Trader Commits Suicide In Anambra

A 38-year-old petty trader, Mrs Lovina Odo, has committed suicide by hanging herself with rope tied to a ceiling fan at No. 1, Ukpaka lane, Umusiome village, Nkpor-agu near Onitsha in Anambra.

Mr Okechukwu Odo, the husband of the deceased, said he and Lovina had been married for over eight years without a child.

Odo, a car washer, said he returned home from work at about 6:30 p.m. and met sympathisers around his one-room apartment.


“I left home for work that morning after taking my breakfast; she had asked that I buy a tuber of yam for dinner when I return.

“When I returned, I saw people gathered around my apartment only to be told that my wife had committed suicide,” he said.

Odo stressed that he and the deceased had no misunderstanding that could have led her to commit suicide.

The Divisional Police Officer of Ogidi, CSP Hassan Musa, confirmed the story, and said that the corpse of Lovina had been removed and deposited at the Mortuary of Iyienu Mission Hospital.

“No suicide note was seen around her but preliminary investigation reveals that she might have committed suicide because she had no child,” Musa said.

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Lesbian S*x Video: Group Makes New Demands About Miss Anambra Pageant...See Latest Development

With Nigerians trying to get over the outrage caused by the leaked s*x video of Miss Anambra, a group has made demands about the Miss Anambra pageant.

Chidinma Okeke

 

A group, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, CRRAN, has made a new statement about the controversial s*x tape of a Miss Anambra.

 

The group, in its statement, called for thorough investigation over the controversy surrounding the Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant.

 

According to Daily Post, the group asked the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to look into the alleged suspected case of sexual exploitation and trafficking involved in the contest.

 

The development followed the circulation of an online lesbian s*x video involving the winner of the 2015 edition of the pageant, Miss Chidimma Okeke.

 

In a petition dated October 29, and addressed to the Director General of NAPTIP, the group said there were strong indications that the organisers of the pageant were sexually exploiting young girls who participated in the beauty contest.

 

According to Daily Post, president of CRRAN, Mr. Olu Omotayo, who signed the petition, urged NAPTIP to prosecute masterminds of the alleged sexual exploitation.

 

He expressed regrets that the pageant, which was established by a government agency – Anambra State Broadcasting Service – has turned into an avenue for sexual exploitation and trafficking.

 

Part of the petition read, “Recent happenings which led to the online circulation of nude pictures and video of the said Miss Anambra pageant queen 2015, Miss Chidimma Okeke, have shown prima facie that the organisers of the pageant are using the avenue to sexually exploit young innocent girls of South East Nigeria.

 

“The purpose for which the state government through one of its parastatals, the Anambra State Broadcasting Service, established the pageant competition has been defeated because it could no longer be said that the pageant is promoting morality, culture of the people or empowering the female youths of this zone.

“We submit that it is part of the functions of your agency to among other things: ‘investigate all cases of trafficking in persons including forced labour, child labour, forced prostitution, exploitative labour, and other forms of exploitation, slavery and slavery like activities, bounded labour, removal of organs, illegal smuggling of migrants, sale and purchase of persons’.

“We submit that the incident in Anambra State is sexual exploitation and slavery of young female persons.

“We urge you to urgently commence thorough investigation into this barbaric competition and made those behind it face the full wrath of the law.”

 

The group insisted that the beauty contest should be banned, in order to prevent further exploitation of young girls.

 

It said, “It becomes more worrisome when it is an agency of the state government that is involved in a dastardly act of this nature. This is a serious embarrassment to the whole nation.

“We urge you to take immediate action to save female youths in the South-East Nigeria, particularly Anambra State, from further sexual exploitation and slavery being perpetrated under the so called pageant.

“The government should immediately ban the said pageant.”

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Lesbian S*x Video: Group Makes New Demands About Miss Anambra Pageant...See Latest Development

With Nigerians trying to get over the outrage caused by the leaked s*x video of Miss Anambra, a group has made demands about the Miss Anambra pageant.

