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  • Family buries 3 siblings found dead in deep freezer

    Family buries 3 siblings found dead in deep freezer

    The remains of the three siblings killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Nnewichi, Nnewi North LGA of Anambra, were on Saturday laid to rest amidst heavy wailing by family and community members.

    They were interred in their family compound in Uga in Aguata LGA, leaving the community in an unusually quiet and mournful mood.

    The three siblings of the Ejezie’ family – Chikaima, 9, Chimziterem, 8, and Chimdirim, the only son, 5, were reportedly killed on February 1 and their lifeless bodies stuffed in a deep freezer.

    In a homily during a requiem mass in honour of the trio at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, Cardinal Ebere Okpalaeke, recalled the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

    Okpalaeke said that killing had been there since the creation of man, adding that the children, who were murdered in their early age, had become martyrs.

  • Nnewi Police van attacked, one officer killed as manhunt begins

    Nnewi Police van attacked, one officer killed as manhunt begins

    Gunmen Attack Policemen in Nnewi, Kill One

    Gunmen operating in Nnewi, Anambra State, attacked a police van on Friday, killing one policeman at a junction.

     

    Sources reported that the incident occurred around 9 am. When the attackers were repelled by the police, they threw an improvised explosive device at the police team.

     

    The state police command confirmed the incident in a press release by spokesperson SP Tochukwu Ikenga. He stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, has ordered a manhunt for the gunmen.

     

    Ikenga confirmed that the attack occurred at a checkpoint at Omata junction, in Uruagu community, along the Nnewi Oba road. He added, “The manhunt operation led by the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nnewi Area Command is already working with the locals in the area to unmask and apprehend the attackers.”

  • Soludo sympathises with victims of Nnewi market fire

    Soludo sympathises with victims of Nnewi market fire

    Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra has sympathised with the victims of Tuesday’s fire that destroyed a section of the Timber Market in Nnewi.

    Soludo’s message was conveyed by the Commissioner for Industry, Mr Christian Udechukwu, accompanied to the market by the Transition Committee Chairman, Nnewi North Local Government Area, and APGA chieftains.

    The governor’s delegation was at the market to sympathise with the traders and assess the extent of damage by the inferno.

    He advised the timber dealers to take the safety of the market more seriously.

    He also said that there was an urgent need to improve water supply in strategic points in the market to forestall future occurrence.

    The governor mandated the TC chairman to sink an ultra-modern borehole with big capacity to supply water to the market.

    He also directed that the sawdust area be fenced off so that fire generated from sawdust dumps would not easily get into the shops and sheds.

    He expressed the readiness of the government to support the victims at their time of trial occasioned by the fire.

    He commended the state Fire Service and others for containing the fire and preventing it from causing greater damage.

    One of the market leaders, Mr Ikechukwu Okafor, expressed delight over the governor’s powerful delegation to the market.

    Okafor said that the victims lost goods worth millions of naira to the inferno and appealed to the state government to come to their aid.

  • Anambra: Fire guts timber market at Nnewi

    Anambra: Fire guts timber market at Nnewi

    Fire on Tuesday gutted the timber market, which is situated in Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra.

    The is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, who indicated that the inferno started at about 11:30 a.m.

    According to him, “when we received a distress call of a fire outbreak at timber market in Nnewi, we immediately deployed our fire trucks and gallant firefighters to the scene to fight, control and extinguish the fire.

    “The cause of the fire outbreak is unknown but it emanated from the gully heep of saw dust which threw smoke that covered the entire market although no life was lost.

    “The timber market was completely saved due to the timely intervention of our firefighters. The heavy fire was battled till about 5:40 p. m.”

  • Church of Ogbanje opens in Nnewi, members eulogise river goddesses

    Church of Ogbanje opens in Nnewi, members eulogise river goddesses

    A church known as Ogbanje church of All Nations opened for service in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    Recently, members of the church had their first worship service at the church, and they sang series of songs praising the names of popular river goddesses in Nnewi.

    In a viral video online, members of the church were seen rejoicing and dancing to the tune of songs composed in praise of goddesses of some popular rivers in Nnewi.

    While addressing the congregation at the uncompleted building, the cleric, presiding over the service, advised the congregation to worship what they know, rather than what they don’t know.

    The cleric who didnt mention his name and spoke in Igbo said people had used the names of Bethsaida, Jericho, Samaria, and some other biblical locations to compose songs without knowing the meaning of those locations.

