A 19-year-old girl has been rescued by the Anambra State Government who was allegedly gang raped by six boys in Anam, Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. According to Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, while speaking with newsmen on Saturday, said that the suspects had been arrested. The…
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor has said that the state will not obey any illegal sit-at-home orders. Soludo, who stated this following the state government’s directive, said that residents should ignore the sit-at-home order by unauthorised individuals or groups in the state. The directive was contained in a statement issued by the Press…
Following the controversy surrounded by Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), who scored 263 aggregates which the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has discovered to be fake, the Anambra State government said on Sunday, declared that it has instituted a panel of inquiry to unravel the circumstances surrounding the forgery…
The Anambra State House of Assembly was on Thursday, thrown into panic as four armed men, suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, tried to whisk away a member-elect for Nnewi North constituency, Mr Onyekachukwu Ike. It was gathered that the armed men drove into the Assembly complex in three vehicles…
Annie Okonkwo, an ex-lawmaker representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, has been reported dead. According to a family source, Okonkwo died in the United States, where he had been receiving treatment. He was said to have suffered cancer of the lungs but recovered. In April, it relapsed and he had been on life support until he…
United States Embassy officials have paid a courtesy visit to the Naval Base in Onitsha, Anambra State as a follow-up to the incident of attack on the US convoy in Ogbaru on May 16, 2023, while commending the naval personnel for their role in rescuing the two missing officials of the embassy in Ogbaru. It…
The United States Embassy on Friday, in Abuja, has confirmed that two of its employees, involved in the Anambra convoy attack, have been successfully rescued. In a statement released on Friday in Abuja, the embassy said that two employees involved in the Anambra convoy attack have been rescued and are now safe under the protection…
Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Anambra State Commissioner for Education, on Saturday praised Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma for her outstanding performance during the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, while she described it as “excellent and very outstanding.” In a statement issued by the ministry in Awka, Chuma-Udeh said that…
Suspected kidnapper on Wednesday, burnt alive by residents of Ogbunike community, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra, while rescuing a female victim held by the gang The Informant247 learned that the kidnappers had launched operation in Ogidi, a neighbouring community in Idemili North Local Government Area, and were on their way to their hideout when…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has recorded overwhelming result in his home state, Anambra despite glaring opposition from notable politicians in the state. Prof. Nnenna Oti, the state collation officer, while declaring the results in Awka, said that Obi polled a total of 584,621 votes to defeat other candidates. The…
A member of a four armed robberry gang operating in Okpoko, a town in Onitsha, Anambra State, has allegedly killed his colleague. The Informant247 gathered that the robbers, who operated in a tricycle, were trying to rob a victim when one of them mistakenly fired a shot, lodging a bullet in the chest of their…
Five persons have escaped death in a fire explosion occured around 2am in a four-bedroom apartment along Araba Street, Awka, Anambra State, destroying properties worth millions. Ahmed Idris, an occupant of one of the rooms, while speaking to newsmen on Friday, said he and other victims, from different families were fast asleep when the incident…
Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed four persons in Eziani community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen on Tuesday raided the community and started shooting sporadically into the air, killing the victims; three males and a female, who was said to be pregnant. The source said that the gunmen…
Hoodlums, on Tuesday, reportedly killed four people, including a woman, in Eziani in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The yet-to-be-identified deceased lost their lives following indiscriminate shooting by the gunmen armed with Ak47. The Informant247 gathered that the hoodlums immediately took to their heels after the attack, leaving the deceased in the pool…
Obosi traditional ruler in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III, has decried the increasing rate of cult-related killings in the community, while also pointed out that cultists murdered the President General of the Community, Ike Okolo, on January 2, 2023. The monarch was reacting to the killing of Okolo,…
Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed four on Monday in Nodu Okpuno in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Informant247 gathered that the suspects, who arrived in the area in a white Toyota Corolla car, were said to have fled after killing the victims, saying the hoodlums pursued someone into a compound and…
Suspected gunmen have set ablaze, the Divisional Police Headquarters in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Wednesday morning, which caused tension and uncertainty in the community. The gunmen attacked the police station and started shooting sporadically, thereby scaring police officers on duty away, before setting the building on fire. The reason behind…
A 40-year-old man, Kenneth Nwangwu, has been apprehended by the Nigeria Police for allegedly defiling his nine-year-old daughter in Akama village, Igbo-ukwu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect was arrested following a tip-off by a whistle-blower, he, however, denied the allegation, saying it was the handiwork of his enemies. Nwangwu said,…
Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, Director-General of Atiku Abubakar-Ifeanyi Okowa Presidential Campaign Management Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra says the party will win majority votes in the state. “We are targeting not less than one million voters who will troop out en-masse on the day of election; cast their votes for the PDP…
Members of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State have protested the sacking of some Priests by Bishop Jonas Benson Okoye of Nnewi diocese. Bishop Okoye was said to have sacked the Holy Ghost Fathers residing at St Martin’s de Porres Catholic Church, Ihiala. Informant247 learnt that the Holy Ghost Fathers have been in charge…
