones on men of the State Fire Service while attempting to extinguish fire from a fallen petrol tanker in the area. The residents who stormed the scene of the incident to scoop the fuel content, reportedly stoned the firefighters when
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A yet-to-be identified man was on Saturday caught vandalizing popular Peez Supermarket at Aroma junction, Awka, Anambra State . This was coming weeks after three parks, Ekwulobia Urban Mass, Star Sunny and TRACAS were reportedly robbed within the area. An eye witness said the robbery took place between 7 to 8am, adding that it was the
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Police in Anambra State have arrested one Obioma Okafor-Ama, popularly known as Alagbon Nise. Alagbon is said to be a thorn in the flesh of people of Nise Community in Awka South Local Government Area over the years. Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye, who confirmed the arrest to reporters, said the suspect was arrested in
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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has declared full blown war against touting in the state, saying days of touts in the state were numbered. He challenged Chairman of markets in the state to take responsibility of their various domains, warning that any market touts were still operating would be disbanded and Chairmen removed from
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A middle-aged woman, Oluchukwu Nwosu has blamed economic hardship for her alleged selling of her daughter’s 3-month-old baby in Nnewi, Anambra State. She said the daughter, who had earlier given birth to two babies, had abandoned the babies for her to take care of. She said she sold the baby for N50,000, saying the other
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Three policemen attached to Onitsha Police Area Command, Anambra State, were said to have been detained at Police headquarters, Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly killing a father of three, late Mr. Chibueze Samuel Nwakor, who lived at No. 15F Haruna St. Odoakpu/Sokoto road junction on 13th October, 2023, at about 6pm on the fateful day. Counsel to
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