Tag: ANAMBRA STATE, CRIME, CULTISTS, News, Nigeria, NNL
Man reveals why cultists disrupted rival’s funeral in Anambra
A social media user, Godwin Okpala has explained why about 20 persons in the Ebenebe community of Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, were...
Suspected cultists invade funeral kill 20, desecrate corpse
Armed men suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra...
Six persons burnt, raw materials razed as fire guts paint factory
No fewer than seven persons have sustained various degrees of injuries in a Thursday afternoon fire at a paint factory at Obosi, near Onitsha. The...
Gunmen kill one, kidnap two during Thursday night operation in Oko
Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, shot and killed one person while operating at Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen, who...
Police arraigns varsity professor, 4 others over alleged forgery
The Nigeria Police Force, on Tuesday, docked a Professor, Obiajulu Obikeze before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged involvement in the...
Man jailed 21 years for attempted murder
An Onitsha High Court, Anambra State, presided over by Justice S.N. Odili, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Sunday Emenike, to 21 years’ imprisonment for the...
Guber election petition tribunal begins sitting in Ilorin
The Anambra Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Monday commenced sitting in Ilorin. The tribunal, chaired by Justice Balikisu Mohammed, has Justices...
Anambra Couple reject quit notice, demand N36m for upgrading facility
A couple, Benjamin and Felicia Ubakaeze, have dragged their landlord before an Idemili High Court sitting at Oba, in the Idemili South Local Government...
Man jailed 7 years for drug falsification
A middle-aged man, Ogbodo Friday, will be spending the next seven years behind bars as he was sentenced by a Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra...
Gunmen raid communities, three killed, residents panic
No fewer than three persons lost their lives when gunmen invaded Nnobi community in the Idemili North Local Government Area and Ekwulobia, in the Aguata...
Church holds prayer rally in Onitsha to protest ritual killings
The Grace of God Mission International, a pentecostal church in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Sunday held a prayer rally around the city to protest the spate...
Police arrest man for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death
A man identified as Ikenna Asiegbu, has allegedly killed his girlfriend, a 22-year-old Chidimma Christophe, in Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area of...
Protest as Anambra trader pays apprentice N100,000 after nine-year service
Some traders and apprentices at the International Electrical Market, Obosi/Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday, reportedly protested against a trader for...
Twin brothers allegedly defile 10-year-old girl in Anambra
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly defiled by 16-year-old twin brothers in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government of Anambra. The Executive Director of Davina...
Nobody can destroy what I worked so hard to build – Obi Cubana
Socialite and celebrity club owner, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, says nobody can destroy his name and all that he had “worked so hard to...
Nigerian Military Operatives Launch Offensive Against IPOB/ESN Members In Anambra
Nigerian military operatives have launched coordinated attacks against members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its military wing, the...
Catholic School Hurriedly Buries Student Who Died After Maltreatment By Teacher
An 11-year-old JSS 1 student of St Valerian Catholic School, Onitsha, Anambra State, Izuchukwu David Onwualu, has died after being allegedly maltreated by...
Family demands justice for 41-year-old businessman found dead in Anambra hotel
The family and friends of a 41-year-old businessman, Mr Azubuike Nwokolo, found dead in a hotel room in Amichi, Nnewi North of Anambra state, have demanded...
Learn from Anambra governorship election, British envoy tells FG
The British High Commission has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to learn from, and improve for the 2023 general election, from the...
How N17bn Paris Club refund landed Obiano on EFCC’s watch list
Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, was placed on a watchlist by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly mismanaging over N17...
