Gunmen attack NTA Onitsha office

Suspected gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) office in Onitsha, Anambra and set ablaze some equipment and Star Times building within the premises.

The Acting Manager of the station, Mr Chris Nwigwe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone that the incident occurred at about 1:40am.

“Some armed men tried to attack the staff on duty but only succeeded in burning down the Star Times building,” he said.

Accident at Awka-Etiti: Obiano Promises to Assuage the Pains of the Bereaved Family, Cautions Careless Drivers

A 911 Lorry with registration number XB 751-PHC yesterday crushed a mother and her grand child to death at IKB Junction, Ejighinandu, near Eke Awka-Etiti along Nnobi-Ekwulobia Express Way in Idemili South local government of Anambra State.
With the corpses of the victims decapitated, heads crushed and the woman’s hand cut off, the children of the woman were crying uncontrollably beside their late mother, while the crowd watched helplessly until Obiano’s convoy coming back from a function at Mbosi arrived the scene.

ABL STAR JOHN OWHE SENDS KIDS ON SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES

African Basketball League (ABL) star John Owhe who plays for the Lagos Warriors Basketball Club, sent two kids; Egbabor Prosper and Rosemary Odebunmi -on a sports scholarship- to Ribet Academy, located in Los Angeles, California.

Anambra government arrests over 70 tax extortion suspects

 No fewer than 70 suspects have been arrested for allegedly harassing, extorting and collecting illegal revenue from motorists in Onitsha, Anambra.

The suspects, who operated mostly along Upper Iweka road and Head Bridge, were apprehended by a joint team of the Nigeria Police and officers of an Anambra Government agency, Ocha Brigade.

South East Farmers Call for Construction of Irrigation projects in the zone.

Stakeholders from the south east of Nigeria  have called on the Federal Government to provide them with various irrigation projects that will spread across the region  to enable farmers from the zone have uninterrupted farming season annually .

PHOTOS: Read What Facebook founder, Zuckerberg Came to do in Nigeria---

Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, yesterday, arrived Nigeria unannounced. The 32-year-old tech enterpreneur surprisingly made a sudden visit and inspection of activities at the Co-Creation Hub, Yaba Lagos. Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg with Nigerian tech entrepreneurs His arrival to Nigeria is not unconnected to the ‘Facebook for developers’ workshop’ for Nigerian engineers, product managers and partners holding today in Lagos. The event is expected to help the

Police Confirm Ezinifite Lovers Death

The residents of Ezinifite Awka, in Awka south Local government area of Anambra are yet to recover from shock over the ill-fated death of two persons alleged to be in relationship who were found dead at the early hour of Sunday morning .
The residents recalled that the duo was last seen at the wee hour of the penultimate Saturday night before the unfortunate incident happened.

Police uncovers ammunition bank I. Agulu

The commissioner of police Anambra state, Sam Okaula has called on residents of the state to make public any suspected hideout for criminal activities & assured their identity would be of utmost confidentiality.
Addressing newsmen at Umuowelle community, Agulu, in Antiocha LGA, where storage of ammunitions were unearthed, worth millions of naira. 
He stressed the need for the people to provide police  with  genuine information to uncover hideouts of criminals whose stock in trade has been to course insecurity in the state.

NEMA INTENSIFY SENSITIZATION AGAINST POSSIBLE FLOODING IN ANAMBRA

The recent prediction of impending floods in different parts of the country by Nigeria Meteorological Agency NIMET and Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has continued to engage the attention of relevant stakeholders especially after the 2012 flood disaster which left scores dead and thousands homeless in many parts of the country.
 Already, the rains have started; states are carrying out enlightenment campaigns among other measures to prepare their citizens ahead of possible disaster by providing them with early warning information to guard them against been taken unaware in event of uncertainty
Anambra state government in its zeal to tackle the situation has set up sensitization team with 28 internal displaced persons camps IDPs across the 10 local government areas which are prone to flooding as part of the preventive measures to checkmate possible damages in the course of the flooding.

Onitsha Residents Call For Desilting of Their Drains

Following predictions that many states in the country, including Anambra, would be affected by flood disaster this rainy season, residents of Onitsha community have called on the state government to help desilt their blocked gutters to ease free flow of water in the drains.
They lamented that major drainages in Onitsha are blocked due to the congested nature of the environment and called on the state government to come to their aid in making sure their drains are through for free flow of water.