    Thereafter, the church continued to sing songs in reverence to the Ogbanje, while the church members cheerfully dance around in joy.

    He said, “People usually sing and dance to songs composed with names and places in the Bible while they do not actually know who, what, or where they are and what they represent. It is high time we started going back to our culture and tradition.

    “People should start singing songs composed with names of rivers that are known to them and the goddesses of those rivers, rather than singing and dancing to the names of what they don’t know.”

    Together with the congregation, he mentioned some names of rivers and some river goddesses in the area including Obò River, Mmiri Ele, Orasò River, Mmiri Edo, Ofala River, Ota, and Ezu River, among others.

    While proudly identifying as an Ogbanje, the cleric claimed that he and other people who were Ogbanje “usually shine, prosper and live fine from year to year because they worship the rivers and the goddesses of the rivers they know, rather than those unknown to them”.

  • Why I resigned to support polygamy – Nnewi Anglican Priest

    Why I resigned to support polygamy – Nnewi Anglican Priest

    An Anglican priest of the Nnewi Diocese in Anambra State, Rev. Ogbuchukwu Lotanna, has explained why he quit the priesthood to support polygamy.

    Lotanna said he received a divine mandate to float a movement in support of polygamy.

    He claimed that the mandate, targeted at encouraging polygamy, was informed by the vision to reduce the rate of sexual sins in society.

    The cleric, a lawyer from Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, said he would set up a foundation to encourage persons in polygamy.

    According to him: “Contrary to what is generally being preached, polygamy is not a sin. What God hates is the divorce of any type, sleeping with another man’s wife, and sleeping with someone that is not someone’s wife.

    “God desired men to even marry more than one wife, instead of going for someone’s wife or ladies they were not married to.”

    Regretting that the church had hidden the information from members for a long time, the cleric stressed it was time people were told the truth.

    He encouraged men to marry their ‘side chicks’ to escape hell fire, maintaining that the only thing wrong with polygamy was to stay in a church that was against the practice “because two cannot work unless they agree.”

    He also disclosed that his new movement would be called “Gideonites”, while the place of worship would be called “Gideonites’ Temple”.

    “It is obvious that the church, especially the Anglican Church, has been teaching against the concept of polygamy, but the Lord has opened my eyes to the reality that polygamy is not a sin,” he added.

    His colleagues home and abroad expressed shock at Lotanna’s action, saying that they never expected such while calling for Prayers for him to retrace his steps back to God.

    Lotanna, a native of Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, was ordained an Anglican priest on December 22, 2019, at Cathedral Church of St. Mary’s Uruagu, Nnewi, and married to Chinyere Abigail who we learnt left him couple of months ago.

  • Priest urges husbands to marry their side chicks to escape hellfire

    Priest urges husbands to marry their side chicks to escape hellfire

    Nnewi Anglican Priest, Rev. Barr. Ogbuchukwu Lotanna, has resigned in order for him to pursue a polygamy movement, as he urged men to marry their side chicks to escape hellfire.

     

    According to Rev. Lotanna, who resigned as a priest of Nnewi Anglican Diocese, he has received a divine mandate to float a movement in support of polygamy.

     

    The Priest, who hails from Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi, claimed that the mandate he received from God is to float a movement that encourages polygamy is geared towards reducing the rate of sexual sins.

     

    According to him, although, it is obvious that the church especially the Anglican Church has been teaching against the concept of polygamy, but the Lord had opened his eye to the reality that polygamy is not a sin.

     

    He revealed that what God hates is divorce of any type, sleeping with another man’s wife and sleeping with someone you are not married to, insisting that God desires men to even marry more than one wife, instead of going for someone’s wife or ladies they are not married to.

     

    The priest who is also a legal practitioner said that the church has hidden this information from members for a long time and it is high time people are told the truth.

     

    He maintained that the only wrong with polygamy is to stay in a Church that says no to it and practice it, because two cannot walk unless they agree.

     

    He stated that his new movement will be called Gideonites the place of worship will be called Gideonites’ Temple.

     

    Rev. Lotanna was ordained an Anglican Priest on the 22nd of December, 2019, at Cathedral Church of St. Mary’s Uruagu, Nnewi. He is married to Chinyere Abigail, who hails from Umuogbu Village Achara in Awka North.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that no press release has been issued in regard to Rev. Lotanna’s resignation.

  • Photo: Housewife escapes death as two storey building under construction collapses into her compound in Nnewi

    Photo: Housewife escapes death as two storey building under construction collapses into her compound in Nnewi

    From Chuks Collins, Awka

    A middle-aged Nnewi housewife, Mrs Gladys Ojukwu, early morning Tuesday, August 31,2021 escaped being crushed by a 2-storey building under construction which collapsed from an adjoining compound next to hers.

    A substantial part of the building which has been a subject of legal dispute between the owner(Chief Benjamin Okeke) and the family of Comrade Clement Ojukwu(husband to Gladys), both who were said to be cousins, crumbled at about 745am Tuesday morning when everyone in the neighborhood were said to be getting set to go out for the day’s businesses.

    According to Comrade Ojukwu, “I left home at about 07.15am this morning. But about 40 minutes later I got an urgent call from one of my neighbors, Mr Samuel Ejizu for me to rush back home immediately. That the new multi-storey building beside my house which was under construction had collapsed.

    “ Sounding hysterically disturbed, Mr Ejizu said that no one knows whether my wife who was cooking in the family kitchen when I left was trapped under the debris.

    “I told him to please mobilize people to assist in searching and ascertain that my wife was safe, before I rushed back home from where I had gone to. I was elated when she called me about five minutes later informing me of how she narrowly escaped death as the building under construction in the next compound collapsed.

    “Sadly, the owner of the building is a brother and friend, Benjamin Okeke(popularly called Benjy Japan). I had in the progress of the construction called and intimated him that it was not only close to my house but that it was dangerously transversing into my compound/building.

    “His response was that his father told him that one talks about boundary on the ground, not up or in the air. And that on the strength of that he knows not what am saying. So as he continued with the project, finished the first decking, and started the second, I was forced to go to court to stop him.

    “That is the stage where we were when this happened today, …”, he pointed out.

    When effort was made to speak to Okeke, whose mansion was in the neighborhood on the Benjy Okeke Street, he was said to be on the run. That no one has seen him since the unfortunate incident occurred earlier in the morning.

    It was also argued by onlookers and neighbors to ascertain whether any of the laborers who had reported for work for the day was not trapped under the rubbles.

    Also, from the mangled structure, it could be seen that there was no proper design, building lacks approved plan, quality/adequate materials, qualified site engineer and other personnel..

    Efforts were still being intensified to get the reaction of the Anambra State Maternal testing unit of the Ministry of Works /Housing as at the time of filing this report.

    The collapsed structure destroyed a wing of Ojukwu’s house, caused extensive damages to three of his big generating sets, including one heavy duty Perkins generating set, about three motorcycles, two gas cookers with oven, kitchen unit, deep freezers, refrigerators assorted choice China plates and others

  • Gunmen attack Nnewi Police Area Command

    Gunmen attack Nnewi Police Area Command

    Anambra Police Operatives on Monday repelled attack on Nnewi Police Area Command on the Okigwe road area of Umudim, Nnewi.

    DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made this known in Awka, saying operatives successfully repelled the attackers who came in vehicles in the afternoon.

    Ikenga said police and other security agencies are currently there to ensure that adequate security and the sutuation was under control.

    But, a resident of the area who preferred anyonimity told NAN that they heard heavy gun shots around the area command at about 2.pm on Monday.

    “We gathered that the shooting was between suspected unknown gunmen and police at Nnewi Police Area Command and that caused pandemonium amongst the residents of Nnewi community,” he said.

    The source added that the gunmen came in about seven vehicles to the police station and started shooting which lasted for over one hour.

    He claimed that the gunmen overpowered the police and carted away arms at the station.

    He said by the time reinforcement from the combined team of military arrived, the attackers had left.

  • Gunmen kidnap monarch in Nnewi, Anambra State

    Gunmen kidnap monarch in Nnewi, Anambra State

    The traditional ruler of Uruagu, a town in Nnewi, Anambra State has been kidnapped.

    According to a report by anaedoonline, the traditional ruler, Obi Charles Afam Obi was kidnapped in Orafite on his way back from a burial ceremony.

    According to the medium, the monarch was abducted after the daredevil gunmen shot sporadically at his car. Although his whereabout is yet unknown, the monarch’s mother who was said to be with the him during the incident has returned to Nnewi.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that neither the Anambra State Government nor the police have issued any statement confirming the incident.