The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic nuns by unidentified gunmen along Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued in Onitsha on Wednesday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the incident occurred on Tuesday evening. The nuns were…
The Anambra State Police command has arrested two brothers who allegedly killed and buried their brother in a shallow grave in their compound in Oko community, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state Commissioner for Police, Nnaghe Itam, while speaking during a press conference in Awka, said the deceased, Chibuzor Okeke, was…
The Anambra State Police Command said it has begun a manhunt on the killers of three children of a native doctor murdered at their home in Nise community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The yet-to-be-identified murderers were said to have scaled the fence of the building where they gained entry into…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the kidnapped senior Anglican cleric, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has been freed. Archbishop Okpala was released alongside his driver. Okpala, a retired Archbishop of the Niger Province and Bishop of Nnewi was abducted while on his way to Umuchu, a community in Anambra State, for a burial ceremony. Details of…
The Police have confirmed that gunmen who attacked people preparing for a burial ceremony in Ihiala community of Anambra State on Monday killed a total of nine people, including two security operatives. Spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the two security operatives were…
Law Mefor, commissioner for information in Anambra state, says the Chukwuma Soludo administration is only after native doctors providing charms for kidnappers and armed robbers in the state. Mefor issued the clarification on Saturday, following concerns raised by native doctors across the state after reports suggested that Soludo had declared war on them. Soludo reportedly…
Anambra state is gripped by fear following two tragic incidents involving prominent clergymen. The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi has confirmed the murder of Rev. Fr. Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, a Catholic priest and pharmacist, who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Boxing Day, December 26. The attack occurred between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. along the…
Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted the member, representing Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. Vanguard gathered that Hon. Azuka, was abducted while returning home at Ugwunaobankpa road, Inland Town Onitsha. The abducted lawmaker is a chieftain of Labour Party, LP, who regained his mandate after court sacked…
The police in Anambra State have confirmed that 22 people lost their lives on Saturday during a stampede in Okija, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area. Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesperson in the state, shared the tragic update in a statement on Sunday morning. Residents had gathered to receive bags of rice donated by…
An unconfirmed number of residents of Okija community in Anambra state have reportedly lost their lives in a stampede. This media outlet understands that the stampede occurred on Saturday morning during an event for the distribution of rice. Victims of the stampede are mostly women. Multiple social media videos seen by our correspondent show lifeless…