Residents call on Government to Fix Igbo-ukwu road For Socio-Economic Importance

Residents of Igbo-Ukwu community in Agauta local government area of Anambra state have made a passionate call to the government to fix the  community road connecting Imo, Awka Ibom and Abia state, owing to its socio-economic importance to the people of the state.
They lamented the deplorable state of the inter-states road, which history posits as the road leading to the Igbo-Ukwu Museum antiquity known as 'origin of all migrants;.
 The situation posses to be challenging for the people of Igbo-Ukwu community over the deplorable state of their road which connects six communities through Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra state.

ANAMBRA POLICE COMMAND WARNS FULANI HERDSMEN AGAINST BEARING ARMS WHILE ON PASTORAL DUTY

The Anambra state commissioner of police, Sam Olaula has warned Fulani residents in the state not to shield criminals among them in the bid to sustain the peaceful co-existence between them and their host community.
He charged them to expose anyone found wanting in the move to breach law and order in the state, says police would not hesitate to arrest any Fulani herdsman found bearing ammunition in the course of their postural duty.

Anambra Police Command Arrest 8 Suspects In Connection with NTA Onitsha, Startime Complex Explosion

Anambra state police command has arrested eight persons allegedly involved in the foiled Nigeria Television Authority Channel (NTA) Channel 35 Onitsha’s explosive attack.
This was disclosed in press statement, signed by the state commissioner of police Sam Okaula, in Awka, stating that the suspects were arrested due to a follow up information gathered in connection with the incident.

PRISON CONGESTION IN ANAMBRA

In the bid to decongest the number of inmates serving various jails terms in Anambra prisons, Chairman, Anambra football Association, Ifeanyi Uba has promised to embark on visitation tour of prisons in the state,
He pledged to carry out the exercise with his team of lawyers to ensure Nigerians are not unlawful detained.

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 .

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