A Canada-based Nigerian woman, Ezinne Nwanorue, has stirred widespread reactions on social media after celebrating the death of her mother-in-law, Comfort Chika Nwanorue, while her marital dispute with her husband, Franklin Nwanorue, continues to play out online. The latest development comes days after the couple went viral for publicly taking a fidelity oath. In a…
By Ovat Abeng Many people are still trapped after a three-storey building known as Elite Five Star Lodge, located beside Tonimas Filling Station in Amokpala, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, collapsed on Sunday night. Several occupants are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble as rescue operations continue. The incident was…
By Sylvia Okoi The Cross River State Government has intensified its environmental sanitation campaign with a crackdown on illegal structures obstructing drainage channels, ordering an immediate clean-up of markets and warning that activities capable of worsening flooding will no longer be tolerated. The Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Moses John Osogi, gave the warning during the…
By Ovat Abeng An Awka High Court in Anambra State, has sentenced one of the arrested fake Native Doctors, Onyebuchi Okocha aka Onyeze Jesus to six years imprisonment with the fine of N20 million. This is coming as the seven suspected fake Pastors who were recently arraigned would reman in custody until their respective matters…
By Clement James Properties worth an estimated N27 million have been destroyed as torrential rain pound Arab/Atimbo communities for hours, forcing residents to scamper safety while appealing to Governor Bassey Edet Otu to come to their aid. Specifically, residents of Arab in Calabar municipality were compelled to literarily wrestle with the flood in order to…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Command has rescued an unidentified middle-aged man who was found unconscious, and alleged to be under the influence of hard drugs in Awka. A press statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga said the rescue was in furtherance of its Police Campaign Against Cultism…
By Ovat Abeng The officials of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), on Wednesday, July 14th, 2026 sealed up three factories in Awada area of Onitsha over non-compliance with acceptable production standards. The enforcement team of the commission who raided the factories, destroyed freshly produced milk, which were in containers and being scooped…
By Ovat Abeng Bail has been refused for a self-styled online publisher/blogger, Ejike Ofoegbu, associated with Igbo Times Magazine and INews, who was today, July, 13, 2026, arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The defendant is accused of creating and publishing fabricated stories, defamatory content,…
By Stanley Nwako The Anambra State Government has intensified its campaign against quackery in the health sector with the arrest of a 47-year-old woman, Mrs. Onyinyechi Esther Charles, who is to be arraigned over allegations of carrying out surgical procedures without the required medical and surgical qualifications. Mrs. Charles, an indigene of Abia State who…
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,…
