Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking in Edo State, destroying 11,330 kilograms of cannabis worth millions of naira in Atororo forest, Owan West…

Anambra Police arrest suspect on wanted list, recover firearm in breakthrough

Anambra State Police Command Operatives attached to Rapid Response squad, Awkuzu, acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Kingsley Eze, male, 34, in Abagana. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu…

Anambra Police Command debunks malicious video alleging officer’s aiding kidnapping

Anambra State Police Command has debunked a malicious video currently trending on social media, alleging that a Police Officer is aiding kidnapping and violent crimes in the State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra…

Anambra Police Command arrests 10 suspected cultists, confiscates firearm, ammunition

Stanley Ihedigbo Anambra State Police Command, in its ongoing onslaught against cultism and violent crimes, through Police Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SPACS) Enugu Ukwu, arrested 10 suspected cultists, confiscated firearms and ammunition. According…

43-year-old man caught pretending to be mentally unstable while running a secret marijuana farm

Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Patrick Ojele, who pretended to be mentally unstable while secretly cultivating a marijuana farm in Awka for over two years. According to the Police Public Relations Officer,…

Nsugbe community rattled as Anambra Police arrest four suspected cultists in violent clash

Anambra State Police Command, in a joint operation with local vigilante operatives, has arrested four suspected cultists following a violent clash at Nsugbe, Anambra East Local Government Area (LGA). According to the Police Public Relations Officer,…

North -South divide

By Dr. Austin Orette Are we really divided by geography or culture? Nigeria is a very heterogeneous society. From the cacophony of our disagreements, there is a straight line that separates the North and the South,…

Duality of African soul

By Austin Orette Religion in Nigeria will always be a cog in the wheel of progress because this is the Trojan horse the colonizers left behind. It is the only thing that leads to arrested development…

Akwa Ibom State electricity law- Legislative drafter’s overview

By Emmanuel Nicholas The Law establishes a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity within Akwa Ibom State. Its principal aim is to enable a competitive, climate‑smart, gender‑sensitive and…

Sen. Sampson launches medical facility construction, upgrades education infrastructure

Tony Okoh, Uyo Senator Ekong Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South in the National Assembly, has flagged off the construction of two major medical facilities in the Senatorial District. The projects are sited at Immanuel Hospital, Eket,…

Why power in Nigeria rarely comes without stains

“From campaign financing to security votes, Nigeria’s system makes clean governance a near-impossible dream.” By Abidemi Adebamiwa Question Nigerians Keep Asking Every election season, Nigerians ask the same question. Can we ever get a governor or…