Chinagorom Ugwu

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Chinagorom Ugwu

The police have confirmed the incident. A 10-year-old son has allegedly shot dead his father, who is a police inspector in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east. The incident happened on Sunday in Awka, the state capital. The police inspector has been identified as Okolie Amechi. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Okolie was on duty at a Polaris Bank branch in Awka when his three children, including the 10-year-old son, visited him.

1 week ago | premiumtimesng.com | Chinagorom Ugwu

A 10-year-old son has allegedly shot dead his father, who is a police inspector in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened on Sunday in Awka, the state capital. The police inspector has been identified as Okolie Amechi. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Okolie was on duty at a Polaris Bank branch in Awka when his three children, including the 10-year-old son, visited him.

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Chinagorom Ugwu

Nigeria, June 17 -- A 10-year-old son has allegedly shot dead his father, who is a police inspector in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east. The incident happened on Sunday in Awka, the state capital. The police inspector has been identified as Okolie Amechi. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Okolie was on duty at a Polaris Bank branch in Awka when his three children, including the 10-year-old son, visited him.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Chinagorom Ugwu

IPOB had introduced a sit-at-home order every Monday across the South-east to pressure the Nigerian government to release its detained leader, Mr Kanu, who is being tried for terrorism at the Federal High Court in Abuja. A total of 776 people were killed and over N7.6 trillion lost since 2021 in Nigeria's South-east during sit-at-home enforced by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a report has said.

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Chinagorom Ugwu

Nigeria, June 12 -- The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has ordered the detention of three police inspectors for allegedly extorting a man. The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday night. Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, did not disclose the identities of the inspectors and the victim. Mr Ikenga said the inspectors had accosted the man during a security patrol, forcibly searched his phone and extorted him.