The Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has set up a 10-member panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collapse of a five-storey building in Onitsha, Anambra. The state Chairman of the council, Mr Victor Metu, disclosed this…
An accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday, claimed the life of a woman. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. “The crash…
By Fatai Kasali A couple suspected to be trafficking a one- month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command on Tuesday. This was contained in a statement issued to the press in…
The Anambra Police Command said it has arrested a couple, suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Public Relations Officer of the command in a statement on Tuesday, said the interception was made…
Some youths wielding guns and other dangerous weapons tried to disrupt economic activities in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday. A source said the youths, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, burnt a commercial bus…
INEC says the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the mock accreditation of voters in Onitsha, Anambra on Saturday worked seamlessly. Mr. Reginald Onyeukwu, INEC’s Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) in Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra, made…
A member of a four-man robbery gang operating in Okpoko, a suburban town in Onitsha, Anambra State, has allegedly killed one of their members. It was gathered that the gang, which operated in a tricycle, were trying to rob a…
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has deduced that the large number of people at the Labour Party presidential campaign rally in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Tuesday was an indication that Nigerians prefer the party’s candidate, Peter Obi…
Some shops at the Ose Main Market, Onitsha, Anambra State, have been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, but it was gathered that it started…
The Taskforce on Counterfeit of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has confiscated hundreds of counterfeit liquid antiseptics and bleaching agents in a raid in Onitsha, Anambra state. Dr. Christiana Esenwah, the Deputy Director, NAFDAC Directorate…
