Tag: Tochukwu Ikenga

The victim was kidnapped and held in captivity for days before the kidnappers later contacted her family to demand ransom.

“The (joint security) team neutralised five members of the armed group, while some others escaped with various degrees of bullet ...

The Catholic nuns were released on Monday, about six days after they were abducted.

The incident occurred on Saturday night in Nise, a community in Awka South Local Government Area of the Anambra State.

The latest incident occurred barely three days after suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra killed two Nigerian soldiers ...

“This decisive action followed credible intelligence on the activities of the criminal gang in the area, coupled with information obtained ...

The latest development occurred days after over 35 people, mostly children, died during a stampede at a carnival in Ibadan, ...

“During interrogations, (one of) the suspects claimed to be a sergeant and a serving member of the Nigeria Police Force ...

The police said they recovered from the suspects some items including a one pump action gun, three live cartridges, cutlass, ...

The latest attack came about two weeks after gunmen attacked vigilante operatives along Amesi-Uga Road in Umuchu, a community in ...

“Nobody has the right to inflict this kind of injury on anyone, even if the person is your wife.”

The hoodlums invaded the communities between 8 a.m and 9 a.m. on Monday, residents told PREMIUM TIMES.

The police appealed to residents of the Anambra community to provide them with information.

This latest attack occurred hours after gunmen attacked Njaba Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo, another state in the South-east.

The latest attack occurred barely a week after gunmen attacked the Headquarters of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

“We saw some buildings that were blown up. We believe the gunmen used an explosive device to do that," a ...

Awka and other parts of Anambra State have witnessed criminal attacks in recent times.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported how the police in the state, in reaction to a video of the incident posted on ...

The police said they have arrested the operatives.

The priest was kidnapped on Sunday while returning from a church service in the state.

Police said the suspects were arrested on Saturday morning.

IPOB had earlier this month announced that there would be a sit-at-home on 30 May across the South-east to mark ...

The Catholic was kidnapped on 15 May at Eke Nkpor by Obosi Bypass in Idemili North Local Government Area of ...

The officers were said to have been filmed assaulting a yet-to-be-identified resident in an unknown location in the state.

The anti-cult campaign by the police in Anambra State comes in the wake of the recent cult-related attacks and killings ...