The houses of the deputy speaker of Anambra State, Pascal Agbodike and one traditional ruler in the state were set on fire by some gunmen. The gunmen also burned down two houses owned by the President-General of Osumoghu, Nze Denis Muomaife. The incident has resulted in a stakeholders’ meeting, which involved the leaders of Anambra…
A wanted gunman has been arrested by operatives of vigilante in Ezinifitte, Nnewi South Local Government Area, Anambra State. The notorious gunman has been alleged of being responsible for series of atrocities in Ezinifitte, and the whole of Nnewi South. The suspect while revealing his identity said his name was Chukwuma Ejionye. He added that…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that the Igbo need to vote for him in the forthcoming presidential election, so that it will be easy for Igbo presidency to come to reality in the future. He made this revelation while speaking to members and supporters of his party…
Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, Anambra State has rescued a 13-year-old girl who was impregnated by her guardian, Mr Sunday Muoghalu and gave birth to a baby. The news of the delivery of the baby spread out on social media over the weekend, where it shows the teenage mother carrying her newborn at a…
Ebonyi State police command has on Thursday, arrested one Anthony Onuoha over alleged car theft. The suspect also confessed to have worked with 30 election riggers during last year’s Anambra election in favour of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. Onuoha was paraded alongside other suspect over alleged that they were hired by one Uche General to…
Some suspected gunmen attacked hospital in Aguata council area of Anambra state, carried away four newborns The incidents which occured in Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s council sees the assailants also made away with bloodstained wrappers and clothes of women who just put to bed. Meanwhile, residents in the area have raised an alarm that the incident…
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and the Presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on Thursday (today) met in Awka, the capital of the state. The two political actors who are from the state, met at St Patrick Cathedral, Awka during the Thanksgiving mass of Most Rev. Bishop Ezeokafor’s 70th…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has expressed anger at the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo for speaking against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. Soludo had earlier released a lengthy letter, saying Obi cannot win the presidential ambition, and that he was just catching a cruise. The Secretary-General…
Gunmen attacked the hometown of the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo (Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area), on Saturday. It was gathered from sources that no fewer than two military officers and four of the attacking gunmen lost their lives in a heated gun engagement which happened between the hoodlums and officers…
Properties and goods worth millions of naira were on Tuesday consumed by a fire incident at the popular Ọgbọ Ọgwụ Market in Onitsha, Anambra. Mr Martin Agbili, the Anambra Fire Service chief, while confirming the incident, said the cause of the inferno have not been ascertained. Agbili also revealed that the fire incident consumed a…
The Anambra State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed an accident at Onitsha Head Bridge by Asaba-Onitsha Expressway. According to the corps, the accident took the lives of a female and two male pedestrians on Friday. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who’s the Sector Commander, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Awka, saying that the accident…
Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, the former Governor of Anambra State, has said he was ready to prostrate or be on his knee before President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo also disclosed that Professor George Obiozor, the leader of…
A family of six persons have become victims of flood in at Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident occurred in Nzam community on Tuesday. Report has it that the family drowned after their house was submerged. In a video which is making round on social media, the…
No fewer than 16 dead bodies out of the 76 passengers declared missing in a boat tragedy in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, have been recovered. The former Transition Committee Chairman of Ogbaru local government area, Mr. Arinze Awogu, gave the figure of recovered dead bodies as 13. But one of the indigenes of…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has lost one of his intimate loyalists. Chief Sylvester Nwobu-Alor, who’s an intimate ally of Obi is dead. The Informant247 gathered that Chief Alor who was one of the founding fathers of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and was reported to be a mentor to…
A woman, Chinelo Udogu has beaten her three-year-old child to death. Report has it that Udogu’s action was out of anger and that on discovering that the baby has given up the ghost, she allegedly put her dead body in a bag and threw her in a bush. In a video making round on social…
Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday reportedly killed five soldiers and one unidentified civilian in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the soldiers were in a Toyota Sienna vehicle on surveillance when the hoodlums attacked them. An eyewitness said the…
Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has confirmed the killing of military officers in Umunze, and also condemned the act. The Governor in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, revealed that the unidentified gunmen ambushed military officers during a surveillance at Umunze. Governor Soludo said: “We condemn this wicked and…
A commercial bus driver has been macheted to death by a man identified as Akpa Lebechukwu in Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Okija Junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, where the driver who was returning from Lagos, and moving to Imo State parked to drop off some passengers….
Police Command in Anambra State has apprehended one 26 year old Chisom Nweke, The suspect has been accused of using charms to defraud operators of POS within Awka and its environs. Nweke was apprehended by police officers on September 15 at about 9am along Amawabia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The spokesperson…
