About four persons were reportedly killed in a gun battle between gunmen and security operatives in Aguluzigbo community in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gun duel, which occurred Tuesday morning, continued till arrival of reinforcement of combined operatives who repelled the attack. Although the casualty figure was yet to be ascertained, a trending
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An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. The priest was also accused of forcefully taking the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she was delivered of
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Over 500 people of Iruobeli village of Mbanano Enugwu Agidi Community, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday protested alleged growing harassment of their sons and daughters at their farmlands. They accused the owner of the Blue Shield Security Outfit Ozo Jeff Nweke as the man behind their present predicament. Speaking on
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A grassroot politician, Chief Patrick Ezeanaka, reportedly kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified thugs in Anambra State, has finally regained his freedom, after spending two weeks in kidnappers den. Ezeanaka, a native of Nanka community in Orumba North Local Government Area of the State, was said to have been whisked away by same heavily-armed thugs who assassinated the
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Fresh facts have emerged revealing that the women that protested naked against police over alleged crime surge in Awka were hired. Over 1000 indigenes of Awka community, including women had on Wednesday, protested alleged killings of their husbands and sons, accusing some top senior Police officers of masterminding the killings. The protesters, drawn from twenty
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Mrs Eucharia Agbasimalo, wife of kidnapped Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the November 2021 Anambra State governorship election, Obiorah Agbasimalo has alleged that the two suspects standing trial in the kidnap case collected N5 million on behalf of the alleged kidnappers for the release of her husband, but never released him. She said N2.5
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A suspected prostitute had confessed resorting to prostitution business over lack of money to complete her studies. The suspect, identified as Esther John from Akwa-Ibom State was among the 20 suspects arrested in Onitsha, Anambra State by Operatives of the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade. She revealed that she was in her final
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In a groundbreaking initiative to cushion the effects of erosion and bad road network in Orumba South communities the visionary Chairman of Orumba South Local Government Area, Prince Neville Uchendu yesterday flagged off ” Operation Access Orumba South Local Roads, A Palliative work by Nevclition Nig Ltd at Nawfija Community in Orumba South local government
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Five inmates of Correctional Service Center in Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have vowed not to be involved in any vices capable of returning them back to the facility. The inmates, Chidozie Ikile, Chikwube Obiagu, Ebuka Afoba, Izuchukwu Nwosu, and Ozodo Uchechukwu made the pledge after they were granted freedom
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No fewer than five persons of Umueri community in Anambra-East Local Government Area of Anambra State have been hospitalized in fresh land crisis that ensued between Nsugbe and Umueri in the early hours of Wednesday, November 22, 2023. The said land crisis between Nneyi Umueri and Enugwu-Nsugbe which dates back to 1906 is said to
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Over 500 indigenes of 20 villages in Awka community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state on Wednesday protested spate of cultism and killings of their kinsmen. The protesters, comprising men, women and youths marched round the Awka capital city with placards, accusing some senior officers in the Police Command of aiding and abetting
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A 12-year-old boy has vowed not to go back to his father after being chased by out of the house following allegations of witchcraft by his stepmother. The boy, identified as Godswill Okon Effiong, a native of Urboroh in Akwa Ibom State made the vow while recounting his ordeal after he was found missing in
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In line with its policy of keeping Nnewi free from kidnappers, armed robbery, cyber crime (Yahoo Yahoo), exploitation of young girls and other forms of crimes, the Nnewi Vigilante Service has commenced the implementation of its security plan known as Operation Sweep. The operation kicked off yesterday with a raid on two buildings at Obiofia,
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Police in Anambra State have smashed a 3-man syndicate dealing with prohibited arms in Onitsha, the commercial city of the state. Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this on Saturday said 23 pump action guns and 625 live cartridges were recovered from the syndicate in Onitsha. He said the feat followed weeks of intensive surveillance by
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Police in Anambra State have arrested two deadly syndicates extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public via deadly threats in Ozubulu and Umunze towns of the State. Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement said the suspects were nabbed at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area Headquarters after painstaking investigation. He said the
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