The judge, Nanlang Dashe, who passed the sentence without an option of fine, said it would serve as a deterrent to others who would want to indulge in such crime.
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Sponsored by indigenous energy multinational, Aiteo Group, the Golibe Festival in Onitsha is positioned as a family-friendly, fun-filled festival with high educational content to showcase the city’s rich cultural heritage.
Chidokweanaukwu, a native of Nando in Anambra State, drowned in a beach in Swellendam, near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
The group, which announced this at a press conference in Awka, Anambra State on Tuesday, said a lot of positive strides had been recorded under the Buhari-led administration.
Jennifer Atiku, wife of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has urged residents of Onitsha, Anambra State to vote massively for the party in the 2019 general election.
The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Awka.
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has approved the names of 12 nominees into the National Assembly Service Commission.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has assured the people of the state of maximum security during the forthcoming Christmas and New Year festivities.
The police command in Anambra says it has arrested six suspected cultists and armed robbers after a gun battle that left one of the suspects injured at Ogidi near Onitsha.
Kehinde Adeleye, Zonal Commanding Officer, RS5 Benin, has described the death of Sunday Ajayi, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Anambra State, as shocking and painful.
Marcel Ifejiofor, Commissioner for Works in the state, said this in an interview with the News agency of Nigeria in Awka on Friday.
Nri is the historical ancestral kingdom and cradle of Igbo civilisation while the Odinani Museum is the collection house for valued cultural antiquities that depict the origin and history of the Igbo nation.
Oye said in Awka on Thursday that the late Ikedife was a man who devoted his lifetime to the defence of the poor and oppressed in the society.
Obi, the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, described Ikedife, who died on Tuesday evening at his Nnewi residence in Anambra, as an exemplary leader who effectively used his sterling qualities to advance the cause of the Igbo man and his country.
The President, in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, also commiserated with the Ohanaeze Ndigbo on the passing away of the former President-General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural group.
C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in Anambra, has lauded the media in Anambra for their role in the prevailing improved security in the state.
Obi, who was a former Governor of Anambra State, made this known at the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria National Unity Summit.
The Federal Government on Monday announced that it has completed the Mausoleum of first President of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe in Onitsha, Anambra, 21 years after its commencement.
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the president felicitated with the government and people of Anambra for the deserved award on the governor.
The embattled Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Anambra, Emeka Ibe, says he will appeal the Federal High Court, Awka judgment which nullified his election.