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Anambra seminarian apprehended for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl

4 months ago1076 min

The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare and Security Operatives, has apprehended a 34-year-old man, identified as Chukwudi Okoye, for defiling a 10-year-old girl. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect said to be a seminarian in the Anglican Communion, committed the act in the Amanuke community, Awka North Local Government Area in the state. A statement on Tuesday by Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the state Commissioner for Women...

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Seminarian arrested for defiling 10-year-old girl in Anambra

4 months ago1045 min

The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare and security operatives, have apprehended a 34-year-old man, identified as Chukwudi Okoye, for defiling a 10-year-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect said to be a seminarian in the Anglican Communion, committed the act in the Amanuke community, Awka North Local Government Area in Anambra State. According to a statement on Tuesday, the Media Aide to the state Commissioner for Women Affairs...

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Police hunt abductors of three in Anambra community

4 months ago2826 min

The Anambra State Police Command on Sunday said it had begun a search for the yet-to-be-identified gunmen who abducted three persons along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in the Aguata Local Government Area of the state. The police reaction was coming after the heavily armed assailants had kidnapped the three men at different locations of the community, earlier in the morning. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims, based outside Anambra, had just returned to attend an...

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Gunmen abduct three persons in Anambra community

4 months ago2704 min

No fewer than three persons have been reportedly abducted along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified assailants. Although the details of the incident remain sketchy, it was gathered that the armed assailants kidnapped the three men at different locations in the community early Sunday. The kidnap is said to be coming after some gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the Omata junction along the Nnewi Oba...

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Anambra market, traders fight over collapsing tower demolition

5 months ago888 min

Crisis is brewing between the leadership of Ugwuagba Obosi Electrical Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State and some traders following a two-week notice issued by the market chairman to demolish a collapsing three-storey security tower. Concerns have been raised in the market over the dangers posed by the tower which prompted the petitioning of the Anambra State Urban Development Board, by one of the traders, Chekwube Nwankwo, (a.k.a. Okolobia Jesus). Irked...

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NSCDC nabs fake naval rating in Anambra

5 months ago816 min

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command has arrested a suspect impersonating a Nigerian Navy rating and engaging in fraudulent activities in the state. The suspect, Chukwugozirim Christian, a 39-year-old male from Nnobi in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, was apprehended at the Kwata Junction in Awka on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, by the NSCDC operatives on a routine visibility patrol. The Anambra State NSCDC Commandant, Maku Olatunde,...

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Anambra bizman arraigned over alleged threat to life

5 months ago6354 min

The Nigeria Police on Monday arraigned a 39-year-old businessman, Tochukwu Nwosu, before the Magistrate Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, for allegedly assaulting and threatening to kill his elder brother, Dr Chinwike Oke-Nwosu. The defendant is facing 11 counts bordering on wilful damage, unlawful damage, assault, and threat to life preferred against him, by the police. Nwosu, who resides at No. 3 Nwosu Lane, Agbana Ngene Village, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of...

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Mother, four children die of suspected food poisoning in Anambra

5 months ago985 min

Five persons, including a mother and her four children, have died in circumstances suspected to be food poisoning at Abubor Nnewichi community, in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims, who hailed from the Okwuchukwu family in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state but resided in Nnewi, died after taking their dinner on Monday, PUNCH Metro findings revealed. An eyewitness and family source who spoke with our correspondent on...

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Anambra vigilantes arrest herbalist with 11 human bones

5 months ago874 min

Security operatives which included vigilantes in Anambra State have arrested an herbalist, identified simply as Ezekiel, with about 11 different human bones in his possession. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect, who hails from Ezza in Ebonyi State, was arrested over the weekend by security operatives in Neni, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, where he resides. In a video currently trending on social media, which our correspondent watched on Tuesday, the security operatives...

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Two jailed 14 years for stealing iron rods in Anambra

5 months ago6403 min

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Amawbia, Anambra State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Philip Avatus and Pius Dickson, to seven years imprisonment each, for stealing rods worth N1.1m in the state. Both men, who hail from Taraba State, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy, theft and malicious damage levelled against them. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate, Mike Anyadiegwu, noted their remorse and sentenced them to seven years each, with the terms running concurrently....

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