Three people have narrowly escaped death following a collision that occurred between four vehicles at Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The accident which occurred at about 11:46am, Sunday 26 April, 2020 along the Nnobi – Nnewi road involved multiple vehicles and was attributed to over speeding. The Federal Road Safety Corps,
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The Odekpe town and Alla community, both in Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State have been thrown into mourning following communal clash over land disputes leaving no fewer than four persons dead and many properties destroyed. THE DAILY VENDOR correspondence gathered that the clash started on Monday, when youths of both communities mobilized
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NSCDC emergency help lines: Headquarters: 07038924664, 08058922941, 08036011552 or 08035771835. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra State Command has deployed its officers to ensure total enforcement of the state’s government directive for a total lock down of all forms of activities and movements within the state to avert the spread of the Coronavirus
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In Anambra, a High Court has ordered a former House of Representatives member, Ifeanyi Ibezim, to pay the sum of N1 million (One million naira) to Mr Paul Onwughalu and Mr Friday Titus Umah as damage for violating their fundamental human rights. The High Court which sat at Oba also ordered Ibezim, who represented Idemili
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By: Augustine Okafor When I saw this invitation, my first reaction was that I was not going to come, and truly I did not want to come; I came purposely to express my feelings about SWAN and after expressing my feelings I will go. These where the opening sentences of Tony Oli, Chairman of Anambra
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Three people were confirmed dead, while eight others sustained injuries in an accident involving two vehicles at Amansea near Awka, along Awka – Enugu old road on Saturday. Mr Pascal Anigbo, Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, confirmed the accident in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday
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In Anambra State, an overhead tank has crushed two schoolchildren to death on Wednesday, while two other pupils were said to have also sustained injuries. Fox Channel learnt that the fully loaded water tank fell inside their classroom at the Royal Kings Foundation Nursery and Primary Schools at Nkpor-Agu in the Idemili North Local Government
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At least seven persons were injured and property worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded and kindled a fire at No. 23, Emmanuel Church road, Inland Town Onitsha. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident which occurred at about 10:30 a.m. destroyed two rooms in a
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A man yet to be identified has allegedly died in a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State, during a sex romp with a widow. According to City Round the man checked in with a lady at about 5pm on Thursday, but not quite 30 minutes later, he started shouting for help, holding his chest. The source
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The Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra Command, on Friday, said no casualty was recorded when a petrol tanker burnt at Upper Iweka in Onitsha. The state Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol with no registration number, caught fire about 2:30 am
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A middle-aged man has been allegedly shot dead by personnel of the Department of State Services in Alor, Idemili South local government area, Anambra state. The victim whose name was giving as Onyeocha Umuokwu, a domestic staff to one Engr Emeka Eze was allegedly killed by the officer attached to a VIP’s house in the
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The Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation, has chided Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, for “spending N1.35bn on beautification of some cities in the state for the Yuletide. The leader of the group, Uzor Dede, in a statement accused governors of South-East states of extravagance, and calling on the Economic and Financial
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17 persons escape death in Anambra auto crash
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…Police reacts to attack on officers by suspected IPOB members at Oraifite. The Anambra state command of the Nigerian Police Force has reacted to the attack on its officers, by armed men suspected to be IPOB members, at Oraifite, Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State Monday. The attack which took place Monday, left two
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