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Nov 26, 2024 | 
nigeriaworld.com | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
GUNMEN said to be numbering over six, driving in two Toyota Sienna vehicles on Tuesday, at about 5 pm, abducted three persons said to be returning home after the day’s business, around Traffic Light Junction Umudim Nnewi. Traffic Light Junction is a stone’s throw from Innoson Motorcycle Showroom, off Onitsha Okigwe Expressway, and the road leading to Innoson Motor Factory Umudim Nnewi, North Local Government Area, Anambra State.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
The Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Province of the Niger, has called on the Nigerian Federal Government to end the prosecution of minors who were detained for allegedly flying a Russian flag. The Church argued that rather than punishing these children, who may not understand the implications of their actions, the government should focus on those producing and distributing such flags.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, has accused the Nigerian Army of intimidating and misleading the judges handling the case of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, with fake news about the pro-Biafra group.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Anayo Okoli |Vincent Ujumadu |Chidi Nkwopara |Steve Oko |Chimaobi Nwaiwu |Dennis Agbo | +3 more
Enugu — The lingering insecurity in the South East region is not abating. The situation, especially in Anambra and Imo States, is getting out of hand, and giving the people serious concern. Residents of the region daily live in fear. Very recently, members of the crew of Super Sports going to cover the match between the Super Eagles and the Mediterranean Knights of Libya in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were kidnapped in Isseke, a border town in Ihiala council area with Orlu, Imo State.
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Sep 28, 2024 | 
newsheadlines.com.ng | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
By Chimaobi NwaiwuNNEWI—— General apathy and late arrival of electoral material marred the 2024 Local Government Election in Onitsha North, Onitsha South, Anambra East and Nnewi North Local Government Areas of Anambra State. Complaints of late arrival and lack of voting materials by some people who were interested in voting, while others who were neither interested nor waiting for the officials and electoral materials to arrive, saw the whole process as a sham.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
All markets, stores and artisan's shops in Nnewi the industrial town and Onitsha the commercial city of Anambra State, opened for business as traders and youths shun the #EndBadGovernance# nationwide protest that started today across the country. As usual as early as 6:30 am commercial buses and tricycle movement were noticeable on the roads and streets in Nnewi and Onitsha, conveying traders and artisans to their respective markets, stores and shops in the towns.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Kingsley Omonobi |Chimaobi Nwaiwu
Abuja — ...lIPoB faults govt's approval of military retaliationThe House of Representatives has asked security agencies in the country to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances leading to the murder of soldiers by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
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May 31, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Ugochukwu Alaribe |Steve Oko |Chinedu Adonu |Chimaobi Nwaiwu
Three soldiers were killed, yesterday, as the sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of Biafra, MASSOB, to honour Biafra heroes and heroines who died during the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, turned bloody. Streets were deserted, schools, banks and markets shut while commercial activities were grounded in most parts of Anambra, Ebonyi, Abia, Enugu and Imo states.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
theafrica.co.za | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu NNEWIThe Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, and the Vice Chancellor of the University on the Niger, Umunya, Anambra State, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, have described the University on the Niger as a university that values character over anything else. In their separate speeches during the orientation programme for the pioneer students of the institution held at Archbishop C. J.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Chimaobi Nwaiwu
The National Inland Water Authority, NIWA, has confirmed the deaths of eight people in a boat mishap that happened in Umumu Anam, Anambra State. The passenger boat, according to NIWA, was travelling from Idah in Kogi State to Onitsha in Anambra State and was carrying about 50 passengers on board when it rammed into a snag on the water channel and capsized.
