True leadership is demonstrated not only by words, but by showing up when the people need help the most. The Biase Rescue Movement (BRM), an APC support group from Biase Local Government Area, Cross River State, led by its Director General, visited flood-affected communities in Umon South to commiserate with affected families and extend a…
By Nsan Ndoma-Neji For 23 years, 44-year-old Daniel Emori has lived in agony on sickbed after a stray cow knocked him down. It was October 10, 2003. The Adadama, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State-born young man was just 21, full of dreams and hustle. Born on May 3, 1982, into a poor…
A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has slumped and died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker identified as Angela Defa Jacob. The incident happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local…
By Ovat Abeng The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Nnanna Oji Ama, has ordered the immediate issuance of queries to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of 3-3 Police Station and a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), while directing the immediate commencement of disciplinary proceedings against an Inspector of Police, following allegations…
By Ovat Abeng The General Overseer of Dayspring Assembly, Awada, Obosi, Anambra State, Pastor Harrison Anazodo, on Monday appeared in a wheelchair before High Court in Awka as proceedings opened in the criminal case arising from allegations that first made national headlines earlier this year. Anazodo is standing trial on a seven-count charge bordering on…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has disrupted a suspected cult-related gathering at Abagana Street, Fegge, Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State following credible intelligence received by operatives of Fegge Police Station. The State Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, said…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command, through its Safe School Operatives, in collaboration with concerned members of the community, has rescued nine persons following a flood incident along the Nibo–Isiagu Road, Awka North Local Government Area of the State. The incident according to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in…
A Nigerian cleric wanted by Cameroonian authorities has gone into hiding after a mummified body was discovered buried beneath a concrete slab at a property linked to his church in Yaoundé. Cameroon Tribune reports on Tuesday that the body was found on September 19 at about 9am by officers of the Nkoabang Special Police Station…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it’s has arrested a 22-year-old lady, identified as Nwachukwu Chidubem Blessing, in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy, fraud and suspected self-kidnapping, following the payment of three million naira ransom by her family. The suspect according to the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command said it’s seeking the assistance of members of the public in identifying and reuniting a four-year-old boy, who gave his name as Ifedimma Emmanuel, with his family. The child according to SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the State Command’s Public Relations Officer, in a statement in Awka, on Sunday,…
