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Anambra poll: PSC boss warns police officers against misconduct 

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has cautioned police officers deployed to secure polling units during Saturday’s governorship elections to avoid misconduct.  Argungu disclosed the PSC staff have been deployed to the three Senatorial zones of Anambra State to monitor Police conduct during the election.  Argungu advised Police officers […]

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Police arrest six suspected cultists with arms in Anambra

Police arrest six suspected cultists with arms in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested six suspects for various offences at different “stop and search” operations at separate checkpoints across the state. In a statement on Sunday, the command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police Tochukwu Ikenga, said various arms, weapons and other incriminating items were recovered from the suspects during the exercise. Ikenga added that police operatives attached to Anaku Divisional Headquarters, while on “stop and search” at Anaku/Omor Junction, intercepted eight suspects riding on a motorcycle. He said the suspects fled the scene in the process of searching, but the police chased and arrested three of the suspects, […]

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FRSC officials controlling traffic

FRSC, international breweries partner to enhance road safety in Anambra

The International Breweries Ltd has partnered with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State Command, to improve road safety in Anambra. This collaboration was formalised during an official visit, led by the Corporate Manager of International Breweries Ltd, Okechukwu Nzeribe, to the Anambra State Sector Commander, Corps Commander Joyce Nnennaya Alexander on Thursday. This was […]

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NFF

Three killed, one missing in Anambra journalists kidnap

The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed deep sorrow and extended condolences to the families of three individuals who were killed by kidnappers in a tragic ambush along the Ihiala-Orlu Road, Anambra State, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. In a statement titled “NFF Sympathizes with Families of Slain Persons in SuperSport Unfortunate Kidnap Situation”, the federation, […]

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Gunmen set ablaze LG secretariat in Anambra

Some gunmen said to be in their large numbers, have attacked the Ogbaru Local Government Secretariat in Anambra State. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who invaded the LGA secretariat in the early hours of Friday, set buildings, including a town hall meant for traditional rulers and some administrative facilities at the premises ablaze. This […]

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Anambra beggers

Anambra arrests 16 child beggars in night raid

The Anambra State Government, through the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, has begun cracking down on syndicates using children to beg for alms in Awka, the state capital and environs. During a Tuesday night raid carried out by operatives of Awka Capital Development Authority, at the Aroma Junction in Awka and environs, […]

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Bereaved families of Anambra killings lament non-release of IG panel report

Victims and family members, including the elderly, who suffered extra-judicial killings in Anambra State, have lamented what they described as “2023 failed promise, failed justice” by the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force. In January, 2023, there were widespread allegations across various quarters against some police officers serving at the Zone 13 Command, Ukpo-Dunukofia, and […]

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IRENE ONWUAZOMBE AND HUSBAND

Contentment, fear of God sustained our marriage for 50 years – Anambra couple

Ezekiel Onwuazombe and his wife, Irene Onwuazombe, who recently celebrated their golden jubilee as a married couple and renewed their marital vows, tell EMMANUEL OJO how they surmounted the challenges that come with marriage How would you describe the journey of 50 years in marriage? Husband: I am very happy because when I look back, […]

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Nigeria’s poverty level threatens national security – Anambra lawmaker

Nigeria’s poverty level threatens national security – Anambra lawmaker

The senator representing Awka South 1 constituency in Anambra State, Henry Mbachu, said that the level of poverty in Nigeria is becoming a threat to national security The lawmaker who took a tour of some markets in his constituency said with the level of poverty ravaging a good number of Nigerians, it is evident that […]

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Nigeria Army troops

One dies as troops raid IPOB camps in Anambra

Troops of Exercise Golden Dawn III in conjunction with personnel of the Nigerian Navy, the Nigerian Police Force and local vigilante operatives on Monday, raided the camps of Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliates, the Eastern Security Network in Orsumoghu general area of Anambra State. The Nigerian Army in a statement on its […]

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