Chidinma Okeke

 

A group, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network, CRRAN, has made a new statement about the controversial s*x tape of a Miss Anambra.

 

The group, in its statement, called for thorough investigation over the controversy surrounding the Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant.

 

According to Daily Post, the group asked the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to look into the alleged suspected case of sexual exploitation and trafficking involved in the contest.

 

The development followed the circulation of an online lesbian s*x video involving the winner of the 2015 edition of the pageant, Miss Chidimma Okeke.

 

In a petition dated October 29, and addressed to the Director General of NAPTIP, the group said there were strong indications that the organisers of the pageant were sexually exploiting young girls who participated in the beauty contest.

 

According to Daily Post, president of CRRAN, Mr. Olu Omotayo, who signed the petition, urged NAPTIP to prosecute masterminds of the alleged sexual exploitation.

 

He expressed regrets that the pageant, which was established by a government agency – Anambra State Broadcasting Service – has turned into an avenue for sexual exploitation and trafficking.

 

Part of the petition read, “Recent happenings which led to the online circulation of nude pictures and video of the said Miss Anambra pageant queen 2015, Miss Chidimma Okeke, have shown prima facie that the organisers of the pageant are using the avenue to sexually exploit young innocent girls of South East Nigeria.

 

“The purpose for which the state government through one of its parastatals, the Anambra State Broadcasting Service, established the pageant competition has been defeated because it could no longer be said that the pageant is promoting morality, culture of the people or empowering the female youths of this zone.

“We submit that it is part of the functions of your agency to among other things: ‘investigate all cases of trafficking in persons including forced labour, child labour, forced prostitution, exploitative labour, and other forms of exploitation, slavery and slavery like activities, bounded labour, removal of organs, illegal smuggling of migrants, sale and purchase of persons’.

“We submit that the incident in Anambra State is sexual exploitation and slavery of young female persons.

“We urge you to urgently commence thorough investigation into this barbaric competition and made those behind it face the full wrath of the law.”

 

The group insisted that the beauty contest should be banned, in order to prevent further exploitation of young girls.

 

It said, “It becomes more worrisome when it is an agency of the state government that is involved in a dastardly act of this nature. This is a serious embarrassment to the whole nation.

“We urge you to take immediate action to save female youths in the South-East Nigeria, particularly Anambra State, from further sexual exploitation and slavery being perpetrated under the so called pageant.

“The government should immediately ban the said pageant.”

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Shocking! Top Nollywood Actor Arrested Over Alleged Armed Robbery in Anambra State (Photos)

Popular Nollywood actor, Ifeanyi Azodo

 

A popular Nollywood actor, Mr. Ifeanyi Azodo, has been arrested by the police in Onitsha for an alleged robbery. This was revealed by the Area Commander of Onistha Police Area Command, Abubarkar Yahaya.

 

Reacting to the matter, Yahaya said; “There was a case against him and we just invited him to make statement and we released him on bail because it is a ‘bailable’ offence. “If you want details of the matter, then go to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO).

"Don’t quote me wrong, I said we had a case reported against him and we invited him for questioning and along the line we found out that he took laws into his hands and in the course of our investigation we found him wanting. 

“However, we have recovered about 80 per cent of the missing items in relation with the matter and investigation is still ongoing.”

 

Asked when police would arraign Azodo, the area commander said that it would depend on the outcome of investigation.

 

 

He added: “I said we are still investigating the matter. It is the conclusion of the investigation that will determine the next line of action.” 

 

According to AITNews, a top police officer revealed that owner of a hotel in Ontsha reported the case of robbery against Azodo.

 

Investigation revealed that Azodo invited a 30-year-old man into the hotel. During their discussion, there arose a misunderstanding between them which attracted the hotel management which invited the police. The man, who gave his name simply as Stephen, did not speak on the cause of the argument.

 

He, however, gave his phone number and said he would not want to say anything about the matter until after the police concluded their investigation. When contacted through a text message, Azodo replied: “Ya bro got ur message. Will call u once am done shooting.”

