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  Anambra CP  Revives Cattle Menace Committee As Miyetti Allah Sues For Harmony Among Host Communities  NKIRU NWAGBO, AWKA  The Anambra state Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu has reactivated the Cattle Menace Committee which was set up about three years ago to avert clashes between the Cattle owners and host Community farmers in the area. According to a release by the Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the aim is to ensure peaceful co- existence among the cattle owners and the farmers and also to ensure security of lives and property. "The Commissioner of Police Anambra State CP Ikioye Orutugu, fwc MNIPS PhD  in seeking a solution to the problems posed by cattle grazing, such as the destruction of crops, accidents and conflicts between herders and local communities in the State, is set to resuscitate the Cattle Menace Committee in the Command which aims to mitigate on the issues caused by stray cattle/herders and the communities" "This move...

  Obi calls on IGP to sack former Anambra CP NKIRU NWAGBO. AWKA  21/02/2025 The Convener, Recover Nigeria Project (RNP), Comrade Osita Obi an Activist has called on Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun and Chairman of Police Service Commission, Hashimu Argungu to sack the former Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Nnaghe Obono-Itam. Recall that Obono-Itam was recently redeployed to force headquarters Abuja as Commissioner in charge of Counter Terrorism Unit as the CP previously superintending the Unit, Dr Ikioye Orutugu assumed office as substantive police Commissioner for Anambra State command. According to Obi, while briefing the journalists in Awka said, the call became necessary following escape of two suspects, Mr Ikemefuna Ossai and Mr Chinedu Okolie arrested in connection with abduction and murder of State lawmaker, Hon. Justice Afuka. Okolie and Ossai, according to a statement from the command's Public Relations Officer, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga, escaped on...

  I will not offend the gods and people of Ndi Anambra..... CP NKIRU NWAGBO ,  Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Orutugu Ikioye, has Sworn not  to betray the gods and the people of the state in the course of his duties. Orutugu made this known while addressing reporters on the escape of two suspects involved in the kidnapping and killings of an Anambra State lawmaker late honourable Justice Azuka  It would be recalled that the former commissioner of Police Itam had  recently paraded the suspected killers of the member representing Onitsha 1 state constituency in the Assembly . However two days before  the new CP took over office,  it was gathered that two suspects have escaped  from police net . While clarifying the incident,the new CP who inherited the mixed up told the journalists that he will do his  best to re arrest the suspects  irrespective of the time it happened. “The purpose of this press briefing is to set the records s...

  FEATURES: Orutugu Anambra New Sheriff In Town. BY NKIRU NWAGBO  Barely one week ago Anambra State received a new police Commissioner Mr Orutugu Ikioye who was the commissioner in charge of Anti-Terrorism force headquarters Abuja. Orutugu who is the 35th Police commissioner in Anambra State took over from Itam who had been in office for eight months. On assumption of office, his first port of call was Nnewi commercial town at the home of the couple that lost three children found inside a freezer. The newly posted Commissioner affirmed that the killers of the three siblings at Nnewi in Nnewi North local government area live among the neighborhood vowing to unmask them in due time. Orutugu who visited the scene of the incident less than two hours after he had reported to office at the Command in Awka noted that under his watch crimes and criminality would be checkmated to it's lowest level warning that the Command would not compromise with the security architecture of the state...

  Anambra Police  Command Rescues 18 Children, Nabs 3 Suspected Child Trafficking Syndicates. Nkiru Nwagbo. The Anambra Police Command has rescued 18 children suspected to be victims of a child trafficking syndicate in Onitsha Anambra state. The Command also arrested three suspects in connection with the plot to traffic the children out of Anambra State to an undisclosed location in the country.. According to Police Commissioner Ikioye Orutugu who while briefing  the journalists in Awka, reiterated his commitment to tackling crime noting  that the three suspects are currently assisting the police in its investigation. He also said that the 18 children have been handed over to the Anambra State government for intensive medical attention and rehabilitation. In his words "I am pleased to address you and Ndi Anambra today on yet another breakthrough in our commitment to protecting vulnerable children and combating human trafficking in the state, "Police operatives attach...

