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,…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo has pardoned popular native doctor, Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly knows as Akwa Okuko Tiwara Aki. Nwangwu who was among eight native doctors arrested in 2025 for their involvement in the promotion of money ritual, quick wealth and use of human parts for ritual had earlier this…
By Ovat Abeng Following the adjournment of a 98-year-old land dispute matter between Enugwu quarters and Umuenu quarters of Umuawulu community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the people of Umuenu has reiterated their called on the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, to steer clear and remain…
By Kelvin Obambon A viral video documenting a tense altercation between operatives of the Cross River State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) and the Chairman of Calabar Municipality, Hon. James Anam, has sparked public outrage and renewed scrutiny over police conduct in Nigeria. The video, recorded from inside an operational vehicle by what…
By Ovat Abeng The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Anambra State Command has arrested three suspects for vandalizing properties and building structures belonging to the State government at Onitsha. The suspects according to SC Okadigbo Edwin Head, Media and Tactical Operations NSCDC Anambra State Command who disclosed this in a statement in Awka…
By Ovat Abeng The people of Umuenu Quarters in Umuawulu Community, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, have petitioned the Anambra State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Tobechukwu Nweke SAN, over the lingering activities of land invaders and land grabbers, threatening to dispossess them of their ancestral land, homes and farms. In the…
No fewer than 47 job applicants were defrauded of over N51.8 million during the cancelled 2024/2025 local government recruitment exercise in Cross River State. The Chairman of the Cross River State Local Government Service Commission, Barr. Eyo Nsa Ekpo, disclosed this during an early-morning radio programme, Let’s Talk Nigeria, on Sparkling FM. According to Ekpo,…
By Uthman Oriyomi The Delta State Police Command has recorded further operational successes in its efforts to curb the proliferation of illegal firearms and combat violent crime across the State, as operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) and Command Anti-Cult Unit (CACU), in separate intelligence-led operations, arrested two suspects and recovered two pump-action…
