Two police officers were on Thursday killed by hoodlums in a bloody attack in Uga community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums who stormed the area around 5.50pm in their scores, according to eyewitness, also abducted unconfirmed number of persons during the operation said to have taken hours without resistance. An eyewitness narrated,
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A female passenger lost her life while two others sustained injuries in a ghastly auto crash along Okija-Owerri expressway in Anambra State. The accident which occurred around 5.30pm on Thursday, involved a Nissan commercial bus with registration number: NEM608XA and Nissan Pathfinder Jeep. An eyewitness said the Jeep driver was driving against traffic on speed from
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A police officer, Cosmas Ugwu, attached to the Imo State Police Command, has allegedly been shot dead by his girlfriend. According to reports, Ugwu was shot dead on Tuesday by his 23-year-old lover, who was identified as Amanda Uchechi Ugo, a native of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Sources confirmed that the
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By: Toby Chuks Group known as Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Grassroots Movement of Nigeria has condemned the terrorist attack on residents of two Local Government Areas in Plateau State on Christmas eve describing the killing as most unfortunate and unacceptable. Recall that gunmen launched the attacks on residents of the two LGAs, including Mangu, at about
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The popular Nkpor Main market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, near the commercial city of Onitsha has been gutted by fire. The inferno which occurred Wednesday, reportedly affected a section of the market. Our correspondent gathered that the inferno had already razed about 30 shops before the traders mobilised and managed
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A motorcyclist was on Wednesday crushed to death by a tipper driver along Umunze-Ekwulobia road in Anambra State. The incident which occurred around 10:45am involved a Mercedes Benz tipper, a Mack Trailer and motorcycle with no registration number. An eye witness said the trailer rammed into the tipper and motorcycle and crashed following brake failure. He said
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The Anambra State Security Trust Fund has handed over 10 Units of security vehicles to the State Government, as part of efforts to intensify security operations by the State Vigilante Groups, AVGs, across the state. The vehicles were handed over by the Chairman of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, Chief Chidi Anyaegbu, and were received
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has called on traditional rulers to use their influential and privileged positions to forge a symbiotic relationship between the security agencies and their subjects. The Assistant Commandant General (ACG) in charge of Zone K, Headquarters Awka, Solomon T Iyamu,fsi, made the appeal during a courtesy visit to
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The Anambra Vigilant Group, AVG, Obosi Urban Unit, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State has said they have strategized to contend with criminal elements, during and after this year’s yuletide celebrations. It warned evil children from possible responsible parents never to gamble with their lives through coming into the said community for any
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Luck ran out on a couple trafficking one month old Baby from Lagos at Bridgehead in Onitsha Anambra State when they were rounded up by police operatives. The police spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement said the interception was made on December 17, 2023. He said the suspects who have been handed
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Mrs. Ugochukwu Chikelue, a mother of four children kidnapped along Igboezulu Aguleri road around 7pm on her way from the market on Friday has been rescued by the Deputy Commander-General (Technical Services) Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) Amb. Dr. Johnny Metchie. Chikelue, an Indigene of Umueri community whose husband lives in Lagos while she and
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No fewer than three persons lost their lives in an auto crash involving two vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The Daily Vendor gathered that about seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement on
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Police in Anambra State have rescued four children from same parents kidnapped by herdsmen in Achalla Village, Enugwu Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of the State. The Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga who confirmed this in a statement, said the rescue operation followed a distress call by mother of the victims. He said the abductors took
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Tricycle operators plying along UNIZIK to Ifite Isu junction, Awka in Anambra State have protested alleged high-handedness of vigilante operatives attached to the Commissioner for Homeland Affairs, Chief Chikodili Anarah, popularly known as Igba ka Igba Amanuke. The protest followed recent attack on a keke driver by members of vigilante operatives attached to the Commissioner
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Troops from Exercise Golden Dawn III, alongside the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Police Force, and Vigilante operatives, have carried out a raid on the camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in the Orsumoghu area of Anambra State. A statement released on Tuesday by the Nigerian Army said one
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