 

However, Azodo did not call at press time. The PPRO, ASP Nkiru Nwode, confirmed Azodo’s arrest. Nwode said that it was a case of robbery and not homosexual as being rumoured in some quarters. “Yes there was a case of robbery reported against him. I did not see it as a homosexual; it was a case of robbery,” the PPRO added.

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Anambra Want To Battle erosion With 1m Trees

Awka—THE Anambra state government has concluded plans to plant one million trees in the state as part of efforts to curb the menacing effects of gully erosion in the state. Managing Director of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, Mr. Michael Okonkwo, who is also the chairman of the steering committee of the tree planting exercise, said his committee had visited Lagos State to understudy that state’s Greenery Projects programme aimed at developing Parks and Gardens at strategic areas. According to him, Anambra State would soon replicate some of the Greenery Projects similar to that of Lagos to check the menace of erosion and soil degradation, especially in the erosion-prone areas of the state. He said the tree planting exercise would also enhance the re-forestation programme of the state and federal governments designed to address the challenges of deforestation and its attendant consequences on the environment. Okonkwo added that the state government would also embark on a state -wide campaign for individuals, religious bodies and organizations to key into the exercise, adding that arrangements have also been put in place for every school child to plant a tree in Anambra State. He explained that the exercise would kick-start with the planting of over four thousand trees along the Enugu-Onitsha expressing within the Awka Capital Territory as a pilot project, while the entire state would be covered within the shortest possible period. To ensure that the trees were protected and nurtured, Okonkwo said the Forestry Department of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, have been equipped to take full responsibility of protecting the young plants. He however regretted that individuals and communities living in erosion- prone areas have not done enough to checkmate the incidence of environmental degradation and urged them to take the programme serious. Vanguard

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Senator Stella Oduah loses son

Stella Oduah, the senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, has lost a son. The young man died yesterday at a hospital in Abuja after an undisclosed illness

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Lassa Fever Kills Doctor, Three Others In Anambra

A medical doctor and three others have reportedly died of Lassa fever in Anambra state. 

This was annocuuned by the State Ministry of Health today in Awka during a one-day Lassa fever training workshop.

One of the resource persons at the workshop Dr. Jane Ezeonu confirmed that the medical doctor died at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, three days ago.

Also, the Director of Public Health in the state, Dr Emmanuel Okafor, said the state had equally recorded the death of three others, recently.

She warned the people of the state to stop drinking raw garri, adding that they should protect their food and related items from rats. Furthermore, she explained that people don’t acquire immunity after suffering from Lassa fever. Ezeonu said general hygiene was important in Lassa fever prevention.

According to him “In Anambra State, we don’t know the number of cases of the disease, but we have three confirmed deaths”

He therefore, called on health workers in the state to exercise high standard in handling Lassa fever cases

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Ammunitions discovered in Anambra state

The Police on Tuesday uncovered a cache of ammunition buried at a construction site at Umuowelle, Agulu in Anaocha council area of Anambra State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Nkeiru Nwode, said the ammunition were unearthed by some labourers who were digging the foundation of the building .

Nwode said the workers reported to Neni Police Division which went to the place and cordoned it off.

She said the discovery which was in different sizes and calibers was worth millions of the naira.

She said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Sam Kaula led a team of officers to site to supervise the evacuation of the ammunition.

She said “The Police this morning discovered a large quantity of ammunition at a parcel of land where building work was going on at Umuowelle, Agulu in Anaocha.

“Some labourers at the site struck at the ammunition and reported to the nearest Police division and this morning, the Commissioner was there to personally see things for himself.

“The ammunition are large, and is worth millions of Naira, investigation is still on and soon we shall get to the roots of this”.

She said the parcel of land belonged to an unidentified man who lived in Enugu.

Nwode said no arrests had been made while the ammunition had had been sent to the appropriate units for determination of their calibres.

She urged the people in the area to remain calm as the police were on top of the situation.

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