By David Asu The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA) has carried out an on-the-spot assessment following a devastating landslide at Ikot Anwatim Community in Calabar Municipality that claimed the lives of five persons and left two others hospitalized. The assessment, conducted on Saturday, July 11, was led by the Director General of CR-SEMA,…
By Ovat Abeng The Publisher and owner of Igbo Times Magazine and News, Ejike Ofoegbu Experience, has retracted and tender unreserved apology to the Anambra state governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo and his family for publishing fake, false and tarnishable stories about them. The apology was contained in a statement he personally signed and issued to…
By Ovat Abeng The Police-led joint security patrol team, Aguata Sector, in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, has recorded a major operational success on the evening of 23rd June 2026 following an armed confrontation with a suspected secessionist armed gang along the Ogboji–Ajalli road in Orumba South Local Government Area of the State….
By Our Reporter The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a woman and one other suspect following the alleged strangulation and killing of her newborn baby girl in Damaturu, the state capital. In a statement released on Monday, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed that the infant was allegedly strangled shortly after…
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 19-year-old university student who was allegedly stabbed to death by his elder brother during a fight over bathroom slippers. The incident occurred on June 17, 2026, and involved two brothers, Fejiro, 21, a 200-level university student, and Joseph, 19, a 100-level student. According to…
By Ovat Abeng Traders at the popular Oye-agu market Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, has threatened to barricade the state government house (Light House Awka), in protest against the government plan demolition of some structures in the market. The traders lamented that the action, if not reconsider as planned, will put thousands…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to Oyi Divisional Headquarters, acting on credible intelligence, on 19th June 2026 successfully foiled an alleged attempt by a 21-year-old woman to sell her newborn baby. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on…
By Ovat Abeng Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have rescued a 15-year-old pregnant girl and arrested a suspect in connection with her alleged defilement. The arrest was made when Police operatives attached to Achalla Divisional Police Headquarters, Awka, acting on credible intelligence, raided a location around St. Paul’s Secondary School, Achalla, on Wednesday…
A 43-year-old father of six children, Babangida Garba has been arrested in Funtua Local government area of Katsina State for turning a goat to his sidechic. Garuba, a Goldsmith at the Kasuan Mata area in Funtua, was caught in the act by his wife who raised the alarm that attracted residents who eventually handed him…
By Kingsley Agim The Cross River State Government has intensified its crackdown on quackery and unsafe medical practices with the closure of an illegal maternity facility in Calabar Municipality following the reported death of a patient after surgery. The facility, Safe Hand’s Maternity Clinic, was sealed by the Cross River State Task Force on Health…
