By Ovat Abeng Police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu in collaboration with the Anambra State Vigilante Group (AVG) Agunechemba, has neutralize four suspected insurgents terrorizing part of the State. The state police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Saturday, said the operation was…
By Ovat Abeng Anambra-East and West constituents have blasted their representatives at the state and federal legislatures over the very devastating and deplorable conditions of the Nneyi-Umueri-Anam road in the area. Our findings at the Nneyi-Umueri-Anam road on Tuesday 26th August this year, we gathered from locals in the constituency that the road which they…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Special Anti-Touting Squad (SASA) has arrested four suspected persons in Achalla community, Awka North Local Government Area, for allegedly impersonating the Squad’s operatives and conducting illegal operations in the area. The suspects were reportedly parading the streets of Achalla community, wearing uniforms and carrying fake Anti tout (NdiAkudo) identity…
A policeman, identified as Inspector Yusuf Ibrahim has shot to death a soldier, Master Warrant Officer (MWO) Ali Haruna, who was on duty with the 33 Artillery Brigade in the Futuk area of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Monday, 25th August, 2025. According to reports from a security and counterinsurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the truck with registration…
A Cross River State Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Moore Road, Calabar, presided over by Chief Magistrate E. Ecoma, has declined jurisdiction to hear and determine a four-count charge brought by the Nigeria Police Force, Calabar, against Media Personality and former Special Assistant Media to the immediate past Governor of Cross River State Miss Ursula…
By Kelvin Obambon The serene Agbokim Waterfall community in Etung local government area of Cross River State was thrown into distress in the early hours of Tuesday when a massive fire consumed five houses and properties worth millions of naira. An eyewitness, Thomas Akam, told The Paradise News that the blaze originated from a leak…
By Ovat Abeng The Anambra State Police Operatives attached to Rapid Response Squad Akwuzu acting on credible information on 22nd August, 2025 arrest one Akpan Godwin ‘m’, aged 65 years, in possession of 1,100 rounds of live ammunition in Nkpor, Onitsha, the commercial city of the State. The state police public relations officer, SP Tochukwu…
By Ovat Abeng The youth wing of Anambra State Town Union Council (ASTUC), on Saturday, held solidarity rally in support of continuation of Agunaechemba and Udo Ga-Achi operatives established by the present administration of governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo to curb crime in the state. They urged politicians not to politicise insecurity in the State. This…
Tragedy struck Amakpu Okuku community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday morning when a man in his 50s, identified simply as Odomma, was found dead after allegedly taking his own life. Residents said the father of four, who sold water in jerry cans and buckets, had long struggled with financial…
By Our Reporter The Chairman of the Cross River State Diaspora Commission, Mr. Otu Okor, has come under fire for allegedly impersonating the revered Etuboms’ Council of the Efik Kingdom by adorning a red feather on a white bidak cap, a sacred symbol reserved exclusively for Etuboms. In a strongly worded statement issued on Tuesday,…