Two middle-aged men have been confirmed dead following a violent machete fight in Akpap-Okoyong community, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. The tragic incident reportedly stemmed from an argument over the disappearance of a bunch of plantain from a farm. An eyewitness and resident of the community, identified as Ete Mma, told journalists…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu acting on credible information in the early hours of 17th January, 2026 arrested one Friday Akonobi, male, aged 28 years over alleged abduction and murder. The arrest according to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, is in connection…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested two suspected hoodlums who were part of the armed gang that attack the former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige in the state. The arrest was disclosed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga in Awka, on Thursday….
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old male suspect, Anikpe Valentine Chibuike, in connection with the murder of his girlfriend, Ogechukwu Mmadubugwu, a 35-year-old single mother in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of the State. According to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the State Police Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this in…
Thieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said. A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was “very professionally executed”….
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested two suspected kidnappers linked to the 2023 abduction and killing of a neurology professor, Ekanem Philip-Ephraim, in Cross River State. Philip-Ephraim was abducted on July 13, 2023, at her office in Calabar, Cross River State, and was later confirmed killed by her abductors. According to…
Gunmen suspected to be fleeing an undisclosed incident on Christmas Day shot an assistant parish priest of Saint Kelvin Catholic Church, Ogbaku, in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The priest, whose identity had yet to be officially confirmed as of press time, was reportedly shot at about 8am on Christmas Day…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one suspect, Oluchukwu Anyaoku, following the emergence of a viral online video in which the suspect was allegedly issuing threats of violence and vowing to destroy all police formations in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State. The arrest was contained in a…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered two kidnapped Cameroonian female dead bodies in Anambra river. The recovery information was contained in a statement signed and made available to Journalists in Awka on Saturday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga The statement read: “Anambra State Police Command…
By Kelvin Obambon The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Cross River State has apprehended a 52-year-old teacher, Mr. Onun Ikoli, and his wife, Mrs. Itam Onun, in the Yakurr local government area. The couple was arrested for being in possession of 360 bags of marijuana (Indian Hemp), which had a total weight of…