    Anambra New Commissioner of Police Assumes Office As 35th CP BY NKIRU NWAGBO. The Anambra new Commissioner of the Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu has assumed office as the 35th Commissioner of Police in the area  Orutugu a PhD holder takes over from CP Nnaghe Obono Itam who was recently redeployed to Force Headquaters as the Commissioner of Police in charge of Counter Terrorism Unit, Abuja.  Born on 3rd August 1966, CP Orutugo was from Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and holds a BSc in Political Science from the University of Port Harcourt, a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Lagos and a PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of Port Harcourt.  Throughout his career, CP Ikioye Orutugu has served in various states across the Federation. He was once Assistant Commissioner of Police, in charge of homicide Section Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Commanding Officer Federal Highway, Zone 5 (Edo, Delta...

  NAFDAC Commences Enforcement To Raid South-East of Substandard Drugs . Nkiru Nwagbo. The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has started Enforcement exercise to raid fake drugs off  the South East major markets. One of the markers where the enforcement exercise took place on Monday was at the popular Ogbo-Ogwu Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha in Anambra State commercial city. During the exercise, the operatives of the agency, led by the Director, NAFDAC South East Zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade, confiscated a wide range of adulterated, substandard and expired drugs found at the various shops. Dr Iluyomade in an interview with Journalists said the exercise was in line with the Federal government 's mandate of eradicating fake, banned and other spurious NAFDAC regulated products from circulating in Nigeria and to prevent members of the unsuspecting public from falling victims. He said the agency was working in collaboration with the market task force in the...

  APC set to unseat Soludo, as Chukwuma provides edifice  Secretariat . By NKIRU NWAGBO. AWKA Everything is now set for the All Progressive Congress (APC) to defeat the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship poll as a leading contestant, Sir Paul Chukwuma gifted the party a befitting secretariat. The new APC Secretariat, located opposite Anambra State government house and close to Ecobank, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Awka, is fully furnished with open parking spaces and others. Chukwuma, an educationist, philanthropist and former National Internal Auditor of APC has consistently supported the party in the various ways in the past, which was why he committed the secretariat to assist them in running their daily activities. The National Chairman of APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, who commissioned the secretariat, described it as a step in right direction, and clear sign that the State was prepared to embrace the party i...

  Anambra Will No Longer Be The Same Under My Watch As Governor ......... Iwuoba. As the November 2025 gubernatorial election draws near, one of the front line contenders in the All Progressives Congress APC Hon  Basil Iwuoba spoke with Okey Maduforo  on what he would do differently if elected as governor of Anambra state. Question; What informed you decision to contest for the governorship position of Anambra state? Answer ; My ambition is devine and it is equally spiritual because only God that makes kings and leaders. I am not new to the politics and governance of Anambra state and there is no one or politician that do not know me and my pedigree. So I am not a green horn in the political battle field of Anambra state because I have been around for a long time. When I say that is devine I mean that this is the time God has chosen to change the narrative of Anambra state when it comes to governance of His people and I am happy and humbled to have been chosen as that ins...

  Anambra Activist Battles Police Over Kidnap  Of Estate Businessman, LP Guber Candidate, And Lawmaker An Anambra Based Human Right Activist Comerade Osita Obi has resolved to battle the State Police Command over the kidnap of  an Estate Businessman Mr Benjamin Ezenma , Labor Party gubernatorial candidate Chief Obiora Agbasimelo' and the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 2 state Constituency Mr Justice Azuka . Recall that Obiora Agbasimelo' was kidnaped during the gubernatorial election campaigns over two years ago while Mr Benjamin Ezenma aka Big Ben and Justice Azuka were Kidnaped in last year respectively. According to the leader of the planned protest and a Human Right Activist Comerade Osita Obi the protest is predicated on what he described as the failure of the Anambra Police Command to either secure their release or fish out those behind the dastardly act. Anambra State-based human rights activist and convener of the Recover Nigeria Project, Comrade Osita Obi